PCGI Spring 2008 Update

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WINTER 2009 UPDATE

Happy New Year and best wishes for a successful 2009 from the whole PCGI team!

New Engagements and Accomplishments:
Healthcare Project News
		Trillium Health Centre PCGI in partnership with Agnew Peckham, have been engaged to assist the Trillium with operational readiness planning leading up to occupancy of their Mississauga West Wing Project.
		Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (OAHPP) PCGI is proud to be the program management consultant on the successful set-up of Ontario’s newest Agency. The program consisted of over 21 functional areas including Finance, HR, Payroll, IT, Licensing, and Facilities. In total, over 150 projects were successfully completed. Congratulations OAHPP!
		Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Through a series of workshops facilitated by PCGI, CAMH captured its successes and areas for improvement learned from Phase 1A of their multi-phase redevelopment project. Congratulations to CAMH for their commitment to collaborative project learning and improvement!
		Operational Readiness Planning - Hospitals More hospital clients have recently chosen PCGI to help them with their operational readiness planning for their capital redevelopment projects: Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie North Bay Regional Health Centre Windsor Regional Hospital These add to the growing list of Clients trusting PCGI to assist them with the planning of the critical operational readiness aspects of their capital redevelopment projects.
Institutional Project News
		Toronto South Detention Centre – Operational Readiness The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services and PCGI are working to develop an overall “operational readiness” roadmap for the opening of their new 1,650 bed facility.
		Windsor-Essex Parkway Infrastructure Ontario, in conjunction with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, have engaged PCGI to assist with the planning and controls for the Canadian-side roadway extension in Windsor that connects to the new border crossing to Michigan, USA.
		University of Waterloo Quantum - Nanotechnology Centre U of W’s new $160MM Centre is the first of its kind in the world that combines both quantum and nano researchers and undergraduates in the University’s most complex scientific building. PCGI is developing a detailed construction schedule for Aecon Buildings under its construction contract with the University.
Corporate Project News
		Bank of Montreal + Wellington Building Renovations for PWGSC in Ottawa NORR Limited and its project team have been selected by PWGSC to renovate 2 significant historical buildings within the Parliamentary Precinct in Ottawa. PCGI is providing project scheduling and risk management services to the team.
		Commercial Office and Retail Redevelopment PCGI’s long-standing relationship with Cadillac Fairview Corporation is continuing with engagements on the following commercial redevelopment projects: Simcoe Place / RBC Centre, Toronto Carrefour Laval Shopping Centre, Quebec Chinook Centre Expansion, Calgary PCGI is proud to continue to be a trusted advisor to Cadillac Fairview on many of its most prestigious redevelopment initiatives.
Sharing our Knowledge:
Partenariats public-privé Québec PCGI was invited as part of a group of advisors to participate in an operational decant and commissioning symposium held in Montreal in November 2008. The focus was on knowledge sharing gained on William Osler’s Brampton Civic Hospital Project with the team involved in the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) projects. Read about the projects: http://www.ppp.gouv.qc.ca/index.asp
Infrastructure Lessons Learned at Niagara Health System PCGI is pleased to be a part of the Niagara Health System’s consultant team on the first new hospital to be constructed as a Design, Build, Finance and Maintain (DBFM) project in partnership with Infrastructure Ontario under the province’s Alternative Financing Procurement (AFP) delivery model. In the May/June 2008 issue of Canadian Healthcare Manager, NHS shared several tips for hospitals considering their own projects under this model. Read the article: http://www.chmonline.ca/news/article.jsp?content=20080528_180651_4760
Project Readiness Planning – Lessons Learned At a November 2008 Lunch-n-Learn session, PCGI shared our lessons learned with the Project Delivery Group from Infrastructure Ontario on the importance of project readiness for hospitals and other “co-sponsor” partners embarking on large capital projects and/or getting ready to operate in new facilities. View the Presentation
Keeping the Project Auditor Happy! In collaboration with CIBC, PCGI presented “Relax! Ten Ways to Keep Your Project Auditor Happy” - focusing on lessons learned on large corporate projects from both an internal staff and external consultant perspective to the Project Business Connection 2008 conference at the University of Toronto. View the Presentation
PCGI Team:
		Congratulations to David Schlotzhauer, Director - who achieved his 8-year anniversary with PCGI. Thanks David for almost a decade of great ideas, client focused solutions, and leadership! Welcome to Dana Chmelnitsky who has joined our Consultant team. Dana’s focus is in our growing area of operational readiness projects within the healthcare sector. Mr. Alvin Yee joined PCGI as a Consultant on January 6, 2009 and will focus in the areas of real estate advisory services and construction monitoring. Alvin’s background is in architecture combined with experience in real estate development most recently with CB Richard Ellis in Toronto. PCGI is excited to have Ms. Elisabeth Stroback of Tanalex Corporation assisting us as a strategic advisor in pursuing new markets with particular emphasis on operational readiness planning.

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