Work finishes on Fort McMurray regional health centre

FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. — Crews have wrapped up work on improvements to the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre.

Alberta officials announced that construction of the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre building envelope has wrapped up on time and on budget. The province noted the project cost $43 million and created 240 construction and construction-related jobs.

Work on the upgrades began in the spring of 2016 and involved replacing and repairing the roof and building exterior to extend the building’s lifespan.

Work on the building included replacing all exterior windows; replacing the building exterior finish materials and support framing; new building insulation; resealing the building exterior; installing phenolic panels, which is highly durable exterior wall panelling; replacing exterior doors, roofing and interior window sills; and patching and painting interior walls impacted by construction.