Staff contribute to the design of the Critical Care Tower

One of the construction workers demonstrates tying off rebar to (l to r) Dave Ingram, MLA Dave Hayer, Christine Predy, Martha Cloutier and Cathy Massey.

Southern-style barbecue and hard hats set the tone at a Dec. 15 event at Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) that celebrated the pouring of the concrete floor for the new Emergency Department (ED) and honoured clinical staff for their input to the ED design.

EllisDon, co-lead of the project’s P-3 partner Integrated Team Solutions, organized the barbecue for the project team and construction workers, and representatives of the clinical teams that participated in the many design discussions for Emergency.

Cathy Massey (Pediatric Emergency), Christine Predy (Adult Emergency) and Martha Cloutier (Director of Clinical Programs, Emergency and Trauma), along with Surrey-Tynehead MLA Dave Hayer and Chief Project Office Dave Ingram, donned steel-toed boots, reflective vests and hard hats to go out on the building site and learn how to tie wire to hold reinforcing bar (rebar) in place in preparation for pouring concrete.

Each participant then tied wire as their physical contribution to the department’s construction.

While much construction has been evident on the SMH tower site, this floor is the first that will remain above ground, as the rest will be hidden by soil backfill. The first floor will include both the entire Emergency Department and the new main entrance lobby off King George Boulevard.

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