SAC Health Brier Campus Tour

SAC Health Brier Medical is a new 280,000 SF five-story adaptive reuse outpatient facility in San Bernardino, CA.

As the nation’s largest specialty-based and teaching health center, SAC Health is committed to providing health equity for underserved populations. The mission of the SAC Health System is to provide vulnerable populations with an environment for patient healing and community empowerment. Recently completed phase-1 scope of the project includes 6 primary and specialty clinics, a school of dentistry, after hours clinic with Imaging services as well as community resource center to provide free counseling and support services for the local community.

SAC Health Brier Project employed a unique approach to minimizing carbon footprint during construction. The original structure was designed as a bank call center with a raised floor system. The owner and project team’s goal were to minimize intervention and alteration of the existing structure and utilize the existing structure and systems to their full capacity. As a result, the team came up with solutions to maintain existing systems and reuse the core and shell of the building without significant alterations.

Learning Objectives

AIA CES: 2 LU|HSW

Adaptive Reuse in Healthcare Design – Participants will examine how the SAC Health Brier Medical project successfully transformed a former bank call center into a state-of-the-art outpatient medical facility, maximizing the use of existing infrastructure while minimizing costly structural modifications.

Environmental and Sustainability Benefits – Participants will explore how the project’s adaptive reuse approach significantly reduced its carbon footprint by preserving key building components, optimizing existing systems, and employing sustainable construction practices.

Advancing Health Equity for Underserved Populations – Participants will be able to explain how SAC Health’s mission-driven approach provides best-in-class specialty and primary care services to vulnerable communities, integrating innovative solutions for accessibility and comprehensive patient support.

Specialty and Teaching Institution Design Considerations – Participants will become familiar with the unique facility requirements of a specialty-based teaching health center, including the integration of medical training spaces, advanced imaging services, and a dental school within a multidisciplinary outpatient setting.

Location & Parking Info

Locations for carpooling from LA will be sent with the event confirmation email-

Please email ken@lightbuilddesign.com if you volunteer to drive.

Parking info forthcoming.