August 23, 2024Updated:April 30, 2025

April photo update: Peek behind the California Tower fence

(SACRAMENTO)

Check out the cool video above from March and pictures below from April which has been another very busy month on the California Tower project.

Current and future work includes:

Cast-In-Place Walls
- Cast-in-place wall pours are ongoing (4 walls poured to date out of 14 total)
  - Vertical waterproofing and rebar placement for the walls are ongoing in preparation for the cast-in-place pours (see photos below)
Tower Crane Installation
- Crawler crane installation – May 19th
- Erection of Tower Crane 2 (South side) – May 22nd
Structural Steel Erection
- Deliver structural steel (1st load) – June 3rd
- Preparation to erect – June 4th (EXPECTED)

Interesting factoids

The site contains enough rebar to reach from Sacramento to San Francisco and back.
The mat foundation weighs the same amount as a pod of blue whales, around 170 tons.
The rebar is equal in weight to 17 Statues of Liberty or 650 elephants.
The amount of water used is equal in weight to 12 locomotives.
17,161 cubic yards of concrete is equal to the following:
- 5.25 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
- 1,430 dump trucks.
- 256 shipping containers.
- 23 houses of interior space.

The California Tower project, expected to be completed in 2030, will include a 14-story hospital tower and a 5-story pavilion that will deliver superior care for Northern Californians and adapt to meet the community's evolving needs.