The Penticton Regional Hospital, Patient Care Tower is a new 281,530 square feet 7-storey patient care tower and parkade at Penticton Regional Hospital. It is connected to the existing campus buildings via links on the new tower’s first three levels. The tower is named the David E. Kampe Tower after local businessman and philanthropist David E. Kampe. The patient care tower includes an ambulatory care centre, surgical services centre, 84 medical/surgical inpatient beds in single patient rooms, a new medical device reprocessing unit, rooftop helipad, 480 new parking stalls, and space for the UBC Faculty of Medicine program.
Houle’s scope of work consisted of electrical construction, lighting, Information Management Information Technology (IMIT), and structure cable. The IMIT components included authority network deployment, BMS network deployment, authority telephony deployment and upgrade, authority wireless network, nurse call, wireless staff communication, public address, video door intercom system, access control, panic alarm and panic stations, CCTV, and patient wandering.
As part of Interior Health’s commitment to environmental sustainability and green buildings, the new patient care tower was designed and constructed to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold certification.