b'74 75WAYPOINT CENTRE FORBRAMPTON CIVIC HOSPITALMENTAL HEALTHThis new 350,000 SF mental health facility provides a safeStephenson Engineering provided structural engineering and secure environment for patients needing mental healthservices for the inpatient building and parking garage, as well treatment. It replaced the existing 160-bed Oak Ridge Facil- as a peer review for the Diagnostic and Treatment Building. ity and the 20-bed Brebeuf Facility to consolidate WaypointThis award-winning project was the first pure DBFM project Centre into a more efficient, integrated building complex. in Ontario.The facility, consisting of five buildings tied together into oneThis 1,270,000 SF health care facility consists of a six-storey structure, features long span structural steel trusses and fullinpatient building, a three-storey Diagnostic and Treatment height interior light wells to maximize light penetration to theFacility and a seven-storey parking structure.patient and support areas. An existing bridge abutment wasInstead of using a conventional costly and unsightly expansion incorporated into the design, eliminating the need to shorejoint, the 600 foot long inpatient building was built in two the entire structure and allowing for an existing access roadpieces, and then zipped together after cladding was com-to be maintained. plete and the building was brought up to a stable operating temperature. This allowed for a design without permanent expansion joints, giving more architectural freedom while satisfying the requirements of a post-disaster facility. Client: DBFM for the Province of Ontario Client: DBFM for the Province of OntarioLocation: Penetanguishene, Ontario Location: Brampton, OntarioSTEPHENSON ENGINEERINGP3/DBFM 05.4'