Global firms selected for $366M B.C. hospital project

by arslan_ahmed | June 21, 2023 12:32 pm

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Global firms, Stantec, and Graham Design Builders LP, have been awarded the $366 million design-build contract for the Cariboo Memorial Hospital redevelopment project in Williams Lake, British Columbia.

The expansion will include inpatient and emergency care, providing the communities of Williams Lake and Cariboo-Chilcotin with access to critical health care services. The project will be delivered via a progressive design-build model and is one of the first health care projects in British Columbia to be delivered under this model.

Stantec is providing clinical and equipment planning, architectural, interior, and landscape design, energy modelling, acoustics, mechanical, electrical, imagination, manufacturing, innovation, and technology (IMIT), structural and civil engineering, and complete project management services.

Adding more than 9,290 m² (100,000 sf) and three stories to the existing hospital, the project will include a new emergency department, a 36-bed medical and surgical inpatient unit, a six-bed maternity services unit, a mental health and substance-use inpatient unit with eight single-occupancy rooms, and a new pharmacy.

Engineering solutions include the adoption of technology to improve patient experience, extensive amounts of heat recovery and high efficiency, low carbon mechanical and electrical energy systems resulting in a 72.4 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and an industry leading projected carbon emissions of only 26.3 kgCO2e/m² per year. The project is pursuing gold certification under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Canada BD+C V4.

Construction will happen in two phases. Phase 1, which includes the addition, began in spring this year and is expected to finish in fall 2026. Phase 2, which includes renovations to the existing hospital, will begin in fall 2026 and is scheduled for completion in early 2029.

“Expanding access to health care services is a top priority for hospitals nationwide and we are proud to support these initiatives with the Cariboo redevelopment,” says Brian Christianson, principal at Stantec. “Our team takes great pride in knowing that we can help make a genuine difference in our community for patients, while also helping to improve the care team experience.”

Source URL: https://www.constructioncanada.net/global-firms-selected-for-british-columbia-multimillion-dollar-hospital-project/

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