CBRM Healthcare Redevelopment
Location
667 8 Street, New Waterford, Cape Breton
Project Type
Traditional delivery
Infrastructure
Community Hub Model (health centre, long-term care home, wellness centre and school)
New Waterford
Opened in 1963, New Waterford Consolidated Hospital is a community hospital that serves New Waterford and surrounding areas. It currently has 21 acute care beds and 24 nursing home beds in Waterford Heights, a licensed community long-term care unit.
As part of the project, residents will have a new, modern health centre that includes 12 (sub-acute) short-stay beds and a 60-bed long-term care home. Both will be built on the Breton Education Centre school site, along with a new, modern school and wellness centre.
The community hub model will create hands-on learning opportunities and new programming for students in healthcare-related fields. It also provides opportunities to share facilities and service the surrounding community’s growing needs.
Budget
Announced as contracts are awarded
Features:
New Health Centre
- Will replace New Waterford Consolidated Hospital, strengthening primary health services in the area.
- Incorporates space for collaborative family care teams (doctors, nurse practitioners, social workers, dietitians, and other health professionals).
- Incorporates space for urgent care clinics for after-hours access and mental health and addictions programs.
- New ambulatory care clinic space.
- Spaces for community Foodbank and community garden to operate from.
- Continuing care staff in one location.
- New consultation rooms for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and nutrition counselling.
- New consultation rooms for counselling, community support teams, and wellness clinics.
- New teamwork stations for public health services with clinic/consult rooms.
Short-Stay Beds
- Twelve new (sub-acute) short-stay beds for patients who need observation but not in an acute care setting; stays up to 72 hours.
- This includes patients with exacerbated COPD, post-surgery wound care requiring IV antibiotics, and blood transfusion.
New Long-Term Care Home
- Will replace 24-bed Waterford Heights with new 60-bed long-term care home.
New School for Grades 6-12
- Breton Education Centre was built in 1971 and consultation determined replacing the school was the best option.
- The new school includes 2 gyms (currently 1 is complete) to ensure the Coal Bowl Classic continues and a new theatre (to come).
- The outdoor sports fields and recreation spaces have been relocated.
New Community Wellness Centre
- To complement the community hub model, a Community Wellness Centre will also be built to provide ‘community space’ to support social, cultural, and recreational activities.
- It will replace the community space that was lost when the Carmel Centre closed in 2019.
- It will provide accessible and appropriate multi-purpose/multi-use, community space that can be used for: seniors’ programs; exercise, music and art programs; community organization meetings; support groups; parent/family education & learning; child and youth development and more.
New Recreation Facilities
- To make way for the construction of the new, modern community hub, some recreation facilities in New Waterford were rebuilt and relocated.
- The artificial soccer field, tennis courts, and three buildings (washrooms and storage) on the Breton Education Centre site have been moved to MacKinnon Field.
- The grass soccer field at MacKinnon Field was moved to nearby Colliery Lands Park.
Milestones
Upcoming
- Develop Construction Documents for the Health Centre and Long-term Care Centre.
- Breton Education Centre construction is complete and the school is now open.
- Community Wellness Centre construction ongoing.
Completed
- Completed the relocation of the sports fields and installation of new artificial turf.
- Awarded the contract for the construction management services for the New Waterford Community Hub project to PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (October 2020)
- Awarded the contract for the New Waterford Hub design services to Architecture49 in partnership with HDR. (May 2020)
Benefits
Patients
- Improved access to care.
Healthcare Professionals
- Providing doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals with a modern place to work with advanced equipment and technology.
- Providing a modern, state-of-the-art facility to help recruit and retain healthcare professionals.
Green
- The project will focus on a healthy indoor environment, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and efficient use of energy, water, and other resources.