Located in Tucson, Arizona, the University Medical Center (UMC) is the primary teaching hospital for the University of Arizona's Health Sciences Center. During its history, UMC has experienced enormous growth and continues to add health care services. This growth, coupled with obsolete facilities and space limitations, prompted UMC officials to expand its medical center.

So that UMC could continue to provide quality patient care without interruption, UMC officials took and imaginative approach and called on ModSpace to provide a modular building.

Modular buildings are flexible and can be adapted for many purposes. The design of the new modular building included space for a patient representative's office, a registration/ reception area, a laboratory/frozen-section room, two surgical suites, eight exam rooms, a phototherapy room, a nursing station, a charting/resident-work area, equipment storage, a staff break room, staff restrooms, four faculty offices, a residents' office, six support-staff offices, record storage/photo-copying room and a conference room.

The outside of the building features pleko siding - a stucco-like exterior that complements other UMC buildings. Two store-front doors and four steel doors offer aesthetic qualities as well as security at entrances. Tinted double-glasses windows create privacy and block out the hot Arizona sun, while roof-mounted air-conditioning units are hidden from view. The building's rubber roof system helps to conserve energy inside of the facility. Inside, the building features 9-foot drywall ceilings in the dermatology clinic's two surgical suites to support the specialized lighting fixtures that are required for surgery. The surgical suites also contain customized air-conditioning units to continually pump in fresh air. In addition, the building includes safety features such as sprinkler and fire-alarm systems.

The cost of conventional buildings can be staggering as is the possibility of lengthy delays and unexpected problems. The modular buildings for UMC were delivered, erected and ready for occupancy within 90 days from the receipt of the order. UMC's innovative use of ModSpace buildings provided attractive and efficient space quickly.