KGH Site Update

Site activities at KGH as of March 8, 2010

Patient Care Tower

Work continues in all parts of the new Patient Care Tower at Kelowna General Hospital. Construction of the new tower is still ahead of schedule, and as the weather starts to get better, you should begin to see even more activity on the site.

All of the mechanical and electrical roughing-in work on the second floor is done, and the drywallers should be arriving this week. Mechanical and electrical work has started on the third floor, while framing of the UBC medical school space on the fourth floor is well underway.

Other than the UBC space, the remainder of the fourth floor will be occupied by the mechanical and electrical systems for the tower, such as the boiler and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. The fifth and sixth floors are in the process of being designed.

Meanwhile, back down on the ground floor, you may notice cement trucks arriving on site this month. That’s because the plumbing, electrical and mechanical all had to be installed above the concrete raft slab that is supporting the full tower, but below the concrete slab that will form the actual floor of the emergency department. With that work done, the floor will now be poured, and work can begin on framing in the emergency department.

UBC/Parkade

Since we last provided information on the construction progress at KGH, two exciting events have taken place at the UBC Faculty of Medicine and Interior Health Clinical Academic Campus.

On January 25, Premier Gordon Campbell officially opened the building, along with UBC Board Chair Brad Bennett and Interior Health Board Chair Norman Embree and others.

And on February 10, the Interior Health library that is on the ground floor of the UBC facility was the site of a dedication ceremony to name the library in honour of Dr. Clifford B. Henderson.

Past Updates (click on the date to open the link)