Engineering Ron Joyce Children's Hospital, Ontario

Creating a healing environment for children to thrive during treatment.

Ron Joyce Children’s Health Care Centre is a unique, purpose-built facility that seeks to provide a new experience for patient and family-centred care, while minimizing the environmental footprint on the surrounding community. It is the only centre of its kind in Canada to offer the breadth and combination of services for children, youth and their families – many of whom are dealing with lifelong cognitive, behavioral, or physical issues.

Location

Hamilton - Ontario - Canada

Client

Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation

Architect

Stantec

Project Status

Completed in 2015

Construction Manager and Environmental Consulting

PCL Constructors Canada Inc and Terraprobe

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This centre is more than just a building it is a space connecting children and youth to an environment where they can thrive during treatment. This facility is transforming care for the community. The Ron Joyce Children’s Hospital hosts a variety of programs and health care teams are in one building, allowing everyone to work together to provide the best care possible. Each element, including the lighting, were designed to provide an engaging environment for children, in turn creating spaces that support the healing process .

Located on Wellington Street in Hamilton, Ontario, the Centre is fully accessible and includes an outdoor wheeling track, a therapeutic playground and physiotherapy space.

Programs at this site, include:

Autism Spectrum Disorder Program
Child and Youth Mental Health Program
Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Program
Prosthetics and Orthotics

Incredible that this health care centre, built on an industrial brownfield site, has become a catalyst for urban regeneration in this re-emerging Hamilton neighbourhood, transforming it into a place that enables dreams and transforms children’s futures.

Completed on time and on budget, with an aggressive schedule of 17½ months from start, construction, commissioning and close-out, the project exceeded its sustainability target and achieved LEED Gold.

This will be an environment in which children and youth will find a place to be the best they can be.

Dr. Peter Fitzgerald President of McMaster Children’s Hospital

Highlights Include:

Achieved exemplary performance in innovative design through:
- 32% of construction materials utilized recycled content
- 45% of construction materials were sourced or manufactured locally within 800 km of the project, or within 2400km if shipped by water.
- predicts predictive energy model showing 58% less energy use due to implementation of energy efficient technologies such as individual lighting controls for at least 90% of building occupants, and efficient heating and cooling equipment.
The project benefits from its location in an area characterized by development density and community connectivity, including efficient access to public transit
Installation of low-flow fixtures to achieve a water use reduction of 36%
86% of construction and demolition waste was diverted from landfill
Building envelope designed to increase thermal resistance
Building’s HVAC systems do not use CFC-based refrigerants
Project offers sufficient space for storing and collection of recyclables
Indoor air quality management plan includes use of low-emitting materials
White roof membrane reflects heat, rather than absorbing it

Key Features and Statistics

LEED Gold Certified
180,000-square-foot facility now houses Canada’s largest prosthetics and orthotics manufacturing, assessment, and fitting facilities