TORONTO - Infrastructure Ontario and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton today announced the companies short-listed to design, build, finance and maintain a new campus at the West 5th Street site. 

The new hospital will provide larger, more modern facilities to better support people and families struggling with mental illness and addiction. The campus will also provide diagnostic imaging and medical outpatient services, along with research and academic spaces. 

Of the five pre-qualified companies, three companies will be invited to respond to a request for proposals (RFP), expected to be issued in fall 2009. The three short-listed companies include:

  • Carillion Health Solutions: Carillion, HOK Architects / Montgomery Sisam Architects, Vanbots and Carillion Services;
  • Integrated Team Solutions: EllisDon Corporation, Fengate Capital Management Ltd., LPF Infrastructure Fund, Parkin Architects Limited / architects Tillmann Ruth Mocelin, EllisDon Construction, Johnson Controls and CIT Financial; and
  • Plenary Health: Plenary Group / Innisfree, Cannon Design, PCL Construction, Honeywell Limited
  • Facilities Management and Meridiam.

The remaining pre-qualified companies will act as reserves in the event that one of the three short-listed companies is unable to bid. Pre-qualified companies were selected based on their development, design, construction, financial and facilities management capacity to undertake a project of this size and complexity.

“I'm pleased the construction industry has expressed such interest in this project,” said George Smitherman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure. “Reaching a new stage in this project brings us one step forward to a stronger healthcare system for the community and Ontario.” 

"Today's announcement marks another step toward greater access to health care in Hamilton," said Sophia Aggelonitis, MPP for Hamilton Mountain. "By improving health care infrastructure, we are putting the foundation in place for modern service delivery in our local hospitals."

“Every day, we see new and compelling examples of the impact mental health and addiction have on the lives of Ontarians,” said Dr. Kevin Smith, President and CEO, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. “By building this new healthcare centre, we will make great strides in our effort to diminish the stigma associated with mental illness and ensure Ontarians get the care they need in a modern, welcoming, inclusive healthcare setting.”

The teams were pre-qualified through a request for qualifications (RFQ) process, which began in March 2009.

Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care are working with St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton to develop the new hospital, which will remain publicly owned, publicly controlled and publicly accountable. Infrastructure Ontario is a Crown corporation dedicated to managing some of the province's larger and more complex infrastructure renewal projects - ensuring they are built on time and on budget.

Visit www.infrastructureontario.ca for more information. 

Contacts: 

Amy Tang
Minister's Office 
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure 
416-327-6747 

Terence Foran
Infrastructure Ontario
416 325-2939 

Lesli Tomlin 
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton 
905-522-1155, Ext. 36790 

Debbie Silva 
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton 
905-522-1155, Ext. 33037  

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