We are in luck - they are using terracotta - from the Architectural Plans:

1685721340939.png


AoD
 
Adding this to my watch-list...
 
canada.constructconnect.com

Reno or overhaul? Toronto Western opts for new tower - Daily Commercial News

Toronto Western Hospital will be getting a new patient tower focused around the hospital’s surgical services. Part of the University Health Network (UHN), the facility will be located at the northwest corner of the hospital site at Bathurst and Dundas st
canada.constructconnect.com canada.constructconnect.com

The 15-storey, 23,882-square-metre expansion will add 20 new operating rooms, including three new image-guided operation rooms for complex neurosurgical and spinal procedures. It will also include several new units and departments such as a pre‐operative care unit, post-anesthetic care unit, a medical device reprocessing department and pharmacy.

“It will be attached to the existing hospital on the main level and on floors two through four there will be connections,” Repa said.

The tower will be built using the construction management approach which is expected to shave about a year off of traditional delivery time.

DIALOG is the architect on the project and EllisDon is the construction manager.

“We’ve gone out to RFP for the design assist partners in mechanical, electrical, elevators, glass and glazing and doors and hardware and we have not yet announced who will be the successful proponents,” Repa said.

Of the 15 storeys, there will be a mechanical space at the top and in the middle of the building.

---------
The building also includes an 11th storey walk out terrace and underground parking, about 80 spaces over two levels.

The building is unique looking but will also fit in with the rest of the campus and the existing neighbourhood.

“I think the architects would tell you that the materials on the outside, particularly the lighter colour material, is an attempt to capture light because it is very tall,” said Reva.

“Some of the terra cotta colours in there are really around trying to represent the warmth of the area and the blue colour is really trying to be reflective of the Kensington Market area and trying to pull in a few of the colours and the warmth and the vibe of that culture.”

Flow is really important both inside and outside the building. The site is located at a busy intersection in Toronto.

“It’s a complicated site in downtown Toronto which is probably the biggest issue that we have,” Reva explained. “It’s a very dense busy piece of property with lots of city traffic around it and so it really is just requiring us to do a lot of really intensive planning beforehand.

“The design of the building was done with punched windows so that we could minimize the amount of work outside on Bathurst itself so the windows could be installed from the inside out as opposed to glazing which would require us to be on the street for a longer period of time.”

Early works are going to be starting this summer with completion anticipated in mid-2027.

“We have people that need to move out of those spaces and we need to do some early works to try and get some of those connection points ready,” Reva said. “We’re hoping that when our final estimate of cost is prepared and agreed upon in August with the Ministry of Health then we will be able to be really active in our construction management award of successive tendering starting this fall.”
Click to expand...
 
DSC said:
Also: https://www.thestar.com/politics/pr...cle_76d378ac-c535-11ee-802d-930175bc81f0.html
Click to expand...

Worth saying here, a ~20% increase in capacity is barely enough to keep up with population growth. If one assumed Toronto grew by 100,000 each year, that's ~3% growth, that's ~12% over the next 4 years, and would exceed 20% within 7 years, or 3 years after opening. There's also the matter of the demographic pressure of aging boomers, which will likely peak just after 2028 and stay at that level through the early 2030s.

I'm not sure that we need to meet all that demand on one site; but taken across the downtown hospitals, 2 of which have no bed growth contemplated in this window (Sinai and General); and I'm not aware of any bed growth planned for Princess Marg. either.....

Its a great investment, yet I'm a bit underwhelmed and more than a little concerned its under-baked.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: AHK
82 beds isn’t much, but 20 new operating rooms is a big deal. I suspect the tower will also house beds from older wings from the hospital too; the 82 beds being an expansion of the existing capacity.

PMH has surprisingly few inpatient beds; most of its services are outpatient.
 
ShonTron said:
82 beds isn’t much, but 20 new operating rooms is a big deal. I suspect the tower will also house beds from older wings from the hospital too; the 82 beds being an expansion of the existing capacity.
Click to expand...

In theory, I agree, though the stated expansion of surgical capacity is underwhelming.

ShonTron said:
PMH has surprisingly few inpatient beds; most of its services are outpatient.
Click to expand...

I know, my dad mother and father both spent time there, as out patients, in their last days. But this puts the problem of where those patients reside back on the hospital from which they are transferred.
 
Just curious when the start date is? Any bid groups yet? If they want to open by 2028 they better get a move on!
 
Towered said:
Parking lot is already closed, fenced off, and has equipment on site.

Pic to follow if I'm not too lazy.
Click to expand...

No indication of permits applied for, let alone issued for the new tower.

However, lots of permits for preparatory renos on the existing building (clearly identified as such).

1708713217777.png


1708713260222.png


This one is different:

1708713309348.png
 
From driving by on Bathurst Street (so unable to get a picture) this afternoon, the equipment in the parking lot is either ground sampling drilling, or from the amount of it on site, I think perhaps more likely (and hopefully) to be geothermal heating/cooling system drilling equipment.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to post here.

Back
Top