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Ontario hospital debuts expansion

Following two years of construction, Milton District Hospital in Ontario’s Halton region has achieved total completion on its expansion project, signifying all construction activities are complete. The hospital’s sustainable building strategy targets Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification through the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).

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Saskatoon hospital upgrades funded from utility savings

The Royal University Hospital (RUH) provides acute-care services for Saskatoon . Working with a building technology and energy service company (ESCO), it has invested $13.6 million to provide critical facility upgrades expected to save $1.4 million annually, along with providing a healthier environment both inside the hospital and in the larger community. Find out what was changed.

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Eastern Ontario hospital overcomes waterproofing challenges

Hawkesbury District & General Hospital (HGH), located halfway between Ottawa and Montréal, is in the midst of an ambitious long-term construction project, first submitted to the Ontario Health Ministry in 2007. The project features a pair of three-storey additions with basements, to be appended to the existing hospital. However, it needed to first overcome certain waterproofing challenges.

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Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre chooses fire-rated wiring cables

The new Women’s Hospital in Winnipeg is part of the city’s Health Sciences Centre, the area’s largest hospital, which also serves residents of northwest Ontario and Nunavut. Construction on the hospital began in 2011, with the new state-of-the-art facility expected to open this fall after a total investment of $235 million. At over 27,870 m2 (300,000 sf), the new hospital will be more than three times the size of the current Women’s Pavilion.

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