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new Woodstock Hospital and the William Os-
ler Health Centre in Brampton are among the
recently completed hospitals. “We also assist
dozens of existing hospitals with sensitive ren-
ovation projects. When they need a new MRI
or a new dialyses unit or even the addition
of wheelchair ramps at the main entry; they
give us a call and we help them get what they
need,” comments Driscoll.
Although the firm’s portfolio has a large pro-
portion of Healthcare projects, it also provides
services for the justice sector which consists
of police facilities, court houses and prisons. It
has recently been awarded a master planning
study for a prison in Atlantic Canada. Parkin is
also completing the design of a Marine Facil-
ity for York Regional Police at Lake Simcoe and
the new York Regional Police Training Facility.
The firm also competes in the Sports and Rec-
reation sector having The Ricoh Centre and the
Hershey Centre in its list of credits. The firm
has also recently completed university proj-
ects for the University of Toronto, Wilfrid Lau-
rier University and Carleton University among
others.
As well as expanding its breadth of project
types, Parkin is expanding its reach across the
country. “We’re competing for a number of
projects in Newfoundland which is currently
investing in its infrastructure. There’s more
and more work across Canada and we’re pur-
suing work in multiple provinces,” says Nyman.
In fact Parkin has projects in every province
and Nunavut at the present time. For exam-
ple, they are designing a Health Centre in B.C.,
a mental health unit in Saskatchewan, a new
RCMP facility in Nunavut, a hospital in New
Brunswick and a hospital in Iqaluit.
P3 MARKET
With the opening of a new office in Vancouver,
Parkin continues to expand its public-private
partnership pursuits. “One of the reasons we
moved out to Vancouver is because B.C. is de-
veloping the P3 process that Ontario has had
in place for many years. Alberta is also con-
