PHOTO: Higher Learning

A hoist takes place at the Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex at Ryerson University on Church Street in Toronto.

Eastern Construction Co. Ltd. is the construction manager for the 27-storey building that will contain 100 student residences, an eight-storey podium and four levels of underground parking. The podium will house the school of nursing, midwifery education, school of nutrition, school of occupational and public health, communications, government and community engagement, university advancement, food services and a fabrication zone. The owner is Ryerson University and occupancy is scheduled to begin in fall 2018. The project was designed by Perkins + Will Canada and consultants are WSP Canada Inc. (structural); MCW Consultants Ltd. (mechanical); Crossey Engineering Ltd. (electrical); and DTAH (landscape). Subtrades include GFL (excavating).