Did you know that the new project management office used to be a cafeteria? You’d never know by looking at it!

This office within the Dawson Creek and District Hospital (DCDH) has been set up as a place for our project team to work on everything to do with the DCDH Replacement Project. The door to the project management office is always open for the staff of DCDH to grab a coffee and have a chat with the project team about what’s going on and provide any feedback they may have.

Check out the full renovation process here.

A special thanks goes out to the following for all their hard work in getting the space ready:

• The PMO Team
• Stephen McInnis, Maintenance Supervisor
• Mark McCorkell, Maintenance Worker
• Darcy Walker, Maintenance Worker
• Leo Gauley, Maintenance Worker, Plant Services
• Doyle Grayston, Maintenance Worker, Plant Building
• Brad Turner, Service Support Analyst
• Albert Sommerfeld, Director, Capital Development & Projects
• Leah Joseph, Coordinator, Capital Projects, Capital Planning

from the Ministry of Health

People in Dawson Creek and the surrounding region are one step closer to a modern hospital, as three candidates have been shortlisted for the request for proposals (RFP).

“People in Dawson Creek are closer to having a preferred proponent to design and build the new Dawson Creek and district hospital,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. “This announcement means people and families are closer to seeing what the hospital will look like, to construction starting and to the new hospital opening for patients.”

Northern Health requested and received proposals from four vendors, of which three were shortlisted. The proponents for this stage of the procurement process, the design-early works agreement (DEWA), are:

• Clark Builders-Turner-HDR Architecture;
• SBW-Kinetic-Wright Construction with KRA and Gibbs Gage Architects; and
• Graham Design Builders and Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc.

An RFP for the DEWA was issued to the shortlisted teams on March 16, 2021. At the end of the RFP process, one proponent will be selected. That proponent is expected to be announced this fall.

For more information, see the full news release.

Northern Health is currently in the business case planning stage for the Dawson Creek & District Hospital Replacement Project.

Part of that planning requires some pre-engineering and testing work, a portion of which will take place on the Northwest corner of the Northern Lights College (NLC) property. NLC is supportive of this work and the disruption on that site will be minimal.