Misericordia Health Centre Redevelopment

The Misericordia Health Centre Redevelopment – Phase project consisted of demolishing and building a new Health Care Centre.  Wescan provided a new mechanical system that was designed and installed to efficiently utilize a glycol heat reclaim system to capture loss from exhaust fans and air conditioning condensing units.

Wescan performed components of the demolishing of a 25,000 sq ft. facility while simultaneously maintaining functional hospital systems that included: Fire Protection, Ventilation, Medical Gas, Sanitary Sewer, Storm, Hot Water Heating, Chilled Water, Low Pressure Steam, Medium Pressure Steam and High Pressure Steam.

Upon demolition completion, Wescan completed building the new 75,000 sq ft Health Centre.  Construction of the new facility consisted of tying in to the existing three-sided mechanical systems and renovation of the existing 80 year old, 20,000 sq ft facility.

SCOPE OF WORK
  • Low, medium & high pressure steam systems
  • Hot water heating system generated by steam
  • Glycol heating system generated by Steam
  • Ventilation system with VAVs, reheat coils and MUAs
  • Dakin Air Conditioning System
  • Radiant heating ceiling panels
  • Medical gas system
  • Sanitary & storm sewer system
  • Lab acid waste system
  • Building automation system
  • Fire protection system
  • Vestibule pressurization & smoke evacuation systems

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Project Details

Owner: Misericordia Health Centre
Type of Service: Electrical
Sector: Institutional
Completed: December 2014
Duration: March 2011 to December 2014
Value: $8,720,000
Delivery Method

Bid Spec

Engineer

SMS Engineering

Project Manager

Shawn Henry

Superintendent

Niels Kaczorowski

Contractor

Bird Construction

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