Creating a Multi-Use Building for a Research Center: A Management and Operations Case Study and Critique (Moores Cancer Center‪)‬

Introduction The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) enjoyed heady times in 2001. In May the National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded the Moores Cancer Center its sixth Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) for five years of continued support at a substantial increase in funding. In July, for the first time in its 23-year history, the center was granted status as an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. The construction of a major building assigned to the cancer center was in the final stages of planning and approval. This study summarizes a series of decisions and events that had an impact on that building over the next four years.