Case Study: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center achieves improved project visibility and efficient reporting with Trimble e-Builder

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Integrated Facility Management for Web-Based Visibility and Efficiency

Cedars‑Sinai Medical Center, the largest nonprofit hospital in the western U.S., faced a high‑stakes challenge managing a $1 billion Facility Master Plan that included the 800,000+ sq. ft. Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion. The project team struggled with disparate systems (spreadsheets, accounting software, databases), time‑consuming and error‑prone reporting, and limited visibility for executive stakeholders—risks that could have led to costly delays on this flagship project.

The FPDC team implemented a centralized, web‑based e-Builder project and cost‑management platform integrated with their financial system and standardized with vendor support. The solution consolidated information, cut report creation from days to hours, provided executive dashboards for early issue detection, reduced design staffing needs from 5–7 FTE to 2.5, and supported successful project completion in 2013 with multiple industry awards.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Bob Cull

Executive Project Director for Advanced Health Science Project