This new comprehensive cancer centre is currently under construction at the Foothills Medical Centre site in Calgary. The 95,000-plus-square-metre complex will include 160 inpatient beds, outpatient facilities with over 100 exam rooms, systemic treatment and radiation treatment technologies, clinical trial units and research laboratories, a knowledge exchange centre and 1,650 stalls of underground parking. The centre will provide much-needed access to cutting-edge treatment and care for residents of Calgary and southern Alberta. Despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the project reached its topping off point in late April 2020 and remains on schedule for completion in 2023. The project is expected to achieve Substantial Completion end of fall 2022, followed by a two-year warranty period. Commissioning process has begun, and user training will begin in early 2022 in preparation for turnover of the facility to Alberta Health Services Final submission for LEED accreditation is expected to be submitted to the Canadian Green Building Council by the end of 2022 and for accreditation the following year.
