Interior Health

BC Cancer Centre

The new BC Cancer Centre is described as the single largest capital investment into the expansion of cancer care in the Kamloops region.

Interior Health, in partnership with BC Cancer, is building a new cancer centre at the Westlands site of the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC. The new facility includes design and construction of a 5-storey outpatient radiation oncology clinic. Featuring three linear accelerators for radiation therapy, a CT simulator, a diagnostic MRI, ambulatory care space, a 470-stall parkade and an interfaith sacred space for patients and families, the new Cancer Centre will respond to increased demand for cancer services on the main campus, and facilitate 16,500 treatments annually while significantly reducing long-distance travel for many patients.

HH Angus is providing mechanical and electrical engineering, ICAT design and vertical transportation consulting services for this project which is led by EllisDon Corporation.

The Kamloops Cancer Centre is scheduled for completion in 2028.

Image Credit - Interior Health

SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | ICAT/IMIT Design | Vertical Transportation Consulting

PROJECT FEATURES
5-storey outpatient radiation oncology clinic | Design-Build delivery model | 470-stall parkade | Interfaith sacred space | Completion 2028

LOCATION
Kamloops, British Columbia

Government of Canada

Sir John A. Macdonald Building

“The Government of Canada recognized that rehabilitation of the Macdonald Building would support the federal agenda to incorporate innovative, sustainable and environmentally responsible design into all of their buildings.”

PWGSC website

The Macdonald Building in Ottawa was undergoing extensive renovation and upgrades to its structure and systems, most of which were original to the 1930s construction and fell short of modern building codes. Key elements of the redevelopment included improvements in energy efficiency, long-term durability, indoor air quality and other measures. Heritage conservation was also a key consideration of the upgrades, with the objective of improving long term operational results and building integrity.

Engaged as the vertical transportation consultant, HH Angus executed a complex adaptive rehabilitation of the elevator space in the Macdonald Building to meet modern accessibility standards and building codes.

The majority of inter-floor movement is intended to be accommodated by stairways, with the single passenger elevator configured to ensure barrier-free access to occupied floors. This same elevator was configured to accommodate a stretcher (measuring up to 610 mm wide x 2010 mm long) in the prone position.

Two service elevators were provided to address all material handling requirements for the facility, providing a vertical connection from the new loading dock, which was part of the redevelopment. The service elevators are located adjacent to each other and, as such, provide service redundancy for the facility in the event that one elevator is not available.

The single LU/LA* features access restrictions to ensure that use of this elevating device is limited to staff, appreciating that there may be an occasional need for public use (under the direct supervision of staff) in cases where the passenger elevator is not available.

*Limited Use/Limited Application – a specialized type of elevator designed for commercial accessibility

SERVICES
Vertical Transportation Consultant

PROJECT FEATURES
Complex adaptive rehabilitation of office space | Completed 2015

LOCATION
Ottawa, Ontario

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Renovation project | 1 passenger elevator, 1 LU/LA elevator, 2 service elevators providing redundant capacity

Infrastructure Ontario

Grandview Children's Centre Redevelopment

The Grandview Children's Centre is the new headquarters for Grandview Kids/The Jerry Coughlan Building, specializing in care and support for children and youth with physical, communication and developmental needs, and their families.

Grandview Kids headquarters - ‘The Jerry Coughlan Building’ - sought to consolidate locations to provide better coordinated care in Durham Region for children and youth with physical, communication and developmental needs.

The 94,744 ft2, 4-storey educational and treatment facility includes centre-wide therapy services, such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech-language pathology, therapeutic recreation, audiology, infant hearing, blind low vision and social work. The building contains a therapy pool area which includes an integrated AV system to create a more relaxing and therapeutic environment. It also offers autism services, a preschool outreach program, school-based rehabilitation services, developmental pediatrics, including specialized medical clinics, and family/caregiver resources and support.

HH Angus provided mechanical and electrical engineering, and design for plumbing, vertical transportation, lighting, audio visual, communications, security, and information communications technology services ‒ with a key design imperative to create sensory-friendly, safe, and comfortable environments for children with diverse needs.

During design, our team and the architect held multiple user meetings by department, including facility leadership. Through rounds of meetings, we continually developed and revisited the design. Ongoing feedback identified risk and risk locations for those using these facilities. This resulted in relocating light switches, thermostats and other activatable devices for certain rooms away from usual locations to avoid tampering or harm to clients, staff or visitors.

The facility is also home to Grandview School, as well as a branch of the Ajax Public Library. As well, the building site features a therapeutic trail that integrates security into the landscaping for added safety while maintaining the appearance of being surrounded by nature.

The project was delivered through the P3 (Design Build Finance) model and won the Award of Merit for Project Development at the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnership’s (CCPPP) 2022 National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships.

SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Information and Communications Technology | Vertical Transportation

PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 94,744 ft2 | Status: Completed 2024 | P3-DBF | CCPPP 2022 Award of Merit for Project Development

LOCATION
Ajax, Ontario

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Integrated Grandview School and Ajax Public Library branch

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.

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