Powell River Regional Hospital District (PRRHD) is providing 100 per cent of the capital to build the facility and also owns the land. Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCH) will lease the building for 20 years through an operating lease. The VCH lease payments will equal 50 per cent of project costs.

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCH) has commissioned Lower Mainland-Facilities Management (LM-FM) to provide Project Management services for the facility, which will provide 102 patient care rooms for complex residential care and allow for the decanting or renovation of the existing Olive Devaud facility. The project will seek LEED certification and incorporate wood as much as possible in accordance with the province’s “wood first” policy.

The new courthouse will be designed and built to meet LEED® Silver standards. Green features include improved indoor air quality, extensive use of glass to provide more natural lighting, significant reduction in energy use, and environmentally friendly building materials and ongoing green housekeeping practices.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partnerships Quinte (BIPQ), comprising Brookfield Financial and Morguard Corporation, are undertaking the Design-Build-Finance-Maintain (DBFM) project, with PCL Constructors Canada providing construction services. Infrastructure Ontario and the Provincial Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG) are the project sponsors.

For buildings to be certified as Living Buildings, they must generate their own energy, harvest and treat their own water and use locally sourced, non-toxic materials. The Living Building Challenge is one of the most advanced green building rating systems and is considered to be one of world’s most rigorous standards. Certification requires that the building be in operation for 12 months and have no negative impact on the site. The Visitor Centre opened in October 2011.

The project will replace the 60-year-old Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, which has no more room for expansion. Groundbreaking for the new hospital took place on September 23, 2011. Final completion is set for October 30, 2015. The HHS Facility will comprise about 921,970 departmental gross square feet. It will initially accommodate 457 beds and evolve over time to 704 beds. When completed, the New Oakville Hospital will be one of the largest community hospitals in Ontario.

Infrastructure Ontario is a non-share capital corporation responsible for delivering public infrastructure improvements. Halton Healthcare Services is a multi-site healthcare organization comprising community hospitals in Ontario.