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$3.6B South Niagara Hospital celebrates one-year construction milestone

Angela Gismondi
$3.6B South Niagara Hospital celebrates one-year construction milestone
NIAGARA HEALTH - The South Niagara Hospital project is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the facility鈥檚 groundbreaking. The health centre, located in Niagara Falls, Ont., is 1.3-million-square-feet and 12 storeys. EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare is the consortium constructing the hospital.

It鈥檚 been just over a year since ground was broken on the massive (SNH) project and the site is bustling with activity as crews currently work on the first three floors of the building.听听

Infrastructure Healthcare (EDIH) is the consortium building the facility located in Niagara Falls on the corner of Montrose and Biggar roads.听

In May, construction moved above the ground level as work began on the superstructure of the $3.6-billion, 12-storey, 1.3-million-square-feet facility.听

鈥淲e鈥檙e pouring a lot of concrete right now, so we鈥檙e in the throes of our structural work,鈥 said Robin Jervis, general superintendent at EllisDon. 鈥淲e鈥檙e working on level one and level two and level three all at the same time.鈥

Ben Embir, director planning and design with the South Niagara Hospital Project team, said there is a four-year construction period, followed by commissioning and move in. The project is slated to reach substantial completion in early 2028 and so far it鈥檚 on schedule and on budget.

鈥淚 would imagine that concrete work is going to continue pretty consistently until probably the end of 2025,鈥 said Embir. 鈥淪hortly thereafter, in a phased approach, the work is going to continue with other mechanical electrical fit outs in the building followed by building envelope and then interior fit out over the course of the next three years.鈥

Going up? Elevators and stairwells taking shape听

Elevator shafts and stairwells have also been installed and the majority of the site services have been completed, including waterlines, stormwater and sanitary sewers.听

Electrical work is also progressing.听

鈥淚t鈥檚 a design-build project so we鈥檝e completed the 100 per cent design development phase and we鈥檙e currently working on the 50 per cent construction document phase,鈥 said Mike Dunford, senior project manager at EllisDon. 鈥淲e should have that ready in October. We鈥檝e done seven rounds of user group meetings with Niagara Health to finalize the design and there鈥檚 one more round to go.鈥

The hospital will have 469 single-patient bedrooms and will feature centres of excellence in complex care, wellness in aging and stroke. There will also be a 24/7 emergency department which is three times the size of the emergency department at the current Niagara Falls site.听

The SNH is on-track to be WELL-certified which involves incorporating design elements that support the health and well-being of all hospital users.听

鈥淥ur overarching unique proposition and vision is that we want to be the first facility in 新澳门六合彩开奖结果2023 to be WELL certified,鈥 said Embir. 鈥淲e know that historically WELL has been applied in workplace environments. From what we understand it鈥檚 never actually been applied or adapted to a health care environment鈥ecently in the United States one health care facility became WELL certified.鈥

Excavation for the foundation and basement level is now complete but it was a bit challenging. About 1,250 steel piles were inserted into the bedrock to support the building foundation.听

鈥淭he groundwork was a little tough,鈥 said Robin. 鈥淭his is basically built on soft material, clay. You can鈥檛 really have conventional foundation, so we had to do a lot of piles.鈥

The building is being constructed on a 50-acre site and has a large footprint.

鈥淲e鈥檝e made the building quite compact,鈥 said Embir. 鈥淭he building footprint that touches down on the ground floor measures around 250,000 square feet which is not small but pretty compact in form.

鈥淭he first three storeys represent podium massing. It includes some of our more high-profile acute care and ambulatory programs, so things like the emergency department and diagnostic imaging, surgical services. We have eight operating rooms as well as a number of other programs. The upper half of the building鈥he upper seven storeys is represented by an inpatient tower.鈥澨

Number of workers will ramp up in the coming months

On average, there are currently more than 200 workers onsite each day. It is anticipated more than 1,000 skilled labourers will be working daily during peak construction periods.听

鈥淭here鈥檚 a period where we have the formwork trades still here and we鈥檙e working on finishes down below. We鈥檙e expecting anywhere from 1,000 to 1,400 workers to be working here simultaneously,鈥 said Jervis. 鈥淎t the end of 2025 we should have a significant amount of bodies here.鈥澨

The building will really begin to take shape next year.

鈥淥nce we get to a certain period of our structure we鈥檙e going to start working in our interior space so we鈥檝e got work to do in the underground. Then we鈥檒l be starting our masonry blocks down on the lower levels. Our drywall will start and we鈥檒l also start our overhead rough-ins for the mechanical and electrical systems,鈥 said Jervis. 鈥淚n the spring you will see some curtain wall coming up and some precast will be following the curtain wall. We鈥檒l then start to see some of the building coming together as the envelope takes shape.鈥

NIAGARA HEALTH – Crews are working on the first three floors of the building. Excavation for the foundation and basement level is complete, including the insertion of more than 1,250 steel piles into the bedrock to support the building foundation.
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