Tag: HH Angus

 

This week we’re at BUILDEX Alberta and our panel is unpacking how smart building solutions help asset managers future-proof properties and avoid the risk of stranded assets.

The expert panel explains how:
⚡ IoT-enabled predictive analytics
🌍 Real-time ESG reporting
🔋 Automated electrification management

…can all drive resilience, compliance, and competitiveness. The panelists are:

  • Akira Jones – Director, Digital Services | HH Angus
  • Mike Hassaballa – Lead Consultant, Energy Infrastructure | HH Angus
  • Michael Colicchio – Smart Buildings Applications Lead | Schneider Electric
  • Matthew Losey – Smart Buildings Solutions Consultant | Schneider Electric

Also on hand from HH Angus’ leadership team BuildingsCanada are Phil Schuyler and Diane Lee, along with Barett MacLeod and Tenzin Blair from our Calgary office.

 
 

Robots to the Rescue: Streamlining Hospital Operations to Lighten the Load on Staff

Preethi Sethi, Senior Consultant with HH Angus | Angus Connect, will be presenting at the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo (HCD 2025) alongside:

  • Henry Feng, Senior Manager, Engineering & Facilities Management, Providence Health Care
  • Pam McTeague, Global Clinical Operations Consultant (USA)

Also attending from HH Angus – Megan Angus, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Digital Services | Vice President Angus Connect.

As hospitals navigate ongoing staff shortages, this session explores how advanced logistics technologies—including automated guided vehicles (AGVs), mobile robots, and pneumatic systems—can help streamline operations, automate routine tasks, and allow healthcare professionals to focus on what matters most: patient care.

Drawing on real-world lessons from the New St. Paul’s Hospital project, the discussion will highlight how early planning, smart design, and collaboration are key to successfully integrating automation into hospital workflows. The team will also compare design-build-finance (DBF) and public-private partnership (P3) models, sharing strategies for effective change management and staff engagement.

By embracing intelligent automation, healthcare organizations can create more resilient, efficient, and patient-centred environments—lightening the load on staff while improving quality of care.

 
 

CSA (Canadian Standards Association) standards are critical to engineering practice because they ensure consistency, safety, quality, and legal compliance.

Today, Nick Stark, Executive Vice President at HH Angus & Associates Ltd., and Gordon Burrill, President of Teegor Consulting Inc., are at the 2025 CCHF Conference in Quebec City, leading a session on the CSA Healthcare Facilities Standards Update. They are providing insights into the ongoing development and evolution of national standards that guide healthcare facility design and operations across Canada.

Their discussion explores updates and revisions to several cornerstone standards:
 ✅ CSA Z8000 – Healthcare Facilities Design
 ✅ CSA Z317.2:19 – Special Requirements for HVAC Systems in Healthcare Facilities
 ✅ CSA Z8008 – Assessments of Healthcare Facilities, Services, and Building Systems

Nick is Vice-Chair of CSA Z8000 and Technical Sub-Committee Chair of CSA Z317.2, and continues to play a pivotal role in shaping the standards that influence infection prevention, patient safety, and engineering excellence in healthcare facilities.

Gordon is Chair of the CSA Technical Committee and Strategic Steering Committee for Healthcare Standards, and brings decades of expertise in healthcare facility operations, infection control, and compliance.

The CCHF Conference provides an important opportunity for professionals nationwide to collaborate, share best practices, and strengthen the delivery of healthcare projects during a time of financial and operational pressures.

 
 

Co-operators' new Guelph Headquarters building was recently honoured with a 2025 Toronto Section Award from the Illuminating Engineering Society. 

These awards recognize professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design. Congratulations to our Lighting Design and Commercial teams, The Co-operators, and other members of the design team, including HOK, NEO Architecture, and Ecovert.

The lighting design was honoured for its success in enhancing the building's materials, function, and structure. An element of the client’s Net Zero strategy, it also infuses the building with natural daylight, maximizing energy use, and reinforcing the firm’s commitment to sustainability, for example by employing all-LED lighting and intelligent controls.

The all-electric project has been certified a ‘Zero Carbon Building – Design Standard’ by the CaGBC and is pursuing Net Zero Performance. It has also achieved LEED Gold and WELL Platinum certifications, and is targeting BOMA Best certification. 

HH Angus’ scope of work also included mechanical and electrical engineering, and IMIT consulting. To learn more about the project, click on the link below:
https://hhangus.com/projects/the-co-operators-headquarters-in-guelph/

To view other projects featuring the work of our Lighting Design team, click here:
https://hhangus.com/projects/?_service=lighting-design

 
 

Members of HH Angus’ Healthcare team are in Calgary this week for the CHES (Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society) Conference, where we are contributing to the national conversation on advancing healthcare delivery.

On Monday, September 15, John Bastian, Associate Director & Principal, will join a panel discussion on Transforming Toronto Western Hospital, highlighting how the Design-Assist model fosters collaboration, drives innovation, and supports better project outcomes. He will be joined by fellow panelists Raul Dominguez (DIALOG) and Joseph Day (EllisDon).

In addition to our presentation, members of our Healthcare team—including Meagan Webb, Kim Spencer, JD Tattle, Diane Lee, Ash Parmar, and Henry Yao—are attending CHES to connect with peers across the industry and stay closely engaged with emerging insights, technologies, and trends shaping the safe, effective delivery of healthcare services.

For a link to the session, click here.