[Jubilee] Royal Jubilee Hospital Patient Care Centre | 32.5m | 8-storeys | Built - completed in 2011
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 10:29 AM
Price tag for hospital tower climbing
Cindy E. Harnett, Times Colonist
Published: Thursday, November 23, 2006
The cost of a new 500-bed patient tower for Royal Jubilee Hospital is soaring while plans for the $250-million project remain grounded, waiting provincial approval.
"I have no idea when the project will be approved and funded," Howard Waldner, president of the Vancouver Island Health Authority, said yesterday. "I'm not expecting this to happen overnight."
In October, VIHA estimated the project's cost at $200 million but just a month later, due to rising construction costs, plan revisions and inflation, the price tag is $250 million, Jeremy Tate, Capital Regional District staffer, told a planning committee yesterday.
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#2
Posted 23 November 2006 - 10:38 AM
Good gravy, the hospital site has extensive surface parking on which they could build. There's no need to demolish anything!...what buildings would be demolished...
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 10:50 AM
#4
Posted 23 November 2006 - 10:55 AM
...what buildings would be demolished...
Good gravy, the hospital site has extensive surface parking on which they could build. There's no need to demolish anything!
And rezoning? Bah, it's all hospital--who cares about height or density within the site. Just don't put the Acrophobia clinic on the top floor of the tower.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 11:07 AM
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 11:14 AM
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 11:21 AM
#8
Posted 23 November 2006 - 04:09 PM
Bay and Richmond would make the most sense since they'd want it close to the new entrance with the diagnostic centre and emergency. On the other hand that parking lot next to Fort St looks like a big area.
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 04:58 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#10
Posted 23 November 2006 - 05:19 PM
Edit: Sorry, you're obviously talking about those lowrise bunkers near the Bay Street entrance.
#11
Posted 23 November 2006 - 05:40 PM
Then I remembered [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=OLRipwGXCeI:27f31]this[/url:27f31].
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#12
Posted 23 November 2006 - 05:48 PM
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 05:55 PM
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 06:04 PM
I expect the 'tower' (whatever that actually means) would be built north of the West Block and just west of the Chapel (currently that's a gravel parking lot). The West, Royal, Centre and South block would then be whacked (although I'm a fan of James and Spurgin, it's not their prettiest work). It's obvious that the Main Floor Connector that joins the old wings and the new construction is just a temporary structure.
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 06:11 PM
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 06:15 PM
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 06:17 PM
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 06:21 PM
#19
Posted 23 November 2006 - 06:25 PM
I spent the last five years studying Canada's healthcare system and its funding crisis. Restoring aging buildings is not, as far as I can tell, a healthcare expenditure that will benefit the public.
Yeah, I'd say tens of millions if not more. Healthcare buildings are extremely costly to build and to maintain. I can only imagine what it would cost to revive an aging healthcare building (on top of bringing it up to modern codes which in itself is expensive and oftentimes counter-productive)...
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#20
Posted 23 November 2006 - 06:25 PM
As an aside, Exploring Victoria's Architecture by Seggar and Franklin call this the East Wing (page 193).
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