9th Annual Forum on
HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE Eastern Canada
November 6–7, 2024 | Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto ON
2024 Distinguished Co-Chairs:
COCKTAIL RECEPTION SPONSOR
Martha Harvey Director, Operational Readiness, Campus Development University Health Network (West Park Healthcare Centre Site)
Gloria Kain Executive Advisor, Project Horizon The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
LUNCHEON SPONSOR
Featured Sessions:
ç Special Focus on Collaborative Contracting in Ontario and B.C.
ç A Guide to Achieving Efficiencies with AI: Exploring applications in facilities design, construction and maintenance
ç In-Depth Analysis of R. v. Sudbury: Legal Insights on Owner Obligations following the Supreme Court Decision
ç Innovation Spotlight: Improving Cancer Care with the First Hospital Based Proton Therapy Facility in Canada
ç Deep Dive in Decarbonization: Adopting Island’s Health Low Carbon Resilience Roadmap
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9 Years Running – Trusted Industry Insights and Collaborative Conversations with Senior Leaders in Healthcare Infrastructure Planning, Design and Construction
In Ontario’s resource-strapped economy, controlling healthcare infrastructure project costs has become a top priority.
For projects already in flight there are difficult decisions to be made on needs versus wants for the new facility. Those being proposed face the same challenge, with greater uncertainty around their approval.
The current landscape will require creative solutions to ensure existing infrastructure will endure.
Furthermore, to progress through this period industry and key stakeholders will need to examine what needs to change or evolve. This includes the use of more collaborative procurement methodologies, that are better synced with the infrastructure planning process, the use of technology, and potentially new models of care
To help you make sense of these developments, Canadian Institute (CI) invites you to take part in two days of solution-oriented conversations focused on innovation and collaboration in a costconscious environment—at our 9th Annual Forum on Healthcare Infrastructure, Eastern Canada.
Join us on November 6–7, 2024, at Hart House in Toronto, to hear bold ideas, and tested best practices for improving healthcare facilities.
Attend this year to:
ç DEVISE strategies to manage project costs and schedules amid market uncertainty
ç DEMYSTIFY AI with insights on practical applications for construction and asset management
ç BUILD a low carbon strategy for your facility
ç PIVOT with lessons learned from healthcare projects across Eastern Canada
ç NETWORK with the leaders in capital planning, construction, and facilities management
Senior Leaders:
y Presidents
y VPs
y C-suite executives
y Directors
y Policy Advisors and Analysts
y Engineers
y Architects
y Consultants
From:
y Hospitals and healthcare facilities
y Regional health authorities
y Provincial governments
y Construction services
y Law Firms
y Consultancies
y Architecture Firms
y Technology service providers
NETWORK & BENCHMARK WITH:
Island Health
Sinai Health
Southlake Regional Health Centre
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
University Health Network
Introducing CI’s Advisory Board for the HCI Series
The Canadian Institute would like to thank its advisory board for bringing its experience and expertise to the development our 2024 program. In consultation with the board we will continue to curate industry-led discussions and networking opportunities, centred on the biggest changes and challenges impacting healthcare infrastructure.
Sharat Chandra Vice President, Strategic Capital Investments and Facilities Fraser Health Authority
Speaker Faculty
co-chairs
Martha Harvey
Director, Operational Readiness, Campus Development University Health Network (West Park Healthcare Centre Site)
Gloria Kain
Executive Advisor, Project Horizon
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
speaker faculty
Shary Adams Healthcare Leader Gensler
Maged Ahmed Director, Equipment Planning – Canada
OneEQ
Garry Bassi Director, Medical Device Reprocessing and Support Services
Sinai Health
Keith Francis
Senior Director, Experience Outcomes Forge Media + Design
Rae Burke, BA, SCMP, PSPP Director of Procurement and LogisticsAdvisory Services
Insight Health Tech Planning
Dr. Michaela Cada Chief Clinical Planning Officer The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Sarah Chung Project Manager, Construction and Infrastructure Standards CSA Group
Kerri Culver
Senior Director University Health Network
Imad El Haddad
Senior Vice President, Project Delivery, Healthcare Portfolio – Hospitals Infrastructure Ontario
Ben Embir
Former, Director, Planning and Design
Niagara Health
Noor Esmail
Chief Project, Officer & Executive Director, Burnaby Hospital Redevelopment Project Fraser Health
Jessica Fullerton
Regional Infection Control Healthcare Facility Design Program Manager Planning & Development The Ottawa Hospital
Sabrina Fiorellino CEO
Fero International Inc.
Keith Francis Senior Director of Experience Outcomes Forge Media + Design
Brendan Gillap
Senior Project Manager Niagara Health
Jason-Emery Groen Senior Vice-President, Design Director HDR
Cliff Harvey
Joint VP, Redevelopment Grand River Hospital & St. Mary’s General Hospital
Dr. Laura Hawryluck Professor, Critical Care Medicine University Health Network
James Hildebrand Director, Redevelopment, Facilities and Support Services
Quinte Health
Pierre Iachetti Director, Energy, Environment & Climate Change Facilities Management Island Health
Ian McDermott
Executive Director, Redevelopment and Chief Planning Officer
University Health Network
Francesco Iorio Co-Founder and CEO Augmenta Inc
Chris Killer
Vice President,
Transaction Structuring Infrastructure Ontario
Hussam Kneifati
Director, Digital Project Delivery EllisDon
Chris Korsch Firmwide Director of Healthcare HOK
John Marshman
Vice President Capital, Facilities and Business Development Southlake Regional Health Centre
Ian McDermott
Executive Director, Redevelopment and Chief Planning Officer University Health Network
Enda McDonagh
Principal
Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc.
Derek Morley
Canadian Project Consultant
Kingsway Group Canada
Kirsten Reite
Architect + Principal KRA
Sarah Prodor
Architect, Practice Lead-
Healthcare Architecture49 Inc.
Russ Ruiz
Director, Building Services
Sinai Health
Cameron Shantz
Director
Parkin Architects
Kailey Sutton Partner McMillan LLP
Lisa Tobin
Principal Cumulus Architects Inc.
Dr. Derek Tsang
Radiation Oncologist University Health Network
Lia Tsotsos
Director, Centre for Elder Research
Sheridan College
Brey Tucker
CEO
Tucker Technology
Consulting
Ian Westhaver, MASc, EIT, CLS Director, Clinical Equipment
QEII New Generation
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
7:45 Registration Opens and Continental Breakfast Served
8:45 Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
Martha Harvey Director, Operational Readiness, Campus Development University Health Network (West Park Healthcare Centre Site)
Always appreciate an opportunity to see peers in a less formal setting, topics were good and timely, wonderful atmosphere.”
DIRECTOR, CAPITAL PLANNING | ST. JOSEPH’S HEALTH CARE LONDON
Kain
Executive Advisor, Project Horizon The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
9:00 Strengthening Collaboration throughout the Healthcare Infrastructure Planning and Procurement Process
• Examining how IO and project partners are responding to market conditions through the adoption of more collaborative contracting models (Progressive DB/DBFM) on major hospital projects in Ontario
• Understanding how these models work in practice and how they differ from other more common delivery methods
• Reviewing the RFQ/RFP process in Ontario for healthcare projects
• Understanding how IO is working with government on the staging and sequencing of projects
• Navigating the intersection of capital planning and facilities planning PANEL
Executive Advisor, Project Horizon The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Chris Killer Vice President, Transaction Structuring Infrastructure Ontario
Imad El Haddad
Senior Vice President, Project Delivery, Healthcare Portfolio – Hospitals Infrastructure Ontario
9:45 Collaborative Contracting: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Alliance Models Being Used in BC
This session will take our discussion on collaborative contracting in Canada a step further by focusing on the alliance models being used to deliver healthcare projects in British Columbia. Panelists will focus on:
• Describing the types of alliance models currently being pursued in B.C.
» Single TOC
» Competitive Alliance
• Examining the benefits and risks associated with Alliance procurement
• Sharing key takeaways from the RFP phase and evaluation process for Alliance
10:30 Morning Coffee & Networking Break
Cameron Shantz Director Parkin Architects
Noor Esmail
Chief Project, Officer & Executive Director, Burnaby Hospital Redevelopment Project Fraser Health
11:00 Planning and Procuring Equipment and Associated Technology During Periods of Fiscal Restraint: How Healthcare Project Teams Are Prioritizing Needs, Wants and Nice-to-Haves for New Facilities
In the current resource strapped economy tough decisions are being made about needs, wants and nice-to haves for new healthcare projects. Whether the project is flight, or being proposed, there is pressure to pair back. This candid conversation will offer insight into how this period of fiscal restraint is impacting decision making around equipment and associated technologies proposals and other strategies in play.
Rae Burke, BA, SCMP, PSPP
Director of Procurement and LogisticsAdvisory Services Insight Health Tech Planning
Ian Westhaver, MASc, EIT, CLS
Director, Clinical Equipment
QEII New Generation
11:45 Legal Outlook for the Healthcare Infrastructure Landscape: 3 Key Legal Developments for Project Owners to Watch in 2025
• Examining how the Supreme Court decision in R v. Greater Sudbury will impact owner health and safety obligations
• Examining the legal considerations tied to progressive project delivery methods
• Assessing the implications of proposed amendments to bonding requirements in the Construction Act
Kailey Sutton Partner
LLP
12:30 Lunch Break Sponsored by
Special Focus on Designing Accessible, Healing Healthcare Environments
1:30 Breaking Down Siloes and Destigmatizing Mental Health Care
• Understanding the benefits of humanizing our environments for all patients
• Integrating patient and staff safety measures without compromising the therapeutic environment
» De-risking measures for these critical environments
• Describe critical environmental and clinical considerations for leveraging preventative strategies
» Implementing technology to help clinical staff complete their day to day tasks while providing a calming sensory environment for patients
• Establishing the difference between neuro-typical and sensory sensitive patient spaces and how inclusive design can help improve the well-being of all patients.
• Exploring the future role the hospital will serve
Shary Adams
Healthcare Leader Gensler
Derek Morley
Canadian Project Consultant
Kingsway Group Canada
2:15 Bringing Empathy to Infrastructure: Translating How Seniors Experience Healthcare and the Built Environment into Design Decisions
Empathetic design involves observing, and gathering information about patients and residents as they are interacting with or living in healthcare facilities. By joining them in these environments we can better understand their journey and translate those observations into better design decisions.
This panel will explore how empathetic design can support improved accessibility for aging and neurodiverse populations and contribute to feelings of wellbeing in these spaces. Join our panelists for a discussion on these methods and some of the hurdles to applying them in a standards-based healthcare environment.
• Defining empathy and how it can inform design
» Empathy as process
• Exploring examples of how it is being applied in healthcare settings and the associated health outcomes
• Examining the connection between empathic design and to biophilic design concepts
3:15 Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break
Moderator: Keith Francis
Senior Director, Experience Outcomes Forge Design
Sarah Prodor Architect, Practice Lead, Healthcare Architecture49
Lisa Tobin
Principal Cumulus Architects Inc.
Lia Tsotsos Director, Centre for Elder Research Sheridan College
3:30 FF&E Logistics Planning: Strategic Considerations for Healthcare Projects in Dense City Centres
The movement of furniture, fixtures and equipment requires prudent planning and logistical excellence at the best of times. For projects in densely populated city centres this is especially true. This session will provide insights on how to navigate the complexities of routing material, and transition planning to ensure the continuity of operations. Panelists will provide case study examples that will highlight best practices and lessons learned on recent projects.
Moderator: Maged Ahmed Director, Equipment Planning – Canada OneEQ
Kerri Culver Senior Director University Health Network
Kim Vanderhart Project Manager PCL Constructors Canada Inc.
DAY ONE Wednesday, November 6, 2024
4:15 Sinai Health Case Study: Building a Lean, Green MDRD that Meets and Exceeds CSA Standards
During the pandemic Mount Sinai Hospital embarked on the largest redevelopment projects in the hospital’s history. Part of the redevelopment involved transforming the Medical Device Reprocessing Department to ensure adequate support for expanded surgical spaces and services. The journey was not without its challenges, but today this state-of-the-art department is an example of innovation in patient safety and operational efficiency.
This case study will provide a closer look at the MDRD journey to date:
• Providing an overview of what was involved in the planning, design and construction of the new MDRD
» Detailing how the design dictated different workflows
• Identifying key construction challenges since opening the department and how teams are addressing them
• Introducing contingency measures to ensure that sterilization can always happen onsite
• Utilizing state-of-the-art tracking system for medical devices to meet CSA Standards
• Anticipating future standards through the design of the MDRD
5:00 Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by
Garry Bassi Director, Medical Device Reprocessing and Support Services
Sinai Health
Russ Ruiz Director, Building Services
Sinai Health
The experience overall was great. This event is watched by all industry players from year to year.”
SVP
Martha Harvey Director, Operational Readiness, Campus Development University Health Network (West Park Healthcare Centre Site)
Executive Advisor, Project Horizon The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
9:00 Reimagining the Approach to Healthcare Infrastructure in Canada: Addressing Cost Concerns and Patient Demand through New Models of Care
The number of healthcare infrastructure projects in the queue for funding is steadily increasing but human and financial resources are scarce. Large-scale hospitals no longer seem feasible. So where do we go from here? This session will explore how the adoption of different models of care and the use of technology could help mitigate costs concerns and address the growing demand for health services.
• Adapting master plans to current market constraints
• Minimizing acute care infrastructure
» Small scale, distributed hospital sites complemented by interventional modalities that push services into the community and can operate at a lower cost
• Identifying how other jurisdictions are addressing challenging market conditions and growing demand for care
• Exploring the interplay between physical and virtual health and how digital health can alleviate the overwhelming demand for care at physical sites
• Assessing whether Canada/Ontario should consider the implementation of an accountable care model
Vice President Capital, Facilities and Business Development Southlake Regional Health Centre
Cliff Harvey Joint VP, Redevelopment Grand River Hospital
9:45
Advancements in Modular: Assessing Current and Future Opportunities for Healthcare Facilities
There is growing interest in the use of modular for healthcare facilities in Canada, largely due to the efficiency of offsite construction. Although modular has commonly been used to provide temporary spaces--such as offices, and clinics-- the pandemic revealed new applications. Hospitals in Ontario and throughout the Canada turned to modular to expand their footprint. This has sparked curiosity about its potential use for more complex, permanent healthcare structures. In this session panelists will provide examples of how modular is being used in healthcare and how to determine if it is the right fit for your project.
• Exploring how modular is being used in Canada to achieve efficiencies and deliver healthcare facilities in rural areas
• Determining what projects are a fit for modular or hybrid construction
• Weighing the benefits and the risks of a modular build – efficiency vs. flexibility
CEO
Fero International Inc.
Enda McDonagh Principal
Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc.
» Analyzing the business case for modular in different facilities based on their make-up and the spaces that are susceptible to change
• Forecasting the future of modular construction for hospitals and other healthcare spaces
• Reviewing CSA standards and guidelines for modular construction
» Certification requirements, project delivery phases and approval processes
Sarah Chung
Project Manager, Construction and Infrastructure Standards CSA Group
Dr. Laura Hawryluck
Professor, Critical Care Medicine
University Health Network
10:45 Leveraging AI: Exploring Opportunities to Improve the Design, Construction and Management of Healthcare Facilities
Our panel of technology thought leaders in will offer insights on where they see the greatest potential for AI to add value to healthcare infrastructure design, construction and management. Join our panelists as they demystify AI through an exploration of practical project use cases. Key points to be discussed include:
• Evaluating the tools and technologies currently being used
• Integrating BIM and AI analysis for improved decision-making
» Identifying early risks to project schedule and budget using predictive AI
» Analyzing patient flows to improve staffing models
• Exploring how AI and automation can support the day-to-day operations of clinical staff
• Assessing future AI opportunities and challenges 11:45
Francesco Iorio Co-Founder and CEO Augmenta Inc.
Korsch Firmwide Director of Healthcare HOK
Hussam Kneifati Director, Digital Project Delivery EllisDon
Moderator: Brey Tucker CEO
Tucker Technology Consulting
Edward County Memorial: Examining the Decision to Build North America’s
This session will share the story behind the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital project. Presenters will share how community resilience and a strategic approach led not only the realization of a much needed healthcare facility but one that will bring both design and construction innovation to North America.
Jason-Emery Groen
Senior Vice-President, Design Director HDR
James Hildebrand Director, Redevelopment, Facilities and Support Services Quinte Health
• Understanding
• Assessing how the development of this facility will improve cancer care in Canada
• Ensuring a collaborative development process through the development of the Proton Therapy Planning Group
» Proposing a shared care model for the facility
• Exploring the
Dr. Derek Tsang Radiation Oncologist University Health Network
• Exploring the three pathways to healthcare decarbonization
• Assessing the enterprise level climate change risks to your organization
• Exploring the benefits of creating an LCRR
• Identifying opportunities and strategies to start decarbonizing your healthcare facility
• Developing a business case for low carbon and climate resilience initiatives
• Examining examples of retrofits
• Leveraging technology to track and analyze and communicate the results
Director, Energy, Environment & Climate Change Facilities Management Island Health
Benchmark with this behind the scenes look at the planning, design and construction decisions driving three major projects in the region. In a rapid fire report out to the group, presenters will share project challenges to date, lessons learned, and innovative approaches, that will lead to improved patient and staff experiences.
Dr. Michaela Cada Chief Clinical Planning
Officer
SickKids
Martha Harvey Director, Operational Readiness, Campus Development University Health Network
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ADDRESS : 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H3
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