Henderson Hospital

As one of Hamilton Health Sciences' largest hospital building projects, this modern medical facility will include approximately 425,000 square feet of new construction and 35,000 square feet of renovated space. A total of 50,000 cubic meters of rock was excavated from the site in order to build the new portion of the hospital, which will stand approximately 85 feet high and 442 feet long.  

Contractor:  Ellis Don Construction

Architect: Zeidler Partnership / Garwood - Jones & Hanham

The construction will result in the expansion and improvement of inpatient and outpatient services to provide acute care support for the Juravinski Cancer Centre, the Arthroplasty Program (joint replacement) and general hospital services.

The new facility will house a state-of-the-art emergency department, an expanded intensive care unit and cardiac care unit as well as 90 inpatient beds for cancer care, eight new operating rooms and an additional cancer therapy suite that can also be used as alternative operating space. The construction will include 14 negative pressure rooms purposefully built to manage the treatment of infectious diseases safely and efficiently.

The new emergency department will be one of the hospital's most dramatic upgrades. The open concept design will boast a number of features that will not only modernize the space, but also ensure it is suited to the unique and varied needs of emergency care.

Construction began in late 2007 and the project is expected to be complete in the spring of 2012.