b'PROJECT PROFILEA NEW CHAPTER FOR CAMHTHE COUNTRYS LEADING MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE UNDERGOES A MASSIVE TRANSFORMATIONBy Matthew BradfordITS A NEW BEGINNING foroutpatient clinical services for people withPCL Investments Canada Inc. (investor), Torontos Centre for Addiction andcomplex mental illness.PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto) Mental Health (CAMH) as the countrys(design-builder), Stantec Architecture largest mental health teaching hospitalOur goal is to enhance our mission toInc. (architect), and ENGIE Services Inc. undergoes a massive transformation attransform lives through recovery-based(facility manager).its Queen Street West location. The goal isprogramming and care, explains Jennifer to enable the CAMH team to provide moreClarke, executive director, planning,The facilities modern design was holistic, inclusive and integrated care fordesign, and operational improvement atinformed by extensive consultations with its patients.CAMH. While our existing buildings wereall team members, patients, families, very forward-thinking at the time theystaff and industry stakeholders. For its The multi-phase project began in Octoberwere built back in 1998, they haventpart, PCL partnered with Stantec and 2017 and includes the construction ofkept up with many of the new ways ofconsultants to conduct numerous rounds two new hospital buildings, the McCaindelivering services and care to patientsof user group meetings with leadership Complex Care and Recovery Centre andand the modern spirit of recovery. and staff across 19 departments to the Crisis and Critical Care Building,finetune its original designs to meet totaling 600,000 square feet of space.The CAMH Queen Street WestCAMHs specific needs. Combined, the two buildings will houseredevelopment is a P3 project led by 235 inpatient beds, an auditorium, aPlenary Health Phase 1C, a team thatThis input shaped our design decisions, 24/7 emergency department, researchincludes Plenary Group (Canada) Ltd.inspiring many of the current attributes and education facilities, and inpatient and(developer, investor and financial advisor),that will be featured in our buildings, 20Quarter 2 2019 BUILDERSDIGEST'