PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto) has achieved total completion on the Milton District Hospital expansion project, signifying that all construction activities are complete.
“The Milton District Hospital expansion project is a case study for design-build excellence,” said Kelly Wallace, PCL Toronto district manager, in a press release. “Achieving total completion within seven months of substantial completion on a project of this scope says volumes about the collaboration and respect exhibited by all partners, which was a critical success factor in achieving this tremendous outcome for the people of Milton.”
The project achieved substantial completion in April 2017, and in October, Halton Healthcare began providing patient care in the new space.
“The partnership that came together to build the expansion at Milton District has set a new standard for hospital construction and design in Ontario,” added Bill Bailey, vice president of redevelopment for Halton Healthcare. “Not only was construction completed on-time and on-budget, construction deficiencies that remained after substantial completion were addressed quickly, enabling the project to reach final completion within seven months of substantial completion.”
The hospital remained open to continue serving the community during construction of the expansion, which was built to meet the increasing needs of one of the country’s fastest-growing communities, and to accommodate new technology.
The expansion, valued at $512 million, adds an additional 330,000 square feet of space to the existing 125,000 square foot hospital. That extra space features expanded emergency and surgical services, medical/surgical inpatient units, critical care, maternal newborn and diagnostic imaging and support services; an increased capacity increase from 63 to 129 inpatient beds; eighty per cent single-patient rooms for improved infection prevention and control and to provide increased privacy and a quieter recovery environment; the hospital’s first Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine; a Level 2A Special Care Nursery with capacity for eight bassinettes in the Maternal Newborn Unit; and a sustainable building strategy targeting LEED Silver certification.
