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Shovels in the ground for new South Niagara hospital
via Niagara Health: After more than a decade of planning, Niagara residents are celebrating the start of construction on the new South Niagara hospital.
Ontario Accepting Proposals to Build the New South Niagara Hospital
The Ontario government is continuing to support the development of a new state-of-the-art hospital for patients and families in the Niagara region as part of its comprehensive plan to end hallway health care and protecting our progress by building a better connected health care system for all Ontarians. Once complete,..Read More
Teams Shortlisted for South Niagara hospital project
Patients at Niagara Health are among the first in the province who can access their diagnostic records such as an x-ray, CT scan, MRI, or ultrasound through Ontario trusted account, a unique patient digital identity service on the Niagara Health Navigator mobile app.
Request for Qualifications Issued for South Niagara Site
The South Niagara hospital project is taking another step forward as Infrastructure Ontario and Niagara Health start the process to find a design-build-finance-maintain team for the project.
Niagara Health partners to preserve and honour South Niagara Site
Niagara Health has partnered with local community members to recycle and preserve the South Niagara Site’s natural elements. Following extensive mandatory and elective due diligence, Niagara Health will be commissioning the removal of the woodlot thicket, located on the southeast portion of the South Niagara Site, to make way for..Read More
South Niagara Site Outdoor Landscape Survey
Looking ahead, post-pandemic, to the opening of the new South Niagara Site, Niagara Health has identified numerous outdoor spaces to be incorporated into the design of the future hospital.
South Niagara Hospital RFQ/RFP Information Session
In preparation for the South Niagara Hospital Project’s Request for Qualifications (RFQ) release, scheduled for the spring of 2021, Niagara Health in partnership with Infrastructure Ontario are hosting an online information session targeted to Niagara businesses and the community to provide more information on:
Niagara Health awards planning, design and conformance consultant
Niagara Health’s South Niagara Project has reached another major milestone with the selection of Stantec Architecture Ltd. as the successful proponent to the Planning, Design and Conformance (PDC) Request for Proposals.
South Niagara Project survey aims to make a statement
Niagara Health is asking for feedback and creativity to help develop the Project Statement for the South Niagara hospital.
South Niagara Project working toward first WELL® certified healthcare facility in Canada
Niagara Health has recently registered the South Niagara Project with the International WELL® Building Institute to work towards becoming WELL® v2 certified. If successful, and once the South Niagara hospital is open, the South Niagara Project will be the first WELL® certified healthcare facility in Canada – focused on the..Read More
PDC RFP Released
In November 2019, the South Niagara Project team in partnership with Infrastructure Ontario, were on-time to release the PDC (Planning, Design and Conformance) RFP (Request for Proposal). This PDC consultant’s role will be to prepare the planning and design documents to include in the final RFP to the project company..Read More
Site Planning Begins
In preparation for the new South Niagara Hospital, we have had a natural heritage assessment completed on the property and were cleared for next steps. Boreholes are being dug as part of our site study. The boreholes will provide insight into the water, gases and temperature measurement on the site..Read More
Ontario Government confirms new South Niagara Hospital
Planning for the new South Niagara Hospital took an important step forward as Infrastructure Ontario has listed the project (Niagara Falls Hospital) in their Market Update for Projects in Pre-Procurement.
Stage 2 Proposal Submitted to Ministry
In Early September 2019, the South Niagara Project team submitted their Stage 2 proposal to the provincial Ministry of Health. This submission outlines the program and service requirements, equipment and space needs of the hospital and has been developed with extensive input from our staff, physicians and community partners. Ministry..Read More
Building a Healthier Niagara update
Hearing the news that our capital project is included in the recent provincial budget is a strong demonstration of confidence in our vision for Niagara Falls and Welland. There has been excellent dialogue with Welland Mayor Frank Campion and I appreciate his advocacy for healthcare for Welland residents.
Building a Healthier Niagara – A message to the community
On January 21, 2020, Niagara Health Community leaders, residents, patients, healthcare workers, physicians, and municipal partners were engaged in the planning so far, and we will continue to seek input as we move forward. On Wednesday, January 25,2017 the LHIN endorsed the first submission – Stage 1A – which is..Read More