Work is advancing at Membertou First Nation’s future health centre site, located at the intersection of Churchill Drive and Big Noel Ekel in Membertou. The construction, led by the Dartmouth-based company Lindsay Construction, marks a significant development in the community’s health-care infrastructure.
Starting Wednesday, Nov. 1, masonry work will begin at Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney. This work is being done as part of a project to replace masonry that is original to the hospital. The work is expected to take 10 months to complete.
Source: Saltwire: As we reach October and into a change of seasons, I want to applaud a change that is taking place in New Waterford. The progress of the ‘New Waterford Community Hub’ project is commendable. The excitement around construction of our new Community Wellness Centre and the new Breton Education Centre (BEC) is growing as more members of the community see the new buildings take shape. This is just the start. There is more to come.
For Cole Walker, a grade 11 student at Breton Education Centre (BEC), he’s not yet sure of the exact path he’ll follow, but there is one thing he knows for certain; his future looks very similar to his Papa’s thanks to an inspiring six months of learning in a skilled trades class, taught by one passionate professor and a community of tradespeople.
Source: Saltwire: For the next two years, two tower cranes will become familiar objects on the landscape as a major redevelopment project continues at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital.
Source: Saltwire – Construction has now begun on a new eight-storey clinical services building at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital that will be home to new emergency and critical care departments, eight new surgical suites, two, 36-bed in-patient rooms (all private), maternal/newborn services and a cardiac catheterization lab.
Source: Nova Scotia Health: A new Cape Breton Cancer Centre is under construction at Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney and you can take a virtual tour.
Robyn Lee Seale is working to ensure the CBRM Health Care Redevelopment Project is about more than buildings.
From Saltwire: The multi-million-dollar Cape Breton Regional Hospital expansion has made the annual Top100 Projects report published by ReNew Canada Magazine.
From Top 100 Canada’s Biggest Infrastructure Projects: The Cape Breton Regional Hospital Expansion project ranks 80 out of 100. The project—a major component of the CBRM Healthcare Redevelopment Project—a new Clinical Services Building that will house a new, larger emergency department, critical care department, more inpatient beds, surgical suites, maternal/newborn services, and a new cardiac catheterization lab, and a new Energy Centre.