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Supervisors approve emergency declaration to replace ZSFG chillers, cooling towers after catastrophic failure
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee voted Jan. 10 to forward to the full Board an emergency declaration allowing expedited replacement of chillers, boilers and cooling towers at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital after September’s catastrophic cooling-tower failure; supervisors sought limits on open-ended waivers for large emergency projects.
Chair Supervisor Connie Chan opened the discussion by thanking staff and noting, “thank goodness no one was hurt,” after the September cooling-tower failure that ejected heavy fan blades.
The Budget and Finance Committee voted to forward an emergency declaration for work at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) that Public Works and the Department of Public Health say is necessary to protect patients and staff and to avoid suspension of outpatient and inpatient services. Gabriel Lim, senior architect with Public Works, described the failure and the need to replace chillers, boilers and cooling towers and said temporary mobile cooling has provided stopgap relief.
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