Project Update Foothills Medical Centre ()

Overview  In this year’s Capital plan, the province has allocated $17million over the next two years to complete construction activity at the Foothills Medical Centre (FMC).  The Foothills Medical Centre (FMC) project will meet increasing surgical demands in the Calgary zone, address a shortage of intensive care beds with the new Intensive Care Department and help address ongoing over capacity issues at the trauma centre for southern .  The project includes the: o Eight-story McCaig Tower containing surgical processing, an , surgical suites, inpatient beds, outpatient , a diagnostic imaging suite and a rooftop helipad; o New space for the Calgary lab services (CLS), including anatomic ; and o Renovations to impacted departments within the existing Foothills Medical Centre main building including, the and Calgary lab services.

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Construction Update  McCaig Tower (completed in June 2010).  CLS construction (completed in July 2015).  The renovations to impacted hospital departments consists of five phases: o Phase 1 - The addition of an atrium (completed September 2011); o Phase 2 - General admitting, minor procedure rooms, and administration space completed in (September 2013); o Phase 3 - Triage, emergency medical services, emergency admitting, the waiting area, and treatment spaces (completed in September 2015); o Phase 4 - Isolation, gynecological and monitored patient treatment spaces (completed in April 2016); and o Phase 5 - Includes the emergency department, staff administration area and the monitored patient treatment spaces. o Construction for the staff administration area (completed in May 2016).

 Final Phase of construction: o Monitored patient treatment spaces are underway. . Slab resurfacing and repairs are completed. . Demolition activity in the treatment area is complete. . Framing is complete. . Electrical and mechanical rough-in is nearing completion in patient treatment and support areas. . Drywall installation continues.

Next Steps and Upcoming Activities  Continue construction of monitored patient treatment spaces and support space.  Replace mechanical and electrical services, on the ground floor and area directly below the emergency department.  Complete electrical and mechanical rough-in of patient treatment and support area.  Construction is expected to be complete and turned over to in January 2018.

May-June 2017

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