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Dive brief:
- A joint venture between Mississauga, Ont.-based EllisDon and Edmonton, Alberta-based PCL, known as ED+PCL Healthcare Partners, has begun site preparation work for what it says will be the largest hospital big canada
- Ontario’s Peter Gilgan Hospital Mississauga will host the province’s first hospital dedicated women’s and children’s health center. Preparation work includes the systematic demolition of three buildings, along with the removal and relocation of site utilities, the realignment of site roads and the creation of new temporary construction roads to prepare the site footprint for the next phase of construction.
- Once complete, the project will include advanced diagnostic imaging facilities, a new pharmacy and clinical laboratory, as well as an expanded emergency department, according to the developer. It will completely replace the current hospital in Mississauga.
Diving knowledge:
PCL and EllisDon signed a development phase agreement in March 2023, according to a PCL press release at the time. At the other end of the deal are Trillium Health Partners, an Ontario-based hospital network, and Infrastructure Ontario, a provincial government organization focused on infrastructure.
The building team and owners are currently delivering the hospital through a progressive public-private partnership approach, according to the March 2023 release. Once the development phase is complete, PCL expects the team to enter into a fixed-price agreement with Trillium to design, build, finance and maintain the project.
“In connection with the innovative development phase agreement, Enabling Works encapsulates all the preparatory work necessary to make the site ready for construction,” said Andrew Anderson, senior vice-president and area manager of EllisDon’s Toronto area .
Vertical construction will begin in 2025, according to local media outlet InSauga, but no firm completion date has been set. Officials he said to the dam that finished the project about a decade.