NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. — Ground has been broken on the new 1.3-million-square-foot South Niagara Hospital.
Located in Niagara Falls at the corner of Montrose and Biggar roads, the hospital has been designed to meet the growing needs of Niagara’s population and will feature centres of excellence in complex care, wellness in aging and stroke.
Close to 300 guests attended the groundbreaking including Premier Doug Ford, Minister of Health Sylvia Jones and Minster of Infrastructure Kinga Surma, along with Niagara Health and the Niagara Health Foundation. Donors, local elected officials, Indigenous partners, community and patient partners and Niagara Health leaders also attended the event.
EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare (EDIH) was awarded the $3.6-billion contract to design, build, finance and maintain the hospital in February. Since that time, teams have been busy working with Niagara Health staff, physicians and patient and community partners on design development, states a release. The use of local subcontractors and workers is a priority for the hospital project. EDIH has committed to exploring opportunities to support local business during construction and has awarded early subcontracts to local businesses and labour unions, the release adds.
Decew Construction (Rankin Construction) has already begun site work on the property in preparation for the construction trailer complex, which will be installed in the coming weeks. Excavation will begin by the end of the summer.
The 12-storey building will hold 469 single patient bedrooms, eight operating suites, 42 hemodialysis stations and two MRI machines. It will offer a full scope of hospital services, including emergency, critical care, diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical services.
The hospital is aiming to become the first WELL-certified hospital in Canada. By including design features that focus on the health and well-being of hospital users, including staff and physicians, Niagara Health will be able to offer a more positive workplace environment, which will help to attract and retain top health care professionals, states the release. The hospital will also feature an Indigenous healing space and garden that was designed with input from Indigenous partners.
The projected is expected to take five years to complete, with the official opening planned for summer 2028.
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