The following demonstrates our Team’s relevant individual and collective expertise in the planning, programming, design and evaluation of complex healthcare programs/services and facilities.
For over fifteen years, our Team has worked on numerous health services planning projects and program reviews. Collectively, infrastructure projects completed by our team during this time frame have capital cost estimates up to $600M. The selected projects shown are listed chronologically.
Newfoundland Provincial Radiation Therapy Plan
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| Client: |
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Profile: |
The purpose of the study was to:
- Undertake a comprehensive review of the existing radiation therapy service model in Newfoundland
- Recommend a service plan for delivery of radiation therapy service in NL to meet cancer needs to 2026
The project also included preparation of a detailed functional program for the new Cancer Centre Western for radiation therapy, systemic therapy and related services as part of the new Western Memorial Regional Hospital (WMRH) campus. |
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Literature Reviews
Health Quality Council of Alberta
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| Client: |
Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) |
| Profile: |
Working collaboratively with a Health Service Librarian, completed several literature reviews for HQCA in the following areas:
- Systemic Identification and Prioritization of Healthcare Measurement Activities (2013)
- Parenteral Nutrition (2013)
- Quality Management (2014)
- Adverse Events Reporting (2014)
- Economics and Cost-Effectiveness of Emergency Department Services (2015)
- Rural and Remote Healthcare Service Delivery (2015)
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CancerControl Alberta: Provincial Services Pre-Planning Project
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| Client: |
CancerControl Alberta |
| Profile: |
The Alberta Provincial Cancer Pre‐Planning Project (Project) was conducted to provide a foundation and framework upon which CancerControl Alberta could develop a province wide Cancer Service Plan. The Project included a literature review of national and international published and grey literature, as well as review of Alberta
Health Services and CancerControl Alberta planning documents. The scope of the Project addressed to two key cancer treatment programs, chemotherapy and external beam radiation therapy; however, the planning concepts and tasks can be generalized to include all aspects of cancer services. A conceptual Framework for Provincial Cancer Service Planning integrating the planning concepts and tasks was developed and presented in the report. |
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Business Case for Health Capital Projects: Protection of Children Abusing Drugs (PChAD) Edmonton
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| Client: |
Alberta Infrastructure |
| Profile: |
In December 2010, the Government of Alberta announced $40.3 million in capital funding as part of the Safe Communities Initiative for development of 100 new detoxification, residential treatment and/or concurrent addiction and mental health beds across the province, including the redevelopment of the Edmonton PChAD Protective Safe House. In 2012, Alberta Health Services completed a Needs Assessment which recommended the construction of a new, purpose built facility to provide the needed space for projected bed increases, treatment programming space for youth and their families, and appropriate security not provided by the existing facility. This Business Case supported the need for a new, purpose built, 12 bed facility to meet program needs to 2030. The estimated space requirement for the new facility is 968 building gross square metres. |
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Stollery Children’s Hospital Critical Care Redevelopment Functional Program
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| Client: |
Alberta Infrastructure |
| Profile: |
Functional programming of appropriate and improved health facilities, specifically 48 beds (16 Neonatal Intensive Care, 16 Pediatric Intensive Care and 16 Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care) at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre: Stollery Children’s Hospital, the objectives of which were to provide improved quality of care and patient safety, reduced wait times and improved staff recruitment and retention. Subconsultant to HFKS Architecture, Edmonton, Alberta |
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| High Prairie Health Centre – Functional Program |
| Client: |
Alberta Infrastructure |
| Profile: |
Functional programming of an integrated rural health facility to provide ambulatory & community health services, local physician offices, primary care network, addiction & mental health services, 30 acute care beds and 67 continuing care beds. Subconsultant to Stantec Architecture, Calgary, Alberta |
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Alberta Health Services: Radiation Treatment Corridor-Project Management Services
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| Client: |
Alberta Health Services & Alberta Health, Alberta |
| Profile: |
Since 2007, Altus has provided overall Project Management/Coordination for Alberta Health Services (AHS) Cancer Care (formerly Alberta Cancer Board) and Alberta Health (AH) on a federally and provincially funded multi million dollar initiative to expand radiation treatment services throughout Alberta as an expansion to the two current tertiary centres in Calgary and Edmonton. Project includes facilitation of province wide service planning, Radiation Therapy wait time access policy, operational planning and programming for three distributed radiation therapy services in Alberta. |
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Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region Pediatric Master Program Plan
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| Client: |
Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region, Saskatchewan |
| Profile: |
Development of a Master Program for pediatric services at the Regina General Hospital, including consolidation of inpatient pediatric beds from the Pasqua Hospital. Subconsultant to HFKS Architects, Calgary, Alberta |
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Radiation Therapy Productivity Study Phase 1, Baseline Review & Phase 2, Process Improvement Study
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
Study in two phases 1) a review of baseline data including identification of national and international benchmarks and 2) facilitation of Lean projects followed by measurement of productivity changes. |
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Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute – Space Planning Now and Future
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| Client: |
Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute (SACRI) |
| Profile: |
Identification of research space development options required to accommodate research space for SACRI in Calgary, including three possible scenarios. |
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Central Alberta Cancer Centre (Red Deer) Functional Program
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
Functional programming in conjunction with the Radiation Therapy Corridor project to add radiation therapy to the existing cancer centre at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre including expanded ambulatory and support facilities. |
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Grand Rapids/Misipawistik Master Health Service Plan & Minoayawin Functional Program
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| Client: |
Misipawistik Cree Nation Health Authority |
| Profile: |
Federal health integration initiative funded health service planning for Misipawistik Cree Nation & Grand Rapids communities in Manitoba; functional programming for community health centre consolidating all health services in the community including physician & dental clinics, and community health. |
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Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Floors 3, 6, 7 & 8 Functional Program
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| Client: |
Capital Health, Edmonton, Alberta |
| Profile: |
Programming for shelled in floors of a tertiary cardiology centre in Edmonton, including physician & other professional offices, food services and virtual heart lab. Subconsultants to HFKS Architects, Edmonton, Alberta |
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Jack Ady (Lethbridge) Cancer Centre Functional Program
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
Functional programming in conjunction with the Radiation Therapy Corridor project to add radiation therapy to the existing cancer centre at the Lethbridge Chinook Regional Hospital including expanded ambulatory and support facilities. |
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Cross Cancer Institute Clinic Space Utilization Review
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
Study of the outpatient department at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton to seek ways to increase the number of clinic visits that could be accommodated within existing clinic space, as an interim measure until space could be expanded through proposed capital project. |
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Norquest College Space Utilization Review
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
Utilization study of college leased space within the Capital Centre building in Edmonton including how rooms are scheduled and utilized with the goal of optimizing the use of available classrooms. |
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Royal Alexandra Hospital Site Development Update
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| Client: |
Capital Health, Edmonton, Alberta |
| Profile: |
Update of the RAH Site Development Plan to incorporate changing service needs, health care deliver policies and practices.dynamic growth, capital planning modifications that have resulted in departures from the RAH Master Plan and Addendum (1998/99). The focus of the update is on Phase 3 (Redevelopment of the ATC) since it will be the next phase of redevelopment on the RAH site. The CH bed reclamation initiative (2004) as well as a review of Ophthalmology. Mental Health, Health records and Medical Staff Facilities are being incorporated into the update. Subconsultant to HFKS Architects, Edmonton, Alberta |
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Cross Cancer Institute (CCI): Workload Updates
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board, Edmonton, Alberta |
| Profile: |
A detailed review of current and projected workload indicators to identify future needs of the tertiary cancer centre located in Edmonton, Alberta. |
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Cross Lake Band of Indians Master Service Plan & Functional Program
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| Client: |
Cross Lake Band of Indians |
| Profile: |
Federal health integration initiative for health service planning; functional programming of a small inpatient & ambulatory health centre consolidating all health services in the community, including physician & dental clinics and community health. |
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Associate Cancer Centres Radiation Therapy Clinics Preliminary Business Case
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board, Alberta |
| Profile: |
Preliminary business case to identify project requirements and options, including feasibility and cost, for expansion of cancer radiation therapy capacity at existing associate cancer centres in Lethbridge, Red Deer and Grande Prairie based on a distributed service model and in accordance with AHW’s Health Capital Planning Manual. |
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Incremental Operational Funding for Capital Projects
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| Client: |
Alberta Health & Wellness |
| Profile: |
Project to develop a preliminary, reasonable, objective and transparent methodology and template for Alberta Regional Health Authorities to use in estimating their incremental operating costs from new capital infrastructure. |
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Island Lake Master Service Plan
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| Client: |
Harrold & Company Inc., Ontario |
| Profile: |
A detailed health service plan to integrate health services of several northern Manitoba aboriginal communities (i.e.,Red Sucker Lake, Garden Hill, St. Theresa Point and Wasagamack) into one health authority that would provide health services to all members of the community (i.e.,treaty members, Metis,community members). |
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New Cancer Institute Functional Program
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
Preparation of a functional program for a new cancer care facility in Calgary to replace the Tom Baker Cancer Centre which provides tertiary referral cancer services for southern Alberta. Based on analysis of service plans, utilization data, demographics and cancer trends (all also prepared by Altus Planning), an innovative solution to maximize service capacities was developed. |
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Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Ambulatory Care Review
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| Client: |
Palliser Health Region |
| Profile: |
Study to identify interim measures that could be taken to manage ambulatory service needs and alleviate space pressures at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. |
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Norway House Master Service Plan and Hospital & Primary Health Centre Functional Program
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| Client: |
Norway House Health Services Inc. |
| Profile: |
Preparation of a functional program in follow-up to the NHHII Master Service Plan (prepared by Altus Planning) to develop a dynamic facility in northern Manitoba housing primary health care, inpatient and outpatient services,community programs and long-term care to improve access to health services for local residents in this rural communtiy. |
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Rockyview General Hospital Major Capital Project
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| Client: |
Calgary Health Region |
| Profile: |
The Calgary Health Region (CHR) initiated concurrent capital redevelopment ,projects for the three hospital sites, including the Rockyview General Hospital (RGH), in Calgary. These projects responded to a dynamic health context and the pressing need for additional service capacity. This first phase for Schematic Design included major renovations to the Surgical Site, PARR and Day Surgery Unit, Diagnostic Imaging and IP units, plus an expansion to include ICU/CCU, Emergency, Lab Medicine and a Hemodialysis Unit at the RGH. Completed in conjunction with CPV Group. |
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Cross Cancer Institute Functional Program
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
Preparation of a functional program to accommodate a major expansion and regeneration of the tertiary referral cancer centre serving northern Alberta. Based on an analysis of service plans, utilization data, facility evaluation, demographics and cancer trends, an innovative solution to maximize service capacities on a constrained site was developed. The team had completed the master plan, CCI Space Optimization Study, in 2003. |
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Brooks Health Centre Master/Functional Programming Study
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| Client: |
Palliser Health Region |
| Profile: |
Preparation of a Master Plan & Functional Program for a community health centre providing primary and secondary level health services for acute inpatient, outpatient and emergency care as well as community and mental health services to the residents of the Western Area of the PHR. Project completed in association with CPV Architects Inc. |
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Drayton Valley Community Health Centre Functional Program
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| Client: |
David Thompson Health Region |
| Profile: |
Preparation of a comprehensive functional program to accommodate the local community health centre services within a leased premise on a new site in Drayton Valley. The scope of the study included the components of Community Administration, Community Care, Health Promotion & Prevention, Mental Health, Public Health, Rehabilitation, Shared Support as well as conceptual development options identifying key component relationships. |
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Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Acute Care Bed Utilization Project
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| Client: |
Palliser Health Region |
| Profile: |
Review of utilization of acute care beds and proposal of strategies and implementation plans to address identified issues to alleviate pressures on bed availability. |
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Cross Cancer Institute, Space Optimization Redevelopment, Phase I
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
Identified as Phase 1 of the Space Optimization Study for the Cross Cancer Institute (2003), this project included functional programming for Edmonton Radiopharmaceutical Centre (ERC) laboratories to meet GMP laboratory requirements and projected workloads; determination of components to be accommodated in vacated ERC space; and optimization of office space to accommodate short-term program needs. Project undertaken in association with Hamilton Filipowicz Architects Ltd. |
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Walter C. MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre, Bed Reclamation Project Scope Confirmation Report
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| Client: |
Capital Health |
| Profile: |
The initial work for this project included the gathering of information and facilitation of stakeholder discussions to develop and assess various options to reclaim eighteen (18) beds in the acute care area of the Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre. Schedules and cost estimates were prepared for three options. Project undertaken in association with Hamilton Filipowicz Architects Ltd. |
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Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Expansion Feasibility Study
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
This study was initiated by the ACB as a preliminary business case to determine the feasibility of three alternative Calgary sites to accommodate an expanded Tom Baker Cancer Centre (TBCC). The primary objective of the TBCC expansion was to maintain high quality accessible cancer control services by ensuring the TBCC could effectively operate as a comprehensive cancer centre to serve a growing and aging Southern Alberta population to 2018 during a period of unprecdenented increases in cancer caseloads. |
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Weeneebayko Area Health Integration Initiative, Facilities Evaluation
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| Client: |
Funded by Health Canada |
| Profile: |
Working under the auspices of a multi-party special initiative involving the Federal Government, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, two local hospital boards and six First Nations Bands, functional and physical evaluations of eight existing facilities were completed in the six communities to assess redevelopment potential to implement the |
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Weeneebayko Area Health Integration Initiative, Master Service Plan
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| Client: |
Funded by Health Canada |
| Profile: |
Working under the auspices of a multi party special initiative involving the Federal Government, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, two local hospital boards and six First Nations Bands, area-wide health needs were reassessed and an integrated service delivery framework for six isolated, northern Ontario communities was generated. The resulting Master Service Plan incorporated descriptions of local (community), regional and tertiary referral services across the full spectrum of health services, including public health, emergency, acute care, long-term care, mental health, administration and support services. |
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Cross Cancer Institute, Space Optimization Study
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
Development of a space optimization plan for the CCI facilities and site, incorporated complementary plans to resolve short-term urgent space deficiencies within a 10-15 long-term master redevelopment framework. Project undertaken in association with Hamilton Filipowicz Architects Ltd. |
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Sioux Lookout Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre, Functional Program
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| Client: |
Ontario Health & Health Canada |
| Profile: |
Preparation of strategies for combining local, provincial and federal health services into one unified service, and preparation of a functional program for a new health centre. Services were programmed to meet the needs of the local population of Sioux Lookout and the Nishawbe-Aski First Nation of Northern Ontario. The health centre will be an integration of hospital and community services with an emphasis on the native healing culture. Project was completed in association with TSB Healthcare Planning, Toronto ON. |
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Bethany Calgary, Master Plan-Phase 1
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| Client: |
Bethany Care Society |
| Profile: |
Preparation and evaluation of three potential viable redevelopment options for Bethany Calgary Centre, Calgary. The redevelopment options were based on future prospective service roles, constraints and opportunities of the existing facilities and site, and approved best practice models of care. |
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Alberta Children’s Hospital Functional Program
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| Client: |
Calgary Health Region |
| Profile: |
Reassessment of service plans and development of a functional program for the construction of a new children’s hospital on the West campus at the University of calgary. The functional program included capacity for a comprehensive, sub-specialty based ambulatory care and rehabilitation service with almost 300,000 visits per year, 142 inpatient beds, including oncology and mental health and effective integration of academic practice requirements. Inpatients ambulatory and support service models were assessed within a pediatric best practices context with the client and user groups to finalize standards and space planning models adopted for the functional program. As well, a preliminary functional program was completed to merge and transfer high risk maternal newborn from the Foothills Medical Centre to the new ACB site. This included high resk prenatal, labour and delivery, newborn nursery and neonatal intensive care. The key staff listed prepared the Functional Program in association with Anshen + Allen and Associates (San Francisco) and Kasian Architects. |
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Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Master Redevelopment Plan
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| Client: |
Mistahia Health region |
| Profile: |
Completion of a Master Program and Master Plan based on the assessment of facility needs at the QEII site to fulfill the role of a secondary referral hospital, including cancer services, to accommodate the changing population health needs and MHR’s service plan to 2010. Completed in association with Hamilton Filipowicz Architects Ltd. |
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Mistahia Health Region, Service Plan
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| Client: |
Mistahia Health Region |
| Profile: |
Reassessment of MHR’s service plans to incorporate an expanded secondary service role for the region. The planning was heavily based on demographic and needs analysis, benchmarking and community/stakeholder consultation. Project completed in association with Hamilton Filipowicz Architects Ltd. |
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University of Alberta Hospital, Site Master Plan
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| Client: |
Capital Health Authority |
| Profile: |
A master redevelopment plan of Capital Health facilities of the University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) site (the major academic health centre for Northern Alberta) was prepared to guide cost-effective long-term capital development. The plan responded to complex and often differing priorities and needs, provided a long-term development plan that was acceptable to the CH and the Faculty of Medicine. Phasing and decanting strategies were included. Project completed in association with Hamilton Chomik Architects. |
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University of Alberta/University Hospital Faculty of Medicine Core Programs
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| Client: |
University of Alberta |
| Profile: |
Preparation of planning information for Faculty of Medicine core academic services and programs, which were to be incorporated into the UAH Master Plan. As the major academic health centre for Northern Alberta, the functional and physical integration of core Faculty of Medicine programs with CH programs was the overall planning goal. Project completed in association with Hamilton Chomik Architects. |
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Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, DI & MRI Master Plan & Functional Program
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| Client: |
Mistahia Regional Health Authority |
| Profile: |
This plan outlines a strategy to integrate a specialized MRI program on the site to serve the residents of the Mistahia Region and surrounding areas and address significant space deficiencies in Diagnostic Imaging. The plan had to respond to complex phasing requirements arising from funding, operational and site constraints. Project completed in association with Hamilton Filipowicz Architects Ltd. |
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Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Planning Analysis
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
Four planning documents were completed over this time:
*Operational Review (2000): identified issues specific to the delivery of patient care to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the TBCC. Major strategies and recommendations were developed and implemented during and following this review.
*Disaster Response Plan (1999): developed a highly organized and safe notification and response to a disaster.
*Role Statement (1999) outlined the services, education and research activities (i.e. mission and vision statements, etc)
*Office Space Analysis (2000): compared the 1996 functional program projections against the actual space built (2000) and included a reorganized office space plan. |
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Alberta Cancer Board, Physician Resource Plan
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
| Profile: |
In response to a province-wide initiative from Alberta Health & Wellness, the first phase of a comprehensive, province-wide assessment of physician resources to respond to oncology needs was completed. This study involved an analysis of service plans, changing demographics, cancer epidemiology trends, practice patterns and benchmarking for core oncology physician resource needs. |
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Royal Alexandra Hospital Master Plan & Supplementary Analysis (Site Impact)
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| Client: |
Capital Health |
| Profile: |
A master development plan for the RAH (comprised of 11 facilities totaling 97.430m2) was developed to guide future orderly development of this site over the next 1.5 years. This plan was prepared to integrate with Capital Health’s strategic, academic and service plans and to respond to numerous, complex site constraints. Over 100 individual program needs were incorporated. This resulted in plans for major restructuring of eight of the existing facilities and the addition of significant new space phased over the next 10 to 12 years. Project completed in association with Hamilton Chomik Architects. |
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Emergency Services Capacity Study
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| Client: |
Capital Health Authority |
| Profile: |
In response to serious overcrowding of emergency facilities in the Capital Health Region, a comprehensive study of existing and future (10 years) emergency services requirements was completed involving five CH hospitals. A regional, provincial and inter-provincial assessment of workload, utilization patterns and facilities was conducted using two references cities (Calgary and Winnipeg). The analysis was used to reprogram space requirements for the new U of A Hospital Emergency Department. |
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Caritas Health Group, Misericordia & Grey Nuns Hospitals Facilities Plan
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| Client: |
Caritas Health Group |
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In response to health reforms, a conceptual development framework to guide the reconfiguration of the Misericordia and Grey Nuns Hospitals into community health care centers was developed. The project involved building consensus among many user groups and administrators towards a common vision for the organization and its facilities within the context of the Capital Health Authority. Project completed in association with Hamilton+Chomik Architects. |
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Tom Baker Cancer Centre Functional Program
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| Client: |
Alberta Cancer Board |
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| Profile: |
Development of the functional program for the Tom Baker Cancer Centre’s expansion. The functional program included a development plan and space data sheets. Project completed in association with Hamilton + Chomik Architects. |
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