Work continues to progress well on the expansion of the Boundary Trails Health Centre, and things are so far on schedule.
The $100 million expansion at Boundary Trails Health Centre has reached a key milestone with construction now mostly complete on the new two-storey inpatient unit and community services building.
Work continues on things like digital system installations, equipment setup, and furniture placement, but there is already now some work happening in terms of having clinical teams training and orienting in preparation for the opening in the new year.
Kyle McNair, who is the implementation lead for clinical programming, said it is very exciting to see the progress of the project.
“It’s exciting to have the ability to really start getting into the building and start getting staff in,” he said.
“This past week was really week number one of the general staff training. We’re rotating nursing, allied health staff through the building, going through training programs, identifying those little things that need to get tweaked and fixed as we’re getting closer and closer to the point of taking on patients.
“All that work is underway right now, and it’s exciting for the team and exciting for the leadership group to finally get staff into the building and seeing the nice, larger rooms, the new single patient rooms, the workspaces they’ll be able to work in,” he added. “There’s still quite a bit of stuff to do. We’ve got some of the furniture in and equipment in, but there’s more to come.”
McNair said the project overall is in on schedule.
“Everything is on track for our ability to start admitting patients into that area in late February/early March,” he said.
“A lot of the training is happening now. We’re introducing a few new technologies.”
Once they are in a position in 2026 to start moving into the new space, their attention will turn towards renovating some of the existing space at BTHC to convert it for other use.
“It will free up space in the hospital to start the renovation phases … and it’s still a little tentative but kind of spring or summer of 2026,” McNair estimated, noting that renovation work would likely continue into 2027 before the project could be considered near completion.
