What is the value of the hospital project?

The core hospital project will be in excess of $800 million.

Looking at other IO projects it takes approximately three to three and a half years to get the ‘shovels in the ground,’ from the first step in the detailed design and procurement phase.

The final project delivery model will dictate how long the project will take. When the model has been settled upon with Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Health, target dates will be set for each of the project milestones.

This means developing drawings to a progressively detailed level that can be costed and used for bidding and contractor selection, clearly articulating the requirements of the hospital and other core buildings. A “tender set of drawings” is the terminology often used with traditional construction models, but our model may vary from this.

IO requires a rigorous set of site investigations that define site conditions and subsurface site conditions. Documenting these results means that design can take any challenges into account and builders can more accurately price risks in their bids. Examples of this due diligence include environmental site assessments, geotechnical investigation, topographical survey, and hydrogeological assessment.

Models refer to the organizational structure of the project, defining how the owner, designer, contractor and funders interact and collaborate. IO works with owners to select the best option for each project. These objectives govern these decisions:

We have been matched with a team at Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and together with the Ministry of Health a project delivery model will be decided upon. Infrastructure Ontario will support us in completing due diligence at the site and procuring the necessary consultants to move into detailed design. A Project Office has been set up … Read more