Summary: Thanks to Advanced Particle Therapy, LLC, a company that delivers completely turnkey proton treatment centers to cutting-edge healthcare providers from coast-to-coast, patients of Scripps Health will soon have access to this state-of-the-art technology through the California Proton Treatment Center.  The $185-million center, which will be the only one in the state to offer full diagnostic services that includes MRI, CT scan and PET CT scan rooms, as well as space dedicated to research and an unprecedented total of five treatment rooms, is expected to be treating up to 2,400 patients annually by the first quarter of 2013.

In order to isolate the proton particles, each of the five treatment rooms, which are lined up side-by-side within the 102,000-sf facility, is separated by mammoth 14-foot-thick concrete walls.  Supporting the massive weight of the interior walls are rebar mats spaced closely together at 10-inches-on-center intervals, which severely restricts the area within which Berg is able to perform the electrical installation.

Within this heavy-duty structure, Bergelectric crews installed perfectly-spaced conduit that connects a single 90-ton cyclotron to each of the treatment rooms.  Additional precautions, such as installing back-to-back 90-degree radii to ensure the protons cannot escape, are also being taken by Berg field personnel.