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I got a tour of the new facility

and without any medical knowledge was amazed. One of the guys I was with is a doctor and he said it was the most impressive facility he’s been in.

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Jul 16, 2009 1:52 PM PDT reply actions

Where is the new facility?

by Nestor on Jul 16, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions

This is probably it

On Westwood Blvd.

Under construction the entire time I was in school.

by Tydides on Jul 16, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah that's it

The Ronald Reagan Medical Center. It opened about a year ago, years after it was supposed to, but it’s absolutely amazing.

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Jul 16, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Huh

I thought that had opened a while ago. Did it just get finished recently?

They should change the name of the Medical Center to someone associated with UCLA though.

by Nestor on Jul 17, 2009 5:13 AM PDT up reply actions

It opened last June

I don’t know if it’s still considered new, but I’m going to call it new.

With regards to its name, I believe that they named it after Reagan not just because he was President, but because of something he did to really help the medical center while he was governor. It’s a vague recollection though so I could be off here, but I asked the same question too and I think that’s the answer I got.

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Jul 17, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Just got the answer

Reagan changed some law as governor which really helped the hospital, but I’m sure the much bigger reason was $150 million that Reagan’s friends, supporters and admirers collected to build the new place.

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Jul 17, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions

In that case

It makes sense.

by Nestor on Jul 17, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Wow.....

Nr3 right behind 2 very heavy hitters. 2 UC hospitals in the top 10!

by impaulv on Jul 16, 2009 2:21 PM PDT reply actions

There were protestors outside on Wednesday

Anyone know what that was about?

by SuperBruinMan on Jul 17, 2009 1:06 AM PDT reply actions

There was a protest in June

about the budget cuts/furlough days/lay offs for all the UC’s so Wednesday could have been another budget protest.

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Jul 17, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Rye's right

the one on Wednesday was about furloughs and layoffs

by Sideout11 on Jul 17, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Here's an interesting story for you "shovelers," to use a plashke-ism

See if you can find out what the contract said the cost of construction would be, and how long the construction would take. Then see how much the final cost was, and how long it took to build. Then assume TOTALLY HYPOTHETICALLY that the construction company had a history of low-balling bids only to do zillions of dollars in change orders through the life of a job, and then ask yourself the key question. Should a public construction owner such as UCLA always have to give the bid to the lowest bidder if, AGAIN TOTALLY HYPOTHETICALLY, the contractor had been dubbed by Bruin Alum Tom Bradley to be the “Change Order King.”

This is all totally hypothetically, of course. UCLA is forced by statute to take the lowest “responsible” bid, and just because, TOTALLY HYPOTHETICALLY, the lowest bidder is the “Change Order King” doesn’t necessarily mean the bid is not a responsible bid.

Some interesting UCLA history if people are interested. Hypothetically.

by Fox 71 on Jul 18, 2009 7:44 PM PDT reply actions

Fox

I’m not sure you’ve got enough CYA terms in your post to protect you on this one.

Hypothetically, theoretically, spiritually, there are a few contractors in San Diego with this type of reputation, too. Or so I have read. I am sure they are everywhere.

And yes, there is something wrong with that.

by Barnes2JJ on Jul 21, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions