Foothills Medical Centre – McCaig Tower

Location: Calgary, AB
Client: Alberta Health Services
Completion: 2010
Size: 60,978 sq m

656,360 sq ft
Collaborators: EllisDon

RMC Resource Management Consultants

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.

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McCaig Tower operating room 02 — Flexible surgical facilities The Interventional Operating Room locates an angiography system in the OR environment. The room can be used for both cardiac and vascular procedures.

McCaig Tower patient car room o03 v3 — More space for families Individual ICU rooms mean privacy for patients and their families as well as a lower risk of infection. Open space around each bed allows families to be comfortably bedside.

McCaig Tower nursing station 04 v2 — Re-designed nursing stations Decentralized nursing stations allow high visibility to the patients.

McCaig Tower exterior render walkway 06 — Landscaped for healing The landscape design focuses on the creation of healing gardens within the campus landscape. The design goal is a barrier-free site with pedestrian-friendly circulation systems.

McCaig Tower laboratory 07 — Infection control The tower is engineered and equipped with the latest medical technology and infection prevention and control features in mind.

McCaig Tower exterior night 08 — Another access point to FMC The facility also provides a second entrance to the hospital and a new underground parkade consists of 630 stalls for staff and visitors.

McCaig Tower heliport 09 — Rooftop heliport The heliport is designed to meet Transport Canada’s H2 classification, and is rated for 17,000 pounds.

McCaig Tower heliport 10 — Rooftop heliport The helipad can accommodate helicopters as large as the Augusta Westland AW139 and the Bell 412, two aircraft commonly used as air ambulances.

Meet The Team

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.

How we got here 02

This rendering helped users visualize the finished building on the site.

McCaig Tower nursing station render 03.jpg

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

McCaig Tower operating room render 02.jpg

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.