Three design candidates have been shortlisted for the next stage of the Richmond Hospital redevelopment project.
This next stage of the $1.9 billion project will take around six months as the teams are required to create a plan for the new nine-floor acute care tower.
The short-listed teams are:
- Bird Design-Build Construction Inc., Stantec Architecture Ltd., AtkinsRéalis Major Projects Inc., and AtkinsRéalis Canada Inc.;
- EllisDon Corporation, DIALOG BC Architecture Engineering Interior Design Planning Inc., PML Professional Mechanical Ltd., and Houle Electric Limited; and
- Graham Design Builders LP and HDR Architecture Associates, Inc.
“I welcome the announcement of the successful candidates in this competitive RFP process and look forward to seeing the plans to build the new nine-floor acute care at the Richmond Hospital move forward,” said Adrian Dix, B.C.'s Minister of Health.
“With the largest health-care investment in Richmond’s history, our government is committed to building on local health-care services, supporting patients in receiving the highest quality care and providing an exceptional workplace for staff and health-care providers.”
Once a team is selected, they will start the development phase, which will take around one year.
Phase two construction of the new 216-bed Yurkovich Family Pavilion is expected to start in early 2026 and finish in 2029.
The redevelopment of the hospital will see more beds, rooms and equipment.
This includes adding 113 more hospital beds for a total of 359 acute care beds and three more operating rooms for a total of 11 and emergency department spaces will increase from 62 to 86.
Three new CT scanners, one new MRI and an interventional radiology room will also be added.
Phase one of the Richmond Hospital redevelopment has already started. This includes the renovations of the Milan Ilich Pavilion for the new cancer care clinic that was completed and opened to the public in November last year.
A psychiatric assessment unit is estimated to be completed at the end of this year and demolition work of the Park Centre is expected to start in December.
After the construction of the Yurkovich Family Pavilion, the Ministry of Health will focus on the hospital's south tower and Ilich Pavilion renovations, the construction of a new mechanical services building for phase three of the project.
The completion dates for phases three and four will be determined by the project's phase two schedule for the new tower. The entire project is expected to be completed in 2031.
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