Seven companies with offices across Canada and a few global companies with offices around the world have submitted their proposals to manage the ambitious, multi-million dollar project to replace the crumbling Victoria General Hospital. Cannon Design is headquartered in the United States. HOK is an international firm that has built the Rogers Arena in Edmonton and...
Planning for replacing the Victoria General hospital stumbles along
The biggest healthcare infrastructure project in the province is off to a slow and lethargic start.
They’re known as “The Floods.” In September and December of 2015, water from leaks in the aged plumbing of the Victoria General site of the QE2 Health Sciences Centre poured into the floors below. The floods disrupted hundreds of surgeries, closed an ICU, and forced 50 patients out of their rooms. Today, the pipes remain...