South Niagara Hospital Project Newsletter- August 2024
Read the latest issue of the South Niagara Hospital Project Newsletter
Momentum continues with the South Niagara Hospital project. After the groundbreaking ceremony in July 2023, our partners EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare have started construction on the 1.3-million-square-foot hospital. This state-of-the-art facility will take approximately five years to build, with opening planned for summer 2028.
Since March 2020 we have undergone significant consultation and engagement with staff, physicians, patients and community partners to design the new South Niagara Hospital, which will be located at the corner of Montrose and Biggar roads in Niagara Falls. There are over 15,000 pages of criteria detailing the site and building design, operational, furniture, fixtures and equipment, and facilities management requirements, along with technical specifications for the new hospital. That’s over 15,000 pages of planning and design documents based on direct input provided.
We recognize that now, more than ever, the infrastructure of a hospital is an essential component in ensuring we have the capacity to respond to, and roll out effective infection prevention and control measures. With the challenges of new and emerging infectious diseases, as well as higher public expectations and awareness of healthcare related issues, Niagara Health is leveraging the lessons learned and applying them into the development of the new hospital.
We are well positioned and are working to ensure that we are capturing the information we need to build a facility that delivers the highest quality of care for our patients and reflects the needs of the Niagara community.
With the South Niagara Hospital targeted to open in 2028, part of our planning includes designing an infrastructure to accommodate technology and delivery of healthcare services for the future.
Click here to read more about how Niagara Health is thinking beyond its walls for the design of its new hospital.
Get the latest updates and news that affects the project and your community.
Read the latest issue of the South Niagara Hospital Project Newsletter
It’s been a year since shovels went in the ground for the new South Niagara Hospital (SNH), and the progress made to-date is significant.
Up until recently, construction of the South Niagara Hospital Project has largely taken place below ground. That all changed this month as crews started to work on the superstructure, the part of the building that is built above the foundation level.
More than $600,000 was raised during the Gala, marking it as the most successful Gala in the Foundation's history.
It arrived in pieces on multiple tractor-trailer rigs and required a few days to assemble, but there is now a tower crane on the South Niagara Hospital site.
There are exciting opportunities for businesses and individuals. Have your say in the planning of the new South Niagara Hospital.