Fraser Health

New Surrey Hospital and BC Cancer Centre

Surrey BC is a fast-growing community in need of additional healthcare resources. The New Surrey Hospital and BC Cancer Centre will provide 168 hospital beds and 55 Emergency Department treatment spaces in a state-of-the-art facility to improve health services in the region.

The $2.88B hospital project reached its one-year construction milestone in August 2024 and is anticipated to be completed in 2029 and open to the public in 2030. Additional features of the fully-electric facility include a surgical/perioperative suite with five ORs, four procedure rooms and virtual care options in all clinical service areas to increase capacity and expand care. The new BC Cancer Centre is expected to provide approximately 105,000 ambulatory oncology care visits, 50,000 radiation therapy visits and 22,000 chemotherapy visits each year. The facility is being built under a Design-Build Agreement with EllisDon Design Build Inc.

Leading BC's first generation of smart hospitals, the new Surrey hospital will embed data insights and new technologies into both the design of the facility and delivery of clinical care. The Angus Connect team is providing a full spectrum of ICAT/IMIT design and AGV consulting, and HH Angus’ Vertical Transportation team is designing the elevator systems.

Images courtesy of Fraser Health and EllisDon Design Build – conceptual renderings, subject to change

SERVICES
ICAT/IMIT Design | AGV Consulting | Vertical Transportation Consulting

LOCATION
Surrey BC

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Information, communications and automation technology | Automated guided vehicle design consulting | elevator design consulting

New BC Cancer Centre

The facility will provide ~105,000 ambulatory oncology care visits, 50,000 radiation therapy visits and 22,000 chemotherapy visits annually.

Smart hospitals

The NSHBCCC is one of BC's new generation of smart hospitals.

Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

The Outpatient Centre is part of the $2-billion redevelopment of the QEII Health Sciences Centre. The EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare consortium led the P3 project. The Outpatient Centre was honoured as a Gold Winner by the 2024 Urban Design & Architecture Awards for its innovation and design excellence, and has also been certified LEED Gold under the LEEDv4 Healthcare rating system.

The Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre in Halifax was built as Nova Scotia’s first public-private partnership (P3) healthcare project and is its largest healthcare project to date. Its LEEDv4 Gold certification is the first in Nova Scotia and one of only approximately 50 facilities in the Canadian hospital sector to attain this status. Sustainability features include a stormwater retention pond to capture and filter 100% of rainfall, and an energy-efficient design that reduces energy consumption by 39%.

The Centre provides a range of patient services that do not require a hospital setting, including initial visits with specialists, post-surgery and post-treatment follow-up, blood collection, eye care clinic, physio and occupational therapy, diabetes and orthopedic assessments, rehabilitation services, 17 examination rooms, 24 dialysis stations, and diagnostic imaging (x-rays and ultrasounds). The Centre expects 28,000 clinic visits, and 30,000 x-ray and blood collection visits every year.

HH Angus provided mechanical consulting engineering to the project, which was completed on time and on budget. Kim Spencer, Director of HH Angus’ Healthcare Division, commented that “we were very pleased to be able to support this new facility with HH Angus’ deep experience in the P3 delivery model, and proven track record of thoughtful healthcare design.” HH Angus acted as the prime mechanical consultant, in affiliation with Dillon Consulting, a local sub-consultant. Our mechanical scope of work included HVAC design, with support from Dillon on plumbing and fire protection.

SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering

LOCATION
Eastern Canada

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Prime mechanical consultant | HVAC | Fire protection | Plumbing design

Ministry of the Solicitor General | Infrastructure Ontario

Thunder Bay Correctional Complex (TBCC)

The TBCC involves replacement of aging jail and correctional facilities with a new 345-bed, multipurpose complex. Both the existing Thunder Bay Jail and Thunder Bay Correctional Facility are among the oldest provincially-run adult correctional facilities, built in 1928 and 1965 respectively.

The new TBCC updates automation and technology to address issues of health, safety and security, and introduces efficiencies around design, technology, and the use of space. HH Angus is providing mechanical consulting engineering and vertical transportation consulting to the EllisDon Infrastructure Justice design team.

The TBCC is targeting LEED Silver certification and LEED Resilient Design pilot credits through the United States Green Building Council. The design focuses on energy efficiency, healthy indoor environments and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The complex will also include views of nature, allow ample natural light and feature dedicated Indigenous cultural spaces, such as smudging space and sweat and teaching lodges.

The new facility is the first of its kind for an Ontario correctional facility, incorporating design features that promote rehabilitation of inmates. It will also improve access to programming, living conditions and education, while updating automation and technology.

The TBCC project has presented several challenges to our design team, including a compressed schedule and the involvement of numerous stakeholders. It has also been interesting on a technical level: mechanically, the various modes of operation and interconnection of systems are quite complex, necessitating a high degree of flexibility within the capacity of the mechanical equipment. The building construction featured a precast exterior with block walls, requiring very close coordination with trades to align openings and allow access for equipment.

Due to the secure nature of the facility, the mechanical system was integrated seamlessly into the architectural features, all accessible equipment is provided in a secure location, and all building systems interact
with the BAS.

The facility will include a connection to an existing 50-inmate facility — the Thunder Bay Modular Built Facility — located southeast of the TBCC and currently under construction. The project also involves the design and construction of a 4,000 ft2 wastewater treatment facility to allow for a fully self-sufficient and self-contained facility.

SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Vertical Transportation

PROJECT FEATURES
$1.2 billion | 345-bed, multipurpose facility | 450,000 ft2 | Completion expected in 2026

LOCATION
Eastern Canada

KEY SCOPE ELEMENT
Design required careful consideration of all inmate-accessible areas | Compressed schedule | Close collaboration with trades to ensure pre-cast exterior elements align accurately with equipment access openings

Images courtesy of Zeidler Architecture

Niagara Health System | Infrastructure Ontario

New South Niagara Hospital

New South Niagara Hospital is targeting LEED Silver certification and is being designed to be Canada’s first WELL-certified healthcare facility. The project was recently nominated for two CCPPP awards for excellence in public-private partnerships.

HH Angus is part of the design team under EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare, the proponent to design, build, finance and maintain the new South Niagara Health Hospital project. The EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare team includes:

Leads: EllisDon Capital Inc. & Plenary Americas LP
Design Team: Parkin Architects Ltd. & Adamson Associates Architects
Construction Team: EllisDon Corporation
Financial Advisor: EllisDon Capital Inc.

HH Angus is providing consulting services for conveyance systems (automated guided vehicles, autonomous mobile robots, and vertical transportation) and mechanical engineering as part of the design team. Of special note, we have designed the building’s mechanical HVAC systems to accommodate Indigenous ceremonies taking place not just in a few designated spaces, but throughout the patient care tower, so that patients do not have to be moved in order to take part in healing ceremonies.

The new facility will be a full acute care hospital with 24/7 Emergency Department, diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical services. The latter will include medical, surgical, and intensive care inpatient beds. Also included will be ambulatory services; post-acute Complex Continuing Care (CCC) Inpatient services; and Centres of Excellence specializing in stroke, complex care, geriatric/psychogeriatrics, and wellness in aging.

The new hospital will integrate technology that supports innovation in and delivery of high-quality healthcare and will be designed to achieve LEED Silver certification. The design will also work toward being the first WELL™-certified healthcare facility in Canada.

Image courtesy of EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare

SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Conveyance Systems Consulting (AGVs, AMRs and Vertical Transportation)

PROJECT FEATURES
Completion: Estimated for 2028 | Full acute care hospital | Targeting LEED Silver and WELL Certifications

LOCATION
Eastern Canada

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
~1.2 million ft2 | 469 beds, 8 ORs, 42 hemodialysis stations, 2 MRIs | AGV, AMR and VT planning and design | Mechanical engineering

Mount Sinai Hospital

Phase 3A Redevelopment

Phase 3A represented the largest redevelopment in Mount Sinai's history. HH Angus was engaged to provide mechanical and electrical engineering for the Renew Sinai redevelopment.

HH Angus worked with the Hospital, Stantec Architecture and other consultants to develop the Functional Program and Blocks Schematics for Ministry of Health and Long-term Care [MOHLTC) stages 2 and 3.1 submissions.

As part of our scope, we were involved in the investigation of existing infrastructure and systems. The age of the existing facility, together with previous renovations and multiple facility architects and consultants provided a challenge in obtaining a complete set of existing design conditions. We were provided with drawings in various forms (eg: PDFs. scanned hand-drawn images, AutoCAD and part plans), ranging from the original build to the most current renovation projects. We translated the relevant information into AutoCAD and, in with numerous site investigations, assembled a comprehensive set of record drawings detailing the existing systems and functions.

The scope of the project included a new Surgery Department, renovated and expanded Emergency Department, Critical Care, Medical Device Reprocessing Department, Integrated Practice Unit, Ambulatory, and labs, as well as miscellaneous relocates and decants.

Some of the key challenges of this project included reworking the major mechanical and electrical infrastructure to upgrade systems to current standards, and the integration of disparate systems with existing facilities.

Extensive renovations were implemented. To address the challenges of implementing new infrastructure, HH Angus provided extensive background information and on-site investigation to mitigate risks to the Hospital.

Minimizing disruption to hospital services was of paramount concern in scheduling the renovations. To ensure continued hospital operations, our design solution included planned sequential shutdowns minimized inconvenience to staff, patients and visitors.

Under a standing offer with Mount Sinai, we served as Mechanical and Electrical Engineers of Record and were involved in a variety of projects for Phase 3, including: peer review, fluoroscopy unit. Maternity Clinic renovation, Mouse MRI Lab, Biorepository Lab, Roth Lab, Bremner Lab, Distributed Antenna Systems, lobby upgrade, art gallery/ security/office renovations, and IMIT Planning for Phase 3 Redevelopment and renovations to multiple departments.

SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering

PROJECT FEATURES
New Surgery Department, renovated and expanded Emergency Department, Critical Care, ORs, MDRD, IPU, Ambulatory, Labs, as well as miscellaneous relocates and decants | Status: Completed 2024

LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Major redevelopment of hospital's main site | Integration of new and existing systems | Renovations to main lobby, art gallery and security IMIT

Mount Sinai Endoscopy and ICU