McGill superhospital delayed by 16 weeks

Areport released on July 6 by credit rating agency DBRSconfirms the new McGill University Health Centre super-hospital will be delayed by 16 weeks.

The date for the completion of most of the work has been pushed back from Sept. 30, 2014 to Jan. 5, 2015.

As it stands, the DBRS claims 35 per cent of the work is done. It blames geotechnical conditions and changes to the project as major factors in thedelays.

The credit rating agency said the coordination problems are "unusual" for a project being built using a public-private partnership.

The 217,500 square metre hospital will be financed over a 30-year period.