Alberta has awarded the contract for the new Bridgeland Riverside Continuing Care Centre to Clark Builders. Construction is underway on site with the project expected to complete in 2023. The total approved budget for this project is $130.5 million.

“Projects like the Bridgeland Riverside Continuing Care Centre protect the livelihoods of tradespeople and others employed in the construction industry. Investments in infrastructure projects now are laying the foundation for the private sector to grow and create thousands of additional good-paying jobs for Albertans, which is crucial to our economic recovery,” sad Prasad Panda, Minister of Infrastructure.

The five-storey Bridgeland Continuing Care Centre will be a combination of seniors day programs and continuing care units. The day programs will be located on the main floor podium and 198 individual resident rooms will be located over the four upper level floors.

Designed by FWBA Architects, the facility will support the residents through patient and family centered care concepts that include incorporating natural light, pathways and gardens.

The Bridgeland Riverside Continuing Care Centre will help address a shortage of spaces for Calgarians requiring continuing and complex care. The new centre will also free up hospital beds for patients requiring active treatment.

This is an important project that will help in the delivery of quality continuing care for Calgarians. It will provide a safe, comfortable and supportive home for seniors with chronic health needs and persons with disabilities and help reduce the number of people waiting in hospital for the appropriate level of continuing care,” said Dr. Verna Yiu, AHS president and CEO, Alberta Health Service.