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FEBRUA RY 2017 | 47 Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness RENDERINGS COURTESY DIAMOND SCHMITT ARCHITECTS Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness by SUSAN PEDERSON B rampton now has a second hospital facility to provide specialty services to support the increasingly diverse and complex needs of its population. Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and William Osler Health System awarded the contract to Plenary Health Peel LP to design, build, finance and maintain (DBFM) the new Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness (Peel Memorial). "Using an AFP procurement approach for the new Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness was critical to achieving integration of DBFM considerations in the new facility," says Angela Taylor, Plenary Group's group head, buildings division. The facility will support the diverse needs of the community it serves, focusing on cultural, linguistic and religious needs of patients and families. "The Peel region is a rapidly growing community with a very large immigrant group. One aspect of the Peel project is the enormous level of accessibility, not just from a physical standpoint but the centre is also culturally accessible," explains Greg Colucci, principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects. To express this cultural diversity visually, large panels of light- coloured brick and spectacular multi-layered, multi-coloured glass enliven the facade and three-storey atrium space that opens into an entrance plaza through the lobby space to one of several courtyards. Peel Memorial includes a dialysis clinic, a dedicated seniors' wellness centre and a centre for mental health and addiction. An extended-hour urgent care centre and an ambulatory procedure clinic, with eight surgical suites are also part of the health-care program. The project came together smoothly, except for one glitch: a fire that caused extensive damage during construction in March 16, 2015. "Virtually the entire project team got on the phones immediately with all the stakeholders and started co-ordinating next steps. It was an unfortunate event that occurred, but Plenary Health, in collaboration with IO and William Osler Health System, drove this project to substantial completion within two months of the original schedule and with no additional cost," says Imad El Haddad, senior project manager, Infrastructure Ontario. "The fire started on the second floor where they had just poured some concrete. All the green concrete was destroyed, and a fair amount of the recently poured structure above the fire came down on its own," explains Sean Smith, principal at structural engineering consultancy Entuitive. The team had to determine how much of the remaining structure was safe, with the assistance of third party forensic engineers. "The nature of the P3 process necessitates all members of the project team to work together in the best interests of the project. This tight collaboration allowed us to respond quickly and efficiently to this unexpected event and reduce its impact on the schedule and budget," adds Smith. Peel Memorial houses the most complex mechanical system in a health- care facility in the province, featuring a geothermal field and a dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) to avoid sick building syndrome, while minimizing energy use. The system moves heat from one portion of the building to the other, reducing the need to create heat with boilers. In addition, heat generated in summer is stored until it is needed in the winter in the geothermal field. "In traditional buildings we would bring in large volumes of air and design

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