EllisDon Infrastructure announced it has achieved substantial completion of the tower at Penticton Regional Hospital (PRH) on December 15, 2018.
“This milestone marks an important step in the long-term partnership between EllisDon and Interior Health,” said Ben Deeley, vice-president, EllisDon Capital. “This is the end of the first phase of construction, and the beginning of a 30-year partnership that will see the residents of Penticton and the South Okanagan receive care in a state-of-the-art facility.”
The David E. Kampe Tower is six storeys that will bring PRH up to a modern standard of care by providing ambulatory care, surgical services, 84 inpatient beds in single-patient rooms, a new medical device reprocessing unit, space for the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine and a roof-top heliport.
In 2016 EllisDon Infrastructure was awarded the contract by Interior Health to design, build, partially finance, and maintain the David E. Kampe Tower. EllisDon Facilities Services Inc. will provide facilities maintenance services at PRH for a 30-year period.
Interior Health employees, physicians and volunteers will start going through building orientation and training. New equipment, computers and furniture will be installed over the coming months. The hospital is slated to be open for the public in April 2019.
Once the tower is open, Phase 2 renovations will commence to the existing hospital to allow for an expanded emergency department plus renovations to the pharmacy and material stores.
“This hospital will enhance the care patients are receiving in Penticton and across the South Okanagan Similkameen region,” said Petra Veintimilla, chair of the Okanagan Similkameen Regional Hospital District.
