KGH Site Update

Patient Care Tower

Work continues in all parts of the new Patient Care Tower at Kelowna General Hospital.

Construction of the new tower is still ahead of schedule, and as the weather starts to get
better, you should begin to see even more activity on the site.

All of the mechanical and electrical roughing-in work on the second floor is done, and the
drywallers should be arriving this week. Mechanical and electrical work has started on
the third floor, while framing of the UBC medical school space on the fourth floor is well
underway.

Other than the UBC space, the remainder of the fourth floor will be occupied by the
mechanical and electrical systems for the tower, such as the boiler and heating,
ventilation and air conditioning systems. The fifth and sixth floors are in the process of
being designed.

Meanwhile, back down on the ground floor, you may notice cement trucks arriving on
site this month. That’s because the plumbing, electrical and mechanical all had to be
installed above the concrete raft slab that is supporting the full tower, but below the
concrete slab that will form the actual floor of the emergency department. With that work
done, the floor will now be poured, and work can begin on framing in the emergency
department.

UBC/Parkade

Since we last provided information on the construction progress at KGH, two exciting

events have taken place at the UBC Faculty of Medicine and Interior Health Clinical
Academic Campus.

On January 25, Premier Gordon Campbell officially opened the building, along with UBC
Board Chair Brad Bennett and Interior Health Board Chair Norman Embree and others.

And on February 10, the Interior Health library that is on the ground floor of the UBC
facility was the site of a dedication ceremony to name the library in honour of Dr. Clifford
B. Henderson.