How we got here 01
The project is located to maximize the use of available land and views. The site was extremely restricted in all directions by existing buildings and roadways.
Foothills Medical Centre – McCaig Tower
On the leading edge of health research and technology- Location
- Calgary, AB
- Client
- Alberta Health Services
- Completion
- 2010
- Size
- 60,978 sq m
- 656,360 sq ft
- Collaborators
- EllisDon
- Resource Planning Group Inc.
- SNC-Lavalin
- Spiegel Skillen + Associates Ltd.
- Stantec
- Stebnicki Engineering
- Wiebe Forest Engineering
- DIALOG Services
- Architecture
- Interior Design
- Landscape Architecture
Equipped with the latest medical technology and specialized infection prevention and control features, the McCaig Tower at the Foothills Medical Centre is a model in Alberta for the delivery of healthcare.
The McCaig Tower houses a 36-bed ICU, 24 ORs, 93 in-patient beds in three units, the largest Central Surgical Processing (CSP) unit in North America to serve all the Foothills Medical Centre surgical facilities, a large clinical laboratory, and ambulatory orthopedic services including Diagnostic Imaging.
Quiet rooms and family spaces allow for private meetings with physicians. Individual ICU rooms mean privacy for patients and their families as well as a lower risk of infection. More open space around each bed allows families to be comfortably bedside.
The McCaig Tower houses a 36-bed ICU, 24 ORs, 93 in-patient beds in three units, the largest Central Surgical Processing (CSP) unit in North America to serve all the Foothills Medical Centre surgical facilities, a large clinical laboratory, and ambulatory orthopedic services including Diagnostic Imaging.
Quiet rooms and family spaces allow for private meetings with physicians. Individual ICU rooms mean privacy for patients and their families as well as a lower risk of infection. More open space around each bed allows families to be comfortably bedside.
How we got here 02
This rendering helped users visualize the finished building on the site.
How we got here 03
The rendering demonstrates the openness of the new design, with wider and longer sight lines from the nursing station to patient and public spaces
How we got here 04
36 operating rooms over three floors are designed to accommodate state of the art communications systems and boom mounted equipment to support minimally-invasive surgery.
