Bluewater Health Redevelopment

EllisDon London has been awarded a $214 million Build Finance contract with Infrastructure Ontario / Bluewater Health for the Bluewater Health Capital Redevelopment Project in Sarnia, Ontario; the largest public redevelopment project in the City’s history. The 325,000 square foot redevelopment project will provide: · an emergency department significantly larger than the current emergency facility · a surgical centre with eight new operating rooms and four new procedure rooms to replace existing surgical facilities · a consolidated maternal infant child program, which will, for the first time, offer labour, birthing and pediatric services on one floor · an 18 percent increase in the number of hospital beds, resulting in a total bed capacity of up to 337 beds; · and a multi-level bridge will connect the new building with the old, redeveloped building in addition to an atrium style concourse between the two structures. The challenges of this project include maintaining seamless integration of renovation sequencing together with fully functioning areas of the existing hospital. The team works closely and cooperatively with the two immediately adjacent schools during construction of the expansion portion of the project to minimize impacts.