b'COVER STORYOKANAGAN COLLEGESHEALTH SCIENCES CENTRET H E N E W H U B F O R H E A LT H C A R E T R A I N I N GBY MATTHEW BRADFORDkanagan College is welcoming[The Centre] is an exciting milestone inadministration and office accommoda-O a new addition to its Kelownathe start of a new era in training healthtions, student social spaces and modern campus. The Health Sciencesprofessionals at the college, said Jimhealthcare training equipment. Centre is a new three-storeyHamilton, president of Okanagan College facility that will replace the existingduring the July 2018 groundbreaking.It is a privilege to work on a project Health Building and serve as theThe Health Sciences Centre has been athat has such a tangible benefit to cutting-edge hub for the collegeshigh priority for us and will be welcomethe community, notes Michael science, health, social development andnews for thousands of students who willHoffman, Director of Development engineering technology programs.go on to become an important part of ourand Construction with Faction Projects. provinces workforce.The project is a great example of the The $18.9 million project is led bybenefits of establishing a collaborative Kelownas Faction Projects and its teamA HEALTHCARE HUB project team early in the development consisting of construction manager Stuartprocess. With various and individually Olson and architect GEC Architecture. AtOkanagan College has ambitiousunique Health and Science programs the time of writing, crews have progressedplans for its new healthcare trainingbeing housed in a single building, this to finishing and commissioning, withheadquarters. The 30,000-sq.-ft.project required a disciplined process plans to bring the Centre online by thebuilding will feature a mix ofof stakeholder input from each of the end of 2020. classrooms, innovative lab spaces,programs to ensure that we delivered a 48 SOUTHERN INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION'