Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project
The Project will result in the design, construction, commissioning, and activation of a new hospital to serve a diverse population that includes the communities of the Municipality of North Cowichan, City of Duncan, Town of Lake Cowichan, Town of Ladysmith and the broader Cowichan Valley Regional District.
Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project
Project Details
The Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project will result in the design, construction, commissioning, and activation of a new hospital to serve a diverse population that includes the communities of the Municipality of North Cowichan, City of Duncan, Town of Lake Cowichan, Town of Ladysmith and the broader Cowichan Valley Regional District.
Project Description:
The Project consists of a replacement community-level hospital, with capacity for 204 inpatient beds, built to modern clinical and technical standards on a greenfield site on Bell McKinnon Road, a few hundred metres from Herd Road in the Municipality of North Cowichan. The facility will provide patient care and programs to address future service needs for the region while including the following:
- total building area of approximately 46,000 gross square metres;
- capacity for core inpatient and ambulatory services, including a total of seven operating rooms, and additional procedure rooms and outpatient/ambulatory clinic capacity, expanded diagnostic imaging, and expanded emergency department capacity; and
- a facility that will be LEED® gold certified with additional building features that will further reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
| Client: | Island Health |
| Project Cost: | $1.45 billion |
| Partner: | EllisDon + Parkin |
| Project Status: | Under construction |
| Project Website: | Click here |
Milestones
| Request for Qualifications issued | December 18, 2020 |
| Request for Qualifications closed | February 25, 2021 |
| Request for Proposals issued | April 19, 2021 |
| Request for Proposals closed | December 2021 |
| Contract Award: | Fall 2022 |
| Construction to begin: | Fall 2022 |
| Construction Complete: | Fall 2027 |
Project Updates
- New Cowichan District Hospital reaches milestone – May 23, 2024
- Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project Business to Business Networking Event – September 22, 2021
- Next steps taken for new Cowichan District Hospital – (April 1, 2021)
New hospital will help people in the Cowichan Valley access quality health care – (July 6, 2018)
Procurement Documents
- Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project – Project Alliance Agreement (Aug. 30, 2023 – 66MB PDF)
- CDHRP – Appendix 2A – Schedule of Accommodation
- CDHRP – Appendix 2A – Space Table
- CDHRP – Appendix 2D – IMIT Responsibility Matrix
- CDHRP – Appendix 2F – UBC FoM Design Guidelines
- CDHRP – Appendix 2G – VIHA AV Specifications
- CDHRP – Appendix 2L – Room Finishes Matrix
- CDHRP – Appendix 2M – Patient Lift Matrix
- CDHRP – Appendix 2N – Climate Data Set
- CDHRP – Appendix 2O – Plant List
- CDHRP – Attachment 2K-1 Food Service Equipment List
- Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project – Final report of the Fairness Reviewer
- Cowichan District Hospital ADP RFP – FINAL (Conformed) July 21, 2021
- Cowichan District Hospital ADP RFP Appendix E – Key Result Areas
- Cowichan District Hospital ADP RFP Appendix B – Project Proposal Requirements – Design Elements
- Cowichan District Hospital ADP RFP Appendix B – Project Proposal Requirements
- Cowichan District Hospital ADA RFP – FINAL (conformed) April 27 2021
- Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project – Report of the Fairness Reviewer – RFQ
- Cowichan District Hospital RFQ – FINAL (conformed) – (February 24, 2021)
Project Map
Project Contacts
Anastassia Ferdman
Infrastructure BC
Email: anastassia.ferdman@infrastructurebc.com