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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.

 
 
Genevieve Rochette
 

Nous sommes ravis d’annoncer que Geneviève Rochette s’est jointe à HH Angus en tant que Directrice régionale pour notre bureau de Montréal.

L’arrivée de Geneviève au sein de notre équipe de direction nationale renforce encore davantage notre gestion opérationnelle, ainsi que notre engagement à poursuivre notre croissance au Québec.

« Nous sommes heureux d’accueillir Geneviève au sein de HH Angus. Ses compétences en leadership, sa grande expérience en ingénierie et ses relations de longue date dans le secteur seront déterminantes pour étendre notre présence au Québec. Son expertise spécialisée dans l’environnement bâti sera très utile à nos clients pour atteindre leurs objectifs. »
                                                                                                                Paul Keenan, Président

Dans ce nouveau rôle, Geneviève s’appuiera sur 25 ans d’expérience dans l’industrie du génie-conseil dans divers secteurs. Avant de rejoindre notre équipe, elle a fait toute sa carrière chez Stantec, où elle a débuté comme étudiante stagiaire avant de gravir progressivement les échelons pour occuper son dernier poste de directrice – Bâtiments.

Le portefeuille de Geneviève comprend des immeubles commerciaux, des institutions financières, des grands magasins de détail, des usines pharmaceutiques, des entrepôts automatisés et des installations industrielles légères, ainsi que de nombreux projets dans le domaine des soins de longue durée (SLD) et d’hébergement pour personnes âgées, un secteur en pleine expansion à l’échelle du pays.

En tant que Directrice régionale, Geneviève supervise une équipe de 25 professionnels au bureau de Montréal qui desservent plusieurs secteurs d’activité au Québec et dans tout le pays, notamment les soins de santé, l’aménagement de bureaux commerciaux et de locaux locatifs, les installations essentielles, l’aviation, l’éducation, entre autres. Le bureau de HH Angus à Montréal a été officiellement établi en 2011 avec le Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) comme projet principal pour lequel nous avons reçu le prix Schreyer, le plus grand prix d’ingénierie au Canada, pour nos solutions d’ingénierie novatrices. Parmi les projets actuels et récents, citons le nouveau terminal de l’aéroport de Montréal Saint-Hubert, l’aménagement du siège social de Novartis Canada, un centre de données ultramoderne pour un client confidentiel et les travaux de modernisation en cours au Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM).

Félicitations, Geneviève, et bienvenue dans notre équipe!

Pour rejoindre Geneviève afin de discuter de votre prochain projet :
genevieve.rochette@hhangus.com
Tél. : 514.600.1360 | 877.549.7521 (numéro sais frais)