Michael Garron Hospital

Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre

Michael Garron Hospital’s new 8-storey Patient Care Centre will include inpatient and mental health beds, ambulatory clinics and an underground parkade. The project also encompasses ~100,000 ft2 of renovations within the existing hospital.

Much of the existing infrastructure at Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) has reached the end of its lifecycle, with some buildings dating to the 1920s. HH Angus was engaged as part of the Planning Design and Compliance Team (PDC) for the new Patient Care Centre, responsible for generating performance-based documents to facilitate design of the new facility.

The project specific output specifications development process included options for expanding central plant systems (heating and cooling), augmenting and unifying the campus emergency power system, replacing aged electrical substations, phasing, design standards, and technical guidelines. Incorporating operations, life cycle and maintainability requirements were of the utmost importance for this project, as responsibility for the ongoing facilities operation and maintenance will rest with MGH.

Enabling projects

To prepare the site for construction, several physical elements were relocated and/or demolished. HH Angus worked with MGH to provide mechanical and electrical engineering for the “Enabling Projects”.

These included relocation of bulk oxygen and bulk nitrous oxide, relocation of bulk chemical storage, demolition of E-Wing and F-podium, and decommissioning a major service tunnel. This work involved complex sequential construction phasing and shutdowns to maintain operation of the Hospital.

HH Angus’ ICAT group, Angus Connect, assisted MGH with development of a long-term strategic vision, directions, gap analysis, strategic recommendations and IT solution options for information technology (IT) to support the hospital moving forward. The team built upon this strategy document to develop the design specifications as part of the compliance role.

The new Patient Care Centre is Phase 1 of an ongoing redevelopment, and is targeting LEED Silver.

Image courtesy of Michael Garron Hospital.

SERVICES
PDC - Mechanical Compliance Engineering | Electrical Compliance Engineering | Vertical Transportation Design Compliance | IMIT Compliance

PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 550,000 ft2 | Status: Completion 2023

LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS

Integration of new and existing M&E and IT infrastructure | Developing long term IT strategic vision towards EMRAM 7 | Prepared PSOS for ICAT systems and integration requirements | Targeting LEED® Silver

Infrastructure Ontario & St. Michael’s Hospital

Peter Gilgan Patient Care Tower

The new tower will allow patient care to move out of the aging and inadequate Bond and Shuter Wings, for clinical programs and services to be right-sized to meet current standards, and a portion of costly leased administrative space to be repatriated.

HH Angus is part of the Compliance Team for this new 17-storey Patient Care Tower. The Tower will provide an additional ~250,000 ft2 on the Hospital’s main campus in Toronto, with an additional ~150,000 ft2 of renovation distributed throughout the existing building.

The project includes five new operating rooms; enlarged, state-of-the art facilities for orthopedic surgery, coronary care and respirology (including the cystic fibrosis program); an expanded emergency department; and the demolition and new construction of the Shuter Wing.

Addressing the major renovations to the existing building and integrating new infrastructure with existing systems were key challenges for the team. To address these issues, HH Angus provided detailed background information and on-site investigation to mitigate the risks to the Hospital. This challenge extended to the IT systems, where the team was asked to integrate the existing IT infrastructure into the new building. Extensive work was undertaken to bring the Hospital’s aging IT infrastructure up to current standards, and to provide future flexibility. HH Angus designed a solution that would properly integrate and communicate with both the new and existing systems.

SERVICES
Mechanical Compliance Engineering | Electrical Compliance Engineering

PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 250,000 ft2 new space, 150,000 ft2 of renovations | Status: Ongoing

LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
17 storey patient care tower | 250000 ft2 new space | 150,000 ft2 of renovations | Integration of new and existing M&E, IT infrastructure | Upgrade outdated pneumatic controls to current DDC technology

A four-decade relationship

St. Mike’s has been a valued client for over 40 years – our lengthy experience with the site has resulted in HH Angus holding a great deal of institutional knowledge about the hospital’s infrastructure.

Let there be light

The Tower’s atrium, which features 11 storeys of natural light, will feature retail space, a patient information centre, and the admitting department.

Images courtesy of Cicada Design

Enwave Energy Corporation

District Energy System Cogeneration Plant

District energy is a key component of Toronto’s climate action plan, to reduce emissions from buildings and help the City reach its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target of 80% by 2050. Buildings currently generate about half of the GHG emissions in Toronto.

Enwave is the largest District Energy Systems in North America. The system has enough power to supply over 180 office buildings.

This project started in 1962 with an original feasibility study and culminated in the design and construction of a central plant and distribution system with an installed capacity of 800,000 lbs. of steam per hour.

The deep lake cooling system was added later, and makes use of the 40°F/4°C water in Lake Ontario. It has a total capacity of 75,000 tons of refrigeration, which is sufficient to air condition 3.2 million m2 / ~34 million ft2 offices.

Clients with whom we have worked on the Enwave District Energy System include:

Hudson Bay Company
Bank of Nova Scotia
Cadillac Fairview Toronto Dominion Tower Plaza
Royal Bank Plaza
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Toronto General Hospital
Women’s College Hospital
The Hospital for Sick Children
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
St. Michael’s Hospital

SERVICES
Prime Consultans | Project Mangeres | Electrical Engineers | Mechanical Engineers

PROJECT FEATURES
Status: Complete 2019

LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Provided technical advisory for heating and colling systems | Introduced over 5 miles of piping for high-pressure steam district heating | The deep lake cooling system makes use of 40°F/4°C water in Lake Ontario

Supplying miles of steam

The system supplies high-pressure steam for district heating via an underground distribution system of over five miles of piping in downtown Toronto.

Trusted advisor

HH Angus has served as a technical advisor to Enwave over many years, consulting on various engineering aspects of the heating and cooling systems.

Ontario University – Confidential

BESS & Microgrid System

The battery energy storage system facility reduces electrical demand for a Class A electricity facility operating during anticipated Global Adjustment hours.

Johnson Controls, the turnkey EPC and facility energy service company, engaged HH Angus to engineer a 2 MWe (4 MWh) behind-the-meter battery energy storage system (BESS).

The installation is part of a microgrid design that incorporates rooftop solar panels for six buildings (~500kWe), a 2 MWe (4 MWh) BESS, and a 2 MWe natural gas engine-generator peaker. The goal of the installation is to reduce Global Adjustment charges. It also supports much of the facility in the event of a power failure on the grid.

The solar panels and BESS were installed during spring and summer of 2018, and the engine-generator peaker plant has been submitted for a building permit.

SERVICES
Prime Consultant | Electrical Engineering

PROJECT FEATURES
Status: Completed 2021

LOCATION
Ontario

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Engineered 2 MWe (4MWh) behind-the-meter battery energy storage | Microgrid design including solar, BESS, NG engine- generator peaking plant for six buildings

Energy innovation funding

The project was predicated on receiving Government of Canada Strategic Innovation Fund support for innovative energy projects.

Toronto Transit Commission

Union Station Revitalization

One goal of this revitalization project was to substantially improve public access throughout the almost century-old Union Station. To that end, numerous elevating devices were added to the site.

Union Station is Canada’s busiest rail passenger facility, handling as many as 65 million passengers annually. This number is expected to grow substantially in the future, along with expanded commuter rail and other services. To assist in improving public access, HH Angus served as the Vertical Transportation (VT) Consultants overseeing work associated with more than 30 elevators and 20 escalators that were installed at various stages of construction.

Six completely new basement traction freight elevators were installed, engineered to suit existing hoistways, which were retained from above the platform level. To meet the requirements for heritage-designated sites, new landing doors for these elevators were designed to mimic the original door panels.

Specific to GO Transit, seven new MRL (machine room-less) traction elevators were introduced, while two existing hydraulic elevators underwent major alterations, and three existing hydraulic elevators were decommissioned.

HH Angus’ scope of services extended from the Concept Design stage through to commissioning reviews performed during the Construction Administration phase.

SERVICES
Vertical Transportation Consultants

PROJECT FEATURES
Status: Completed 2018

LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS Vertical Oversaw more than 30 elevators and 20 escalators at various stages of construction | 7 new MRL traction elevators | Major alterations to 2 existing hydraulic elevators

Full range of services

Both passenger and freight elevators were included in the total VT installation, representing new equipment as well as units that were altered from prior installation.