Blasting complete at QEII Halifax Infirmary construction site, next phase underway
A mobile crane is used to build a tower crane at the Halifax Infirmary site of the QEII Health Sciences Centre on May 12. (Source: Build Nova Scotia)
Blasting has been completed at the QEII Halifax Infirmary construction site.
The Nova Scotia government says preparation for the new acute care tower on Bell Road will now move to the next phase – mechanically breaking rock that is too close to the existing hospital for safe blasting.
The province says the work will take place through the summer. Breaking rock located close to the hospital will not start until 3 p.m. The province says the work is scheduled later in the day to limit the impact on daytime clinical operations.
Rock breaking farther from the hospital is scheduled to happen between 6:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
This week, work is scheduled between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sarting Monday, it will take place from 3 p.m. to midnight.
The province says the new acute care tower will include:
216 beds
16 operating rooms
a 48-bed intensive care unit
an emergency department nearly twice the size of the current one
a satellite diagnostic imaging department in the emergency department
new and upgraded lab spaces
additional treatment spaces
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