Yep, hospitals are extremely complex beasts, and this one is going to be massive - I believe about the same size as the Calgary South Health Campus.
GP was a cluster f from the beginning. the GoA funded the shell but not the fit out. then when the fit out came up, codes had changed and major changes were required. Then there was the issue of the GC being thrown off for non preformance (maybe)., then Schedele Mechanical going under.The Grande Prairie Regional Hospital was originally planned to take 7 years to construct, but with delays is looking like 9 years, if it is to open by the end of this year. Hospitals just can't be built quickly it seems (maybe it's due to complex HVAC/mechanical requirements?).
the province "fired" graham construction and engineering. we should know by 2030 whether they actually had any justification for doing so or even whether that was the most appropriate action to take given the consequences within the industry. unless of course it's "settled" prior with the typical non-disclosure agreements in which case we may never know. it was completed by clark builders but i'm not actually sure if by the time they finished the contractor replacement process that anyone other than clark was still at the table. i seem to recall pcl may have been on-site in a pure caretaker capacity for a while as well... this one might well turn out to be another classic definition of fubar and if i had to place a bet, my money would be on graham having much better documentation to rely on than the province.Do you know which general contractor was thrown off?
Yep, hospitals are extremely complex beasts, and this one is going to be massive - I believe about the same size as the Calgary South Health Campus.