QEII Health Sciences Centre Redevelopment

Rank 2025

45

Image Credit: BUILD NOVA SCOTIA

Industry Sector: Buildings

Project Type: Health Care

Project Value: $2 billion

Funding Source: P3

Provincial Funding: $2 billion

Province: Nova Scotia

City / Region: Halifax

Estimated End Date of Substantial Completion: TBD

The redevelopment of the QEII Health Sciences Centre is a multi-phase project involving several health care sites throughout Halifax and the surrounding area. The project will transform health care delivery in Nova Scotia, providing modern services for patients throughout the province. The primary project elements include: the renovation of Hants Community Hospital in Windsor; renovation of Dartmouth General Hospital; a new Community Outpatient Centre in Bayers Lake (opened 2023); expansion of the Halifax Infirmary site; a new hospice residence in Halifax; and movement of the QEII Cancer Centre to the new Infirmary site. Completion of these projects will result in the closure of Centennial, Dickson, and Victoria buildings on the QEII Victoria site in Halifax.

Project Owner: Government of Nova Scotia

Contractor: PCL Constructors Canada Ltd. (Hants Community Hospital renovation)

Project/Construction Manager: Nova Scotia Lands

P3 Team Members/Project Team: Advanced Work Contract (Halifax Infirmary site): Plenary PCL Health DBFM Contract (Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre) – EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare • P3 Electrical Design Team: Mulvey & Banani International Inc./Dillon Consulting Limited, led by Plan-Group/Cahill. • P3 Mechanical Design Team: HHA/Dillon Consulting Limited, led by Plan-Group/Cahill

Other Key Players: Stantec (engineer/P3 team member); Contracting Specialties (2005) Inc.; Coastal Woodworkers Ltd.; Dantra Specialty Products; Duron Atlantic Limited; Twin City Painting (1979) Limited; Northfield Glass Group Ltd.; Apex Industries; Atlantica Mechanical; Bond and Coolen Contracting Ltd.; Life Safety Systems; RKO Steel Ltd.; Southeast Drywall Ltd.; Inflector (environmental services); Darim Masonry Limited; Flynn Canada Limited; McCarthy’s Roofing Limited; Royal Door Limited; Kasian (planning and design compliance team); Deloitte (financial advisor); Hanscomb (cost consultant); Entuitive; EXP (geotechnical studies); LEA Consulting (engineer-structural); AGAT Labs; Arup (consulting engineer); Colliers Project Leaders; INTECH (risk advisor)

Legal: Borden Ladner Gervais; Osler

2024 Rank: 44

2023 Rank: 37

2022 Rank: 37

2021 Rank: 32

2020 Rank: 29

2019 Rank: 26