Mégaprojets au service des communautés

Labour law sparks threats, vandalism, walkouts Allegations of intimidation swirl as Liberal politician says 'mud and feces' thrown at his door

2011-10-31T15:04:00.000-05:00

Vancouver Sun, 26 October 2011 -- The explosive feud over job placements in the Quebec construction industry became nastier Tuesday as the Liberal presiding over the hearings on a proposed bill to limit union powers reported feces was spread on his office door overnight.Allegations of intimidation also continued to swirl Tuesday as the Quebec Construction Commission reported it had received more than 60 complaints from contractors, workers, and project managers about intimidation and illegal union activities following Monday's wildcat strikes.

Construction workers stage second day of wildcat strikes

2011-10-31T14:57:00.004-05:00

Ctvmontreal.ca, 25 October 2011 -- For the second day in a row, construction workers are continuing a so-called spontaneous and unorganized strike Tuesday at construction sites across Quebec. Once again members of the Quebec Federation of Labour (FTQ) showed up at their job sites before dawn, and once again they refused to work, as did workers who belong to the Conseil provincial du Quebec des metiers de la construction (CPQMCI).

MUHC superhospital held up by labour unrest

2011-10-31T14:48:00.001-05:00

Ctvmontreal.ca, 24 October 2011 -- Construction workers walked off the job at numerous sites across Quebec as a dispute between the Quebec government and construction unions quickly escalated Monday.The workers are protesting proposed legislation that would prevent unions from dictating which employees are allowed to work on job sites.

McGill secures second injunction against striking workers

2011-10-31T14:43:00.004-05:00

The McGill Daily, 22 October 2011 -- McGill has secured a second injunction against the striking McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association (MUNACA), restricting the union’s ability to picket outside of senior administrators’ homes.

McGill University seeks broader picket restrictions

2011-10-31T14:41:00.000-05:00

The Gazette, 21 October 2011 -- McGill University is to go before a Quebec Superior Court judge Thursday afternoon to seek another injunction to restrict protests by its striking support staff. However, according to McGill University spokeman Doug Sweet, the injunction request "has nothing to do" with pickets set up Thursday morning McGill University Health Centre's Glen Campus, a pressure tactic that halted construction of the MUHC hospital complex there.

McGill staff set up picket at hospital site

2011-10-31T14:33:00.000-05:00

Cbc.ca, 20 October 2011 -- More than 300 striking members of McGill's support staff demonstrated in front of the MUHC construction site Thursday. More than 300 striking members of McGill's support staff demonstrated in front of the MUHC construction site Thursday. (Jay Turnbull/CBC).

Le personnel des blocs opératoires crie à l'injustice

2011-10-19T09:38:00.000-05:00

Cyberpresse.ca, 13 octobre 2011 -- Les infirmières et inhalothérapeutes des blocs opératoires de la province estiment être traités injustement par le gouvernement. Depuis le printemps dernier, Québec verse une prime de soins critiques de 10% par année aux employés des urgences, des soins intensifs, de néonatalogie et de soins coronariens. Mais le personnel du bloc opératoire est exclu. Choquée par ce traitement, une inhalothérapeute du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal (CHUM) a lancé une pétition pour corriger une situation qu'elle qualifie de «totalement injuste».

CUSM: un chantier gigantesque

2011-10-19T09:28:00.002-05:00

Cyberpresse.ca, 12 octobre 2011 -- Il est 15h par un après-midi pluvieux de septembre. Sur le chantier de construction du futur Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CUSM), à Montréal, c'est la cohue. La journée de travail se termine et les 500 travailleurs du chantier quittent les lieux dans un joyeux brouhaha.Lancés en juillet 2010, les travaux de construction du futur CUSM, évalué à 2,2 milliards de dollars, vont bon train. Le chantier est gigantesque. Onze grues s'affairent. «Si on exclut les barrages et les stades, c'est le plus important chantier en bâtiments de l'histoire du Québec», lance le vice-président de SNC-Lavalin, Charles Chebl.

Shriners will stay in Montreal 'forever' Ground broken on new hospital site

2011-10-19T09:22:00.004-05:00

Montrealgazette.com, October 14th 2011 -- Montreal’s new Shriners Hospital for Children will be more than twice the size of its existing building on Mount Royal and will have an entire floor devoted to research to attract the finest physician-scientists from around the world, Shriners said at a ground-breaking ceremony on Thursday.Six years after threatening to close their Montreal pediatric orthopedic hospital and build a new one in London, Ont., senior Shriners are vowing to stay in Quebec for good.

Glen Yards MUHC: On time and on schedule

2011-10-19T09:18:00.000-05:00

The Suburban, October 12 2011 -- Following their conspicuous absence during a recent information session held to discuss traffic issues around the Glen Yards construction site, senior MUHC Hospital executives held their own press conference after which the City's own assembled media were given their own guided tour through the site. (p.7)

Cedar Ave. clinicproject allowed to die Province declines to intervene

2011-10-19T09:09:00.000-05:00

Montrealgazette.com, October 7 2011 -- The Quebec government and the city of Montreal have killed plans by the Montreal General Hospital to build a controversial four-storey complex of medical clinics on Cedar Ave.A day after The Gazette reported that city executive committee chairman Michael Applebaum rejected the zoning request by the Montreal General, Health Minister Yves Bolduc has decided not to intervene.

Shriners ready to break ground on new $150-million hospital

2011-10-19T09:06:00.003-05:00

Montrealgazette.com, October 7 2011 -- After years of uncertainty about the future of the Montreal Shriners Hospital, the Shriners will hold a groundbreaking ceremony next Thursday at the Glen Yard to announce the construction of a $150-million hospital to replace their facility on Mount Royal, The Gazette has learned.

Getting the sick in Accessing the MUHC superhospital may not be easy for those who need it the most

2011-10-19T09:05:00.001-05:00

The Mirror, October 6 2011 -- Community organizers from Westmount, NDG and St-Henri are growing impatient as their questions about pedestrian access to the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Glen Campus, expected to open in 2014, remain unanswered.

Joint Corporate Campaign of the CHUM and the MUHC Foundations - National Bank Provides $8-Million Gift: The Largest in its History

2011-10-19T08:51:00.004-05:00

Canada Newswire, October 5 2011 -- National Bank is giving $8 million to the Joint Corporate Campaign of the Fondation du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the McGill University Health Centre Foundation (MUHC). Announced today, the donation will support the Montreal projects' goals of enhancing academic medicine, including research. Both centres will be able to acquire state-of-the-art equipment and create ultramodern facilities so as to better meet current and future healthcare needs.

Patient advocates help bridge the gap

2011-10-19T08:49:00.001-05:00

Leader Post, October 1 2011 -- "You have advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to your liver and to your lungs," the oncologist said in a clipped tone. "You don't have much longer left to live."Mitch Fieldstone (not his real name) had found traces of blood in his stool, and that's why he went to see the doctor. Until then, the retired film executive had never been seriously ill in his life."I was totally unprepared for the diagnosis," the 68-year-old Montrealer recalled of that day in July 2010. "I didn't expect I'd have something as advanced as that."And Fieldstone also didn't expect to suddenly confront the maze that is Quebec's health-care system: the different departments to visit, all the appointments and tests and the cycles of chemotherapy. Worse, he couldn't shake off the nagging suspicion that perhaps he wasn't receiving the best care.Read more: http://www.leaderpost.com/health/Patient+advocates+help+bridge/5486640/story.html#ixzz1bEerfw7P

Health board elections push for diversity

2011-10-19T08:45:00.004-05:00

Montrealgazette.com, October 1 2011 -- What if elections were held across Montreal and virtually nobody showed up to cast a ballot? That’s the challenge facing the city’s 43 health and social service institutions – from hospitals to rehab centres – when elections are held on Nov. 1 to choose members of the public for their boards of directors.

Critics question pedestrian access to MUHC superhospital

2011-09-28T16:57:00.001-05:00

CTV.ca, September 28 2011 -- Montrealers who live near the Glen Yards are demanding the MUHC amend its plan for access to the superhospital. But the MUHC says not only are plans for pedestrian access already included, they are trying to make them better. At an information session Tuesday evening critics called for a pedestrian tunnel linking Vendome metro to the medical campus, and a pedestrian bridge over the railway tracks that parallel De Maisonneuve Blvd.

Ding dong, the wicked piling’s done at the MUHC site

2011-09-28T10:30:00.000-05:00

The Free Press, September 27 2011 -- The headache-inducing, backyard-barbecue-cancelling, sleep-depriving, piledriving project at the McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) Glen Campus has finally come to an end after nearly a year of pounding cement-filled, stilt-like tubes into the unstable earth. REad more: See page 6.

Residents, McQueen take aim at dangerous intersection

2011-09-28T10:28:00.000-05:00

The Free Press, September 27th 2011 -- With the sewer work finally completed under Decarie Blvd. and the nighttime train bridge reconstruction slated to get under way soon, residents and a city councillor have taken aim at Montreal’s failure to improve a constructionplagued, three-street intersection in eastern NDG. Read More: See front page.

Start-up group promotes cycle and pedestrian safety

2011-09-28T10:24:00.001-05:00

The Free Press, September 27-28 2011 -- [...] The incoming McGill University Health Centre, she continued, will take a lot of the group’s attention as members encourage planners to incorporate more bike-friendly features into the hospital’s extensive campus. Along with the bike bridge, Michie said the hope is that, as millions of dollars are pumped into car parking, there will be adequate space for bikes. [...] Read more on page 12.

Ikeman stands up for District 5 residents complaining about construction noise

2011-09-28T10:19:00.001-05:00

Westmount Independent, September 27-28 2011 -- Councillor Gary Ikeman, representing District 5, defends Sara Meland and other Westmount residentswho have been waking up to the beeping sounds of reversing trucks on the McGill University Health Centre’s construction site. During a public meeting on September 22 at the MUHC building on de Maisonneuve Blvd., Ikeman told Montreal officials and an SNC Lavalin representative that the situation was unacceptable. “The beeping is going to put me in the hospital if it ever gets built,” said Meland. A Montreal police officer, Mina Lévesque, recommended that residents dealing withconstruction noise before 7 am call 911 to complain. (see p.9)

Will insurance cover MUHC megahospital’s private rooms?

2011-09-27T08:39:00.003-05:00

Openfile, September 25th 2011 -- The McGill University Health Centre calls it the “ideal room” for recovering hospital patients: one person only, private bathroom, a nice sitting area and natural light.But the MUHC’s announcement that each and every room in the new megahospital will be single-patient only has prompted fears that it will exclude patients whose insurance doesn’t cover private rooms.Yves Millette of the Canadian Health and Life Insurance Association says those fears are unfounded.

Users of busy Decarie/de Maisonneuve intersection vent frustration

2011-09-26T11:03:00.002-05:00

CTV.ca, September 23rd 2011 -- People who need to use the busy, five-pronged intersection of Decarie Blvd., Upper Lachine Rd. and de Maisonneuve Blvd. got a chance to vent their frustration Thursday evening over the danger involved, whether it's in a car or on foot.The nearby construction of the McGill University Hospital Centre's (MUHC) new super hospital has made an already complex intersection even more daunting."It doesn't feel safe at all," one pedestrian said Thursday evening.A meeting of the Good Neighbourly Relations Committee organized by the MUHC and the city featured a lot of complaints about the intersection coming from both motorists and pedestrians."It's pathetic," said Projet Montréal city councillor Peter McQueen. "It's eight seconds for pedestrians to cross Decarie Boulevard and, with no warning, it goes from full walk man to green for the cars."

Voie de détour pour 85 trains: une entente imminente

2011-09-26T10:51:00.004-05:00

Cyberpresse.ca, 22 septembre 2011 -- Montréal et le Canadien Pacifique (CP) sont sur le point de s'entendre sur une méthode d'intervention pour dévier 85 trains par jour sur une voie de détour en attendant la reconstruction d'un viaduc ferroviaire, au-dessus du chemin Upper Lachine, dans l'ouest de la ville.Cet encombrant chantier, prévu pour durer jusqu'à l'automne 2012, rend la vie impossible à des milliers d'automobilistes et de piétons depuis le printemps dernier. Il entrave même la circulation des autobus de la Société de transport de Montréal aux abords de la station de métro Vendôme, une des plus importantes dans l'arrondissement Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dâme-de-Grâce.

Gridlock: Invasion of the cones

2011-09-26T10:49:00.000-05:00

The Gazette, September 15th 2011 -- They have been on the shoulder of the Ville Marie Expressway most of the summer. There’s a maze of them in front of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport in Dorval. They’re strewn all over the construction site of the MUHC superhospital.With record road construction and several emergency bridge and overpass repairs in Montreal this year, there have never been more T-RV-7s, more commonly known as construction cones, gracing our roads and sidewalks.

Montréal investit des sommes records dans son PTI 2012-2014

2011-09-26T10:47:00.003-05:00

Progrès Saint-Léonard, 15 septembre 2011 -- L’administration Tremblay-Applebaum a déposé ce matin son Programme triennal d’immobilisations (PTI) 2012-2014. Une nouvelle façon de faire, puisqu’auparavant il était déposé en même temps que le budget de fonctionnement, pour optimiser la planification de l’ensemble des travaux à venir.

Emergency services evolve at MUHC campus

2011-09-26T10:41:00.004-05:00

The Gazette, September 6th 2011 -- Responding to an emergency is difficult at the best of times.Montreal’s firefighters and other emergency responders need to know the city’s streets and buildings inside out in order to ensure that not a second is wasted when someone calls 911.But what if one area of the city were constantly changing, shifting and becoming more complex?That is the challenge faced by emergency services at the Glen Campus construction site. Every week, new pathways are formed, new floors added, and new hallways built – and on top of this, there’s the prospect of someone getting injured high above the ground or being pinned beneath a large piece of equipment.

St-Jacques reopening doesn't solve all merchants' woes

2011-09-26T10:39:00.001-05:00

CTV.ca, September 3 2011 -- A gateway to the west end was reopened Friday morning but the construction work that closed the St-Jacques exit from Highway 20 West is still jackhammering bottom lines.Several businesses near Decarie and Upper Lachine remain difficult to access due to the ongoing construction at the MUHC superhospital.They include the Kosa Arts Centre, which was built on the site of a former daycare on Crowley in 2009.Nick Patulli's centre has offered top-flight conference and stage facilities since it opened in 2009 but its location in the midst of the dust, closed roads and trucks hasn't led people to stream to its doors.

Réouverture de la sortie Saint-Jacques Ouest

2011-09-26T10:34:00.000-05:00

Cyberpresse.ca, 1 septembre 2011 -- Enfin une bonne nouvelle pour les automobilistes qui empruntent l'autoroute Ville-Marie vers l'ouest. À partir du 2 septembre, la sortie Saint-Jacques sera rouverte à la circulation.La sortie était fermée depuis sept mois et devait être rouverte au printemps. Les travaux effectués à l'intersection des rues Saint-Jacques et Décarie ont donc pris quelques semaines de retard. La réfection des conduites d'aqueduc était nécessaire à la construction du Centre universitaire de santé McGill.

Des soins à visage humain: L'oxygénation du réseau de la santé passe aussi par une revalorisation des hôpitaux de proximité

2011-09-26T10:29:00.002-05:00

Le Devoir.com, 27 août 2011 -- À l'heure où Montréal cherche à décloisonner l'accès aux soins, force est d'admettre que la solution ne viendra pas des deux futurs mégahôpitaux, mais plutôt de la capacité du réseau à prendre le relais des soins de base. Une mutation incarnée entre autres par l'Hôpital de Verdun, véritable ovni dans le paysage montréalais.

MUHC: Life-saving treatment isolated on third floor

2011-09-26T10:26:00.004-05:00

The Gazette, August 23rd 2011 -- As autumn descends on the Glen Campus construction site, crews will be climbing higher and higher, adding more floors to the now-visible building foundations.While the new mega-hospital's lower levels will be important for patient care (they will house the emergency departments, among other things), it's the third floor where much of the life-saving treatment will take place.

MUHC: Tubes aid in logistics Pneumatic network for small objects

2011-09-26T10:23:00.003-05:00

The Gazette, August 16th 2011 -- When the planning teams at the McGill University Health Centre started sketching out the new mega-facility on the Glen campus, they quickly realized its enormous scale was going to present a number of challenges.Chief among them was transportation.Even if an employee were only carrying one small object and sprinting at top speed, it would take several minutes to cross from one end of the Glen to the other - and the person would probably arrive needing medical assistance of their own.

It has a finger in every pie Big construction; Can government afford to act?

2011-09-26T10:20:00.003-05:00

The Gazette, August 6th 2011 -- In the 1970s, Lalonde, Valois, Lamarre, Valois et associés - later known as SNC-Lavalin - built the Ville Marie Expressway. In 2008, SNC-Lavalin inspected the expressway for the government, sounding the alarm on its "critical" state. The company then became part of the consortium that drew up the plans to fix the Ville Marie, and supervise the work that had begun when the ceiling collapsed last Sunday.

It's as quiet as a hospital zone around the Glen Campus: Construction hiatus means 13 more days of relative tranquillity

2011-09-26T10:17:00.003-05:00

The Gazette, August 9th 2011 -- People living in the neighbourhoods surrounding the Glen Campus construction site can look forward to another 13 days of relative calm as crews take a break for the annual construction holiday.The hiatus began on Monday, with all building crews and subcontractors abandoning the site until Aug. 8.

Construction of superhospital inches forward

2011-09-26T10:13:00.004-05:00

CTV.ca, July 28th 2011 -- The upcoming MUHC superhospital is on schedule and on budget one year into a five-year construction plan, according to builders.But there are many years intensive construction ahead before the hospital launches in early 2015.

Work continues on Montreal’s highways

2011-09-26T10:09:00.003-05:00

The Gazette, July 22nd 2011 -- Highway-repair work in the Montreal region isn’t letting up – despite the peak holiday period.Motorists were warned Friday to brace for more detours, regardless of this weekend’s start of the two-week construction holiday for the building trades.A variety of access ramps will be shut, at off-peak hours, in and around the Turcot Interchange.Also included in a five-page list of closings issued by Transport Quebec – and available on its website – is overnight work planned late Sunday into Monday on ramps connecting Highway 40 east with Highway 15 south, and 15 south with 40 west.

Glen Campus tendering process guarantees latest technology

2011-09-26T10:05:00.001-05:00

The Gazette, August 9th 2011 -- The McGill University Health Centre has started the tendering process for some of the biggest pieces of equipment to be installed on the Glen Campus. Over the next several months, companies will submit proposals to supply everything from linear accelerators to refrigerators for the new mega-hospital, to open in the fall of 2014."There are quite a few tenders already out there," said Imma Franco, associate director of programs and services planning for the MUHC.

Even the trains move for the MUHC superhospital

2011-09-26T09:58:00.002-05:00

CTV.ca, July 15th 2011 -- The train overpass near the intersection of Decarie and de Maisonneuve Blvds. needs to be rebuilt and extended, but before that can take place a temporary railway detour needs to be built.Construction on the replacement bridge begins Monday July 18."Before we re-construct the railway bridge, we have to build a deviation - a sort of a bypass - so the train, the commuter train could go on this bypass," said Alain Trudeau, project manager with the city of Montreal. "When this will be built, we will start the demolition of the existing bridge."

Transport Quebec needs to make changes: ex-traffic reporter

2011-09-26T09:52:00.005-05:00

The Gazette, July 14th 2011 -- Transport Quebec must revamp how it communicates so motorists aren’t left in the dark again the way they were this week over the Ville Marie Expressway tunnel, says a member of a new roadwork coordination committee.The department must create a “customer-service culture and show people we know they are suffering,” said former radio traffic reporter Rick Leckner, appointed to the committee last week.

Improved air system will filter out bugs, keep contagious patients isolated

2011-09-26T09:49:00.000-05:00

The Gazette, July 12th 2011 -- [...] The new mega-facility going up on the Glen campus will be light years ahead of Montreal's existing hospitals in terms of environmental control, said Antonin Bouchard, the McGill University Health Centre's associate director of engineering and operations for the Glen.

MUHC: A year into project, things are looking up

2011-07-14T08:00:00.001-05:00

The Gazette, July 4th, 2011 -- The McGill University Health Centre's planning department has spent years drawing up complex "road maps" that act as guides for the hospital's construction consortium. Before a single block of concrete was poured, the MUHC had started bringing together hundreds of people - including doctors, nurses, clinicians, engineers and architects - to figure out exactly how the hospital should be laid out, right down to the last light switch. It's a process that is still going on, even as the buildings take shape.

Council gives green light on sound barrier study

2011-07-14T07:48:00.000-05:00

Westmount Examiner, July 7th 2011 -- The City of Westmount will ask the provincial government to proceed with the study for a proposed sound barrier that would be erected next to the CP railway tracks through most of lower Westmount — from Clandeboye Avenue to Blenheim Place.

Read more: http://www.westmountexaminer.com/News/Local/2011-07-07/article-2638479/Council-gives-green-light-on-sound-barrier-study/1

We’re all seeing orange

2011-07-14T07:46:00.000-05:00

Westmount Examiner, July 13th 2011 -- There are white Christmases, blue Mondays and red letter days… Now we can add another to the list — orange summers.

Read more: http://www.westmountexaminer.com/Opinion/Editorials/2011-07-13/article-2650685/Were-all-seeing-orange/1

Faits saillants de la séance du conseil d'arrondissement de CDN—NDG du 27 juin 2011

2011-07-04T12:28:00.001-05:00

Arrondissement CDN/NDG, mercredi 29 juin 2011 -- Dans le cadre des travaux pour le Centre universitaire de santé McGill, le conseil a approuvé les plans en vertu du titre VIII du Règlement d'urbanisme de l'arrondissement de CDN—NDG et du règlement 05-035 pour la délivrance du permis par étape visant la réalisation de la structure de l'hôpital.

New artist's rendering of hospital released

2011-07-04T10:56:00.001-05:00

The Gazette, June 28th 2011 -- The McGill University Health Centre has released a new artist's rendering of the hospital complex taking shape on the Glen campus.

The original drawings of the mega-facility, available on the MUHC's website for about a year, did not include the Shriners hospital, seen in the new photo on the far right.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/artist+rendering+hospital+released/5014847/story.html#ixzz1R9WnORkz

Road rage in montreal

2011-07-04T10:52:00.000-05:00

The Gazette, June 22nd 2011 -- At the beginning of May, construction of the ramps that would lead to the new MUHC hospital started to cause major traffic tieups and slowdowns. The affected area is along the southbound Décarie service road from Vezina St. to Queen Mary Rd. Because of this congestion, drivers have been taking side streets that are not meant to handle the excess traffic.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Road+rage+montreal/4984885/story.html#ixzz1R9W8Xmsv

Cranes to be dismantled once concrete slab on roof is poured

2011-07-04T10:38:00.004-05:00

The Gazette, June 21st 2011 --
Since this column began last year, The Gazette has received many reader questions about the Glen campus construction site and the McGill University Health Centre's new facilities. This week, representatives from the MUHC and the construction consortium were asked to answer some of your questions. Here's what they had to say: ...

MUHC: Project keeps 'all professionals' in one place

2011-07-04T10:38:00.002-05:00

The Gazette, June 14th 2011 -- It will be another three years before Montrealers get a glimpse of any completed buildings on the Glen campus, so many may be wondering about the small cluster of structures on the eastern end of the site that already appear to be finished and occupied.

MUHC plans "good neighbour" meeting June 14

2011-07-04T10:30:00.001-05:00

The Westmount Examiner, June 8th 2011 -- Residents of Westmount and NDG are being invited by the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) to attend an information meeting on the ongoing construction project in the Glen Yards.

Organized by the MUHC’s Good Neighbourly Relations Committee, the public meeting will be held next Tuesday, June 14 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the project office of the Glen Campus construction site, 1051 Decarie Boul., south of de Maisonneuve Boulevard.

Aluminum giant Rio Tinto pledges $10M to hospitals

2011-07-04T10:28:00.003-05:00

The Gazette, June 9th 2011 -- Showing the importance of business leadership in building a better - and healthier - community, aluminum-production giant Rio Tinto Alcan announced Wednesday it is donating $10 million to the joint corporate campaigns of Montreal's two new university hospital centres.

Glen will house ambulances in special areas

2011-07-04T10:20:00.001-05:00

The Gazette, June 7th 2011 -- A state-of-the-art hospital isn't much good if you can't access it quickly in an emergency.

The architects who designed the McGill University Health Centre's new Glen campus were fully aware of that fact when they began sketching the plans for the facility's emergency transport systems. Ensuring that critically ill patients get where they need to go - and fast - has been a major priority from the start.

Ambulances will be able to access the Glen through three entrances; two along Décarie Blvd. and one off St. Jacques St. Those are the same entrances that will be used by all vehicles entering the site, said Pierre Major, the MUHC's associate director of construction and redevelopment.

Building public infrastructure for the future

2011-07-04T10:04:00.001-05:00

Canadianview.ca, June 1st 2011 -- There is tremendous pressure on municipalities to privatize infrastructure investment to meet the growing needs. Regardless of the negative repercussions to future city budgets and to the community, a privatization agenda continues to be facilitated by PPP Canada Inc. But public private partnerships (P3’s) and contracting out public services have proven to result in higher costs, lower quality, the loss of public control and increasing inequality in our communities.

Glen campus will have eight 'cancer bunkers'

2011-07-04T10:01:00.001-05:00

The Gazette, May 31st 2011 -- The McGill University Health Centre's new Glen campus will be equipped with eight "cancer bunkers" buried partially underground in the hospital's cancer centre, at the eastern end of the site.

These rooms, each eight metres by eight metres, will house large, sophisticated machines that use targeted ionizing radiation to destroy cancer cells in a patient's body. The treatment, commonly known as radiotherapy, involves aiming radiation beams at a tumour from several angles, explained William Parker, a medical physicist at the MUHC.

City, province seek traffic de-snarler

2011-05-25T08:57:00.002-05:00

Free Press, May 24th 2011 -- "From the viewpoint of Transport Quebec,spokesperson Réal Grégoire said, despite the initially negative impact from the St.Jacques closure, the provincial network, by ministry standards, is running well enough when considering the multitude of issues around the nearby Turcot interchange." (Read more on pages 3 & 21)

MUHC isn't going to knock it off anytime soon

2011-05-25T08:53:00.002-05:00

Free Press, May 24th 2011 -- "Unfortunately for those who are sick of the thumping coming from the Glen Yards construction site, crews aren’t done knocking just yet. Charles Chebl, senior vice president with SNC-Lavalin, announced late June as the new finish date for the main piling process, with the exception of a smaller month-long project slated for August near the Vendôme train station." (Read more on front cover & p.18).

Garbage control rethought for new buildings

2011-05-25T08:45:00.002-05:00

The Gazette, May 25th 2011 -- Just like in the Magic Kingdom, a huge amount of trash will be discarded on the Glen campus each day; but the patients, staff and visitors wandering through the halls will be blissfully unaware of where it goes or how it is handled.

Public Consultation on New Expansion Project for Montreal General Hospital

2011-05-24T10:40:00.005-05:00

CNW Telbec, May 20th 2011 -- The Office de consultation publique de Montréal announces that a public consultation will be held on the new version of the Montréal General Hospital expansion project, as the MUHC is now planning changes requiring the adoption of new legislative amendments. A first draft by-law, subsequently adopted by city council under section 89 of the Montréal Charter, had been the subject of a consultation by the Office in 2008.

Reed Construction Data

2011-05-24T10:30:00.003-05:00

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Le projet du futur CHUM obtient une cote de crédit inférieure à celui du CUSM

2011-05-24T10:25:00.002-05:00

Radio Canada 20 mai, 2011. -- Le projet du nouveau Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) a obtenu une cote de crédit moins élevée que le futur Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CUSM), mais les coûts assumés par le gouvernement ne devraient pas bondir pour autant.

The CHUM and MUHC Foundations Joint Corporate Campaign - The J. Armand Bombardier Foundation makes the largest healthcare donation in its history $8 M

2011-05-24T10:22:00.004-05:00

Alphatrade Finance May 19th 2011 -- "With this donation, the J. Armand Bombardier Foundation acknowledges the importance of our project for our collective future; that of our children and our grandchildren. Construction of the new CHUM, a hospital for the 21st century, and its research centre will contribute to Montreal's position as a leader in life sciences," said Christian Paire, CHUM director general.

Normand Rinfret, associate executive director and chief operating officer of the McGill University Health Centre, expressed his gratitude: "By allocating this historic gift to health and research, the J. Armand Bombardier Foundation is confirming that the way forward for Montreal and Quebec cannot be mapped out without a firm commitment to the life sciences. I applaud the decision of the J. Armand Bombardier Foundation to focus on leadership and innovation in health."

Relaxing, healing green space vital part of MUHC Glen Campus project

2011-05-24T10:18:00.002-05:00

The Gazette -- May 17th, 2011. "Patients receiving treatment in the cancer centre will face all the challenges that go with that type of treatment," he said. "The technology and the services at the hospital will be the best available, but the proximity to a healing garden where patients can wander, relax and spend time with loved ones is a means to reduce the stress."

Ville de Montréal : Les faits saillants du comité exécutif du 11 mai 2011

2011-05-24T10:11:00.003-05:00

Montréal, CNW Telbec 13 mai, 2011. Infrastructures Le comité exécutif a autorisé les dossiers suivants pour que les citoyens puissent bénéficier d'infrastructures performantes. Ceux-ci doivent être entérinés par le conseil municipal : un contrat de 2,3 M$ $ à Louisbourg SBC, s.e.c., division Simard-Beaudry Construction pour la construction d'un remblai pour la déviation temporaire des voies ferrées du Canadien Pacifique surplombant le boulevard Décarie au nord de la rue Crowley et au sud du boulevard De Maisonneuve dans le cadre du projet du CUSM-Site Glen. Par le fait même, le CE a pris connaissance du rapport de la Commission permanente sur l'examen des contrats sur ce dossier, qui constate la conformité du processus d'appel d'offres tenu dans le cadre de celui-ci.

Two lines to carry water

2011-05-11T10:35:00.001-05:00

The Gazette, May 10th 2011 -- The network of pipes and drains that will carry water onto the Glen Campus and then ferry away the waste, sewage and runoff will take shape in the coming year and will be expected to handle an enormous amount of input and output daily when the hospital opens in 2014.

Major plans for St. Jacques

2011-05-05T11:14:00.001-05:00

Actualités 1er avril 2010 -- "The urban planning department for the CDN-NDG borough has begun preliminary studies of the area east of the Décarie Expressway and plans to create a full-fledged development project much like

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what is currently being completed at Namur–Jean-Talon."

Mayor, McQueen disagree over growth-stimulating program

2011-05-05T10:59:00.003-05:00

Free Press April 26 2011 (page 3) -- Borough mayor Michael Applebaum says PR@M-Industrie will help generate the funding needed for the some $2 billion in infrastructure investment, like this sewer renovation project under Decarie, that is required for the McGill University Hospital Center.

Infrastructure Québec - Centre universitaire de Santé McGill (CUSM)

2011-05-05T10:37:00.003-05:00

Infrastructure Québec -- Voici les informations mises enligne sur le projet d'infrastructure publique du Centre universitaire de Santé McGill (CUSM). Vous y retrouverai entre autre l'entente de partenariat entre le CUSM, SNC-Lavalin McGill (Associé) Inc. et Innisfree McGill (Associé) Inc., ces deux dernières faisant affaires en société en nom collectif sous le nom de Groupe Immobilier Santé McGill, S.E.N.C.

CHUM et CUSM: les syndicats craignent la privatisation des services alimentaires

2011-05-05T10:31:00.001-05:00

Cyberpresse.ca 14 avril 2011 -- Les employés craignent que les services alimentaires des futurs hôpitaux universitaires (CHUM et CUSM) soient privatisés. On voit ici un plateau préparé dans les cuisines de l'Hôpital général de Montréal.

Montreal's skyline is punctuated by cranes. Who commissioned them?

2011-05-05T09:52:00.004-05:00

The Gazette April 28th 2011 -- McGill University Hospital Centre (MUHC) and the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal (CUSM) continue to be headliners of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal.

New blog on Turcot

2009-07-10T08:06:00.003-05:00

Check out the new CURA blog, a "one stop shop" for information on the Turcot Interchange. It also contains a section with links to media, to alternatives, and to the issues. Be sure to link to the RSS feed to keep up to date on this important discussion.

CHUM subject to another City consultation?

2009-03-19T10:32:00.002-05:00

The City of Montreal may require that the CHUM go through another round of public consultations, if higher than 80 metres.

CHUM, PPP, recent news

2009-03-10T09:00:00.003-05:00

A few bits of recent news:

Paul Desmarais' wife joins the board of the CHUM. She is also president of the board of the Montreal Economic Institute, a right-wing think tank.

A group of doctors is fervently opposed to building the CHUM in PPP mode.

A letter to the editor is succinct: no to PPP mode.

Quebec annoncera sous peu le projet CUSM

2008-09-15T09:34:00.002-05:00

Le ministre de santé annoncera le projet CUSM dans les prochaines semaines, malgré le fait que le CHUM n'est pas encore prêt.

CHUM encore sous les lumieres

2008-09-10T12:52:00.003-05:00

Encore de nouvelles sur le CHUM: Bolduc prêt a revisé le plan clinique, les medecins pas retenus, les specialistes luttent pour un nouveau projet, un lettre denonce le role élargi du secteur privé, et Sansfacon se demande, ou est le capitaine?

Shriners

2008-09-09T10:38:00.001-05:00

This note to link to the stories that confirm the participation of the Shriner's at the Glen Yards site.

CHUM dans les manchettes

2008-09-08T08:56:00.003-05:00

On annonce une clinique privé a coté du site CHUM. Tel qu'annoncé dans le Devoir et ailleurs, le CHUM souffre de mauvaise gestion. Certains services coupées.

MUHC announces purchase of Air Canada Building

2008-09-08T08:55:00.002-05:00

While it has been generally known for some time now, the MUHC has publicly announced its purchase of the Air Canada building, immediately adjacent to the Glen Yards site.

Report on Mountain Campus released today

2008-08-28T09:23:00.002-05:00

The MUHC welcomes the report from the Office de consultation publique de Montreal, released today, on the expansion of the Mountain Campus (The Montreal General Hospital). You can read it here.

Encore plus d'argent pour le CUSM

2008-08-25T13:04:00.002-05:00

On ajout encore 150M$ pour le developpement du CUSM, de Quebec et de mécènes.

Turcot: les citoyens mobilisent

2008-08-25T12:58:00.002-05:00

Les trois grands axes de la lutte contre le projet de renovation Turcot sont: enclavement, santé et expropriations inutiles. Un commentaire mets le projet en context.

Video insttructif sur l'evolution du CUSM

2008-08-20T08:49:00.001-05:00

Un petit video sur l'evolution du CUSM (7 minutes).

CUSM a recu $100M d'un fonds federal

2008-08-20T08:12:00.003-05:00

MUHC gets a very large grant from a federal research agency.

MUHC delayed another year...

2008-07-15T12:14:00.002-05:00

The Gazette reports that the MUHC may be delayed by as long as a year. Builders are now expected to break ground at the end of 2009. Delays cost about 100,000$ a day.

Rising costs for CHUM and CUSM

2008-07-14T09:37:00.003-05:00

Both hospitals had already engaged their professional teams of architects and engineers to prepare for construction when Quebec opted for PPP mode. The professionals want to be compensated. Delays at this stage are estimated to cost 2M$ per week.

Centre de recherche CHUM en 2010?

2008-04-01T09:52:00.001-05:00

Le CHUM annonce les demarches pour construire son centre de recherche.

L'affiliation de l'Hôpital de Lachine au CUSM menacerait son statut francophone - La Presse – 31/01/2008

2008-03-09T13:06:00.000-05:00

Des groupes nationalistes et syndicaux craignent que le dernier hôpital de l'ouest de l'île de Montréal fonctionnant en français, l'Hôpital de Lachine, ne finisse par s'angliciser s'il est annexé au Centre universitaire de la santé McGill (CUSM)

Des employés de Lachine craignent l'intégration à McGill - La Presse – 30/01/2008

2008-03-09T13:05:00.000-05:00

Des employés francophones du Centre hospitalier de Lachine avertissent les Montréalais qu'ils pourraient bientôt perdre le seul hôpital francophone de l'ouest de l'île.

L'Hôpital général s'étalera sans s'élever

2008-03-09T13:03:00.001-05:00

L'Hôpital général de Montréal, situé à flanc du mont Royal, sera agrandi en largeur plutôt qu'en hauteur, et il n'y aura pas d'héliport sur son toit. Après de nombreuses discussions avec le gouvernement et la Ville de Montréal, la direction du Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CSUM) accepte de freiner ses ardeurs afin de respecter le caractère patrimonial et historique de la montagne.

Pas de technopôle possible sans une alliance CHUM-CUSM - Le Devoir – 22/02/2008

2008-03-09T13:02:00.001-05:00

Le potentiel de développement d'un pôle commercial des sciences de la santé à proximité du CHUM n'a pas l'ampleur espérée.

Une chambre quatre étoiles à l'hôpital - La Presse – 31/10/2007

2008-03-09T12:59:00.000-05:00

Vous rêvez de séjourner dans une grande chambre aux couleurs éclatantes avec vue imprenable sur l'extérieur et télévision plasma? Solution: soyez malade. Les patients du nouveau superhôpital du Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CUSM) auront la chance d'occuper des chambres étonnement luxueuses.

MUHC promises flat-screen TVs for all - The Gazette – 30/10/2007

2008-03-09T12:58:00.002-05:00

In a twist on the old U.S. presidential promise of "a chicken in every pot," the McGill University Health Centre yesterday pledged a flat-screen LCD television in every patient room in its future hospital.

Lemay associés - Construire en grand - Le Devoir – 20/12/2007

2008-03-09T12:58:00.001-05:00

Planifier les 42 000 m2 du futur Centre universitaire de santé McGill

Trente milliards pour les infrastructures - Le Devoir – 12/10/2007

2008-03-09T12:57:00.000-05:00

Charest veut obliger les prochains gouvernements à investir dans l'entretien des routes, des écoles et autres équipements culturels

La grosse part du gâteau aux projets universitaires - La Presse – 29/11/2007

2008-03-09T12:56:00.001-05:00

L'administration Tremblay-Zampino garde le cap sur les infrastructures de l'eau et de la voirie dans son budget 2008, avec des investissements historiques de 477 millions en trois ans, mais une grosse part du gâteau va aux projets universitaires de grande envergure. Des investissements devenus inévitables grâce à des ententes déjà signées.

Qualification des consortiums pour la construction du CHUM et du CUSM - Partenaires dans un cas, concurrents dans l'autre - Le Devoir – 9/11/2007

2008-03-09T12:14:00.002-05:00

Le processus de sélection des entreprises devant construire le CHUM et son pendant anglais, le CUSM, selon la formule du partenariat public-privé, soulève des questions d'ordre éthique.

MUHC headed for costly failure, top architect warns - The Gazette – 10/12/2007

2008-03-09T12:14:00.001-05:00

Private-public deal 'unwieldy' They'll 'cut corners,' Fieldman says

Safdie's resignation is a condemnation of private-public process - The Gazette – 08/12/2007

2008-03-09T12:13:00.002-05:00

Master designer dropped hospital project because P3 would have reduced his control

Architect Safdie pulls the plug on MUHC design - The Gazette – 5/12/2007

2008-03-09T12:12:00.000-05:00

Blasts Quebec for 'cutting corners'; Public-private deal is 'problematic,' he says

Architect Safdie won't be drawing up master plan - The Gazette – 4/12/2007

2008-03-09T12:11:00.000-05:00

Moshe Safdie, the world-renowned architect behind Montreal's Habitat 67, has been squeezed out of drawing up the master plan for the future hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, The Gazette has learned.

Delays blamed for hospital cost hikes - The Gazette – 11/08/2007

2008-03-09T12:09:00.001-05:00

From $1.1 billion to $1.6 billion. Projected cost of renovating Montreal General and building McGill University Health Centre

Projet du CHUM au centre-ville : la Ville craint les embouteillages - La Presse – 10/08/2007

2008-03-09T11:59:00.004-05:00

L'administration du maire Gérald Tremblay donne le feu vert au projet du CHUM au centre-ville, mais craint un impact monstre sur la circulation pendant et après les travaux de construction. Elle commande donc une vaste étude de circulation.