McGill superhospital delayed by 16 weeks
A report released on July 6 by the credit rating agency DBRS confirms the new McGill University Health Centre superhospital will be 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.
Clarifications
- The CBC reported the completion of the MUHC Glenn Yards campus would be delayed from Sept. 2014 to Jan. 2015. This was based on a Dominion Bond Rating Service report asserting the project was 16 weeks behind schedule. The MUHC says they will make up the delay and the project will meet its target completion date of Sept. 2014.Jan 15, 2014 4:19 PM ET
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