GBAssociates Ottawa Canada

Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre

Overview

As the redevelopment manager for the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (ROHCG), GBA led the team in all aspects of the project resulting in the 1st public-private partnership hospital in Canada. The (ROHCG) took occupancy of its new facility November 2006, ahead of schedule and on budget. The project activities led by GBA included:

A Business Case and Redevelopment Master Plan determining the overall role and the path to a successful redevelopment;
A Functional Program and Output Specifications developed to meet the hospital’s changing needs as Eastern Ontario’s specialized mental health care facility;
A Value for Money Benchmark, ensuring the hospital received the facility it required at a price Ontario could afford;
A Request for Qualifications and Proposal resulting in the selection of the hospital’s choice of long-term partners;
A Funding Agreement negotiated between the Ministry of Health and the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group;
Project Agreements negotiated on behalf of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group ensuring patients of Eastern Ontario received a world-class care and research facility. A facility that has been designed, built and will be managed in accordance with the agreements for over a 23-year period. Contracting includes long-term, non-clinical, facilities management services arrangements;
Project management for design, construction, commissioning and the demolition of existing buildings;
Implementation of Wireless IT/Telephony services;
A Move Management plan for staff and patients into the new facility;
Removal and restoration of furniture, fixtures, and equipment as per current clinical standards; and
Award-winning strategic communications planning and implementation to ensure the redevelopment was successful.

GBA imagined the solution and assembled the best partners required for the management of this ground breaking pilot project from conception through to completion and opening day.