PCL Construction joined SickKids Foundation for their fundraising event GetLoud on September 28, which featured a march of 5,000 people through Fort York, as well as celebrations with food and a music festival. It is the foundation’s annual signature event, created alongside its SickKids VS Limits campaign to raise the $1.3 billion needed for the hospital’s full campus redevelopment plan, Project Horizon.

PCL Construction leads construction for the re-imagined Patient Support Centre, image via submission to City of Toronto.

The new campus will feature a new Patient Support Centre (PSC), the Peter Gilgan Family Patient Care Tower which features new care and operation units, and renovations to the existing atrium. SickKids is undergoing redevelopment for a renewal of clinical care and support areas of the hospital. It will increase inpatient hospital beds and treatment spaces, increase the capacity for clinical supports such as laboratories, outpatient clinic space, and new integration spaces that will connect emerging healthcare technologies and expand on their ability to provide virtual care. The new hospital facilities will not only tackle critical infrastructure issues, but also transform how children in Canada and around the world receive healthcare. 

Demolition as of September 25, 2019, mage by UT Forum contributor Rascacielo

PCL is the construction manager of the new PSC, located at 175 Elizabeth Street. The building will become a collaboration hub that will provide new simulation, education and training spaces for medical staff to share ideas on improving paediatric medicine. Demolition is ongoing for the structure that will be replaced by the new tower, with new construction commencing at the end of Fall of this year. 

The GetLoud event on September 28, 2019, mage courtesy of PCL Construction