PCL Constructors West Coast has been selected as the successful proponent for the new acute-care patient tower at Lions Gate Hospital. The official name for the new tower will be the Paul Myers Tower.

“With the selection of a preferred proponent for the design-build contract, we are now one step closer to getting shovels in the ground for the new acute-care tower at LGH,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. “Our government is proud to move forward on our promise to British Columbians to deliver a new tower at LGH so that residents on the North Shore can access state-of-the-art, quality public health care.”

The new acute-care facility will replace aging infrastructure and will be a high-tech facility. It will serve as the hub for acute and virtual services for people on the North Shore and throughout the coastal region.

The facility will feature eight new operating rooms, a new pre-operative and post-operative care area (including anesthesia intervention and isolation rooms), 108 single-patient rooms with ensuite bathrooms, a telehealth centre and a primary care centre to give residents without a family doctor faster access to non-acute services. Construction is expected to begin in mid-2021.

Lions Gate Hospital provides a full range of general and many specialized acute-care services. The hospital is a recognized trauma centre and has 254 beds, eight operating rooms and a variety of diagnostic services and equipment. It is the fourth-busiest hospital in Vancouver and one of only five neurosurgery centres in British Columbia.

“This pandemic has brought to light how important it is for our communities to have access to high-quality health-care facilities,” said Bowinn Ma, MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale. “The Paul Myers Tower has been made possible through generous community contributions as well as provincial government investments and will be a testament to our collective commitment to delivering better care for British Columbians.”