Infrastructure Ontario and William Osler Health System have awarded a fixed-price contract to Etobicoke Healthcare Partnership to design, build, finance and maintain the new Etobicoke General Hospital Phase 1 Patient Tower Project.

The contract is valued at CAD330 million (US$254 million), which reflects the substantial completion payment and the monthly service payments before inflation adjustments.

In March we published that Etobicoke Healthcare Partnership had been selected as the preferred bidder after extensive evaluations following an open, fair and competitive request-for-proposals process that began in May 2015. The Etobicoke Healthcare Partnership team includes:

• Developer: Axium Infrastructure Canada and DIF Infra 4 Canada Ltd.
• Constructor: Walsh Canada
• Architect: HDR Architecture Associates Inc.
• Financial Advisor: Brookfield Securities LP
• Facility Manager: Cofely Services Inc.

The Phase 1 Patient Tower Project, involving the construction of a new four-storey wing, will add approximately 250,000 square feet of space to the existing facility and house the services most urgently needed by the Etobicoke community. Project features include:

• a larger, state-of-the-art emergency department to better meet the community’s need for high-quality emergency care
• an ICU/CCU nearly four times larger than the current space
• larger patient rooms filled with natural light that provide privacy and space to accommodate family members
• a maternal newborn unit with birthing suites and a specialized Level II nursery for patients with non-life-threatening complications
• an ambulatory procedures unit featuring procedure/operating rooms, pre- and post-op preparation and recovery areas and dedicated clinic spaces, including a respiratory clinic