Infrastructure Ontario and Lakeridge Health have announced that PCL Constructors Canada Inc. has signed a contract to design and build a new long-term care home at the Ajax Pickering Hospital site.

With a capacity for up to 320 beds, the home will help address capacity issues within Ontario’s health and long-term care system, while providing a modern, comfortable and safe place for seniors in the community to call home. The home will meet the latest standards for long-term care design and will include private or semi-private bedrooms, lounge areas, dining rooms, terraces, and enhancements to HVAC such as 100 percent fresh air supply capability.

The project is being delivered as part of the Accelerated Build Pilot Program. Through the use of hospital-owned land, rapid procurement, and modular construction, the pilot program aims to deliver new long-term care homes years sooner than a traditional development project. In total, the Pilot Program will add up to 1,280 long-term care beds in the GTA.