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we can really do great work.”
HUMBER RIVER HOSPITAL,
TORONTO, ONTARIO
In the early stages of planning, stakehold-
ers at the healthcare facility north of Toron-
to set goals for the Humber River Hospital
to be lean, green and digital. It didn’t take
an expert to see that this hospital would
be a demanding project, affected by the
numerous facets of medical architecture,
technological design and community inte-
gration.
This compelled HOK to revisit their stan-
dard organization of project development
management for this private-public-part-
nership (P3) project. Jeff Churchill served
as the Planning, Design and Compliance
Manager, right from the project’s inception
in 2008.
Churchill’s team at HOK helped define
the parameters set out by the hospital’s
guidelines and continued to advocate for
the hospital’s vision right until the 600-bed
hospital facility was completed in October
of 2015.
“The hospital is about bringing the com-
munity in,” says Churchill, “and making the
“We still strive to do great
architecture, and we think inspiring
our client is part of the process. You
don’t get great architecture without
great clients.” Jeff Churchill
