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Construction Projects
With more than 100 active projects underway, our Capital Planning and Projects department is modernizing health-care facilities with new technology and current standards of care, investing in communities, engaging with partners and planning future projects across the Interior Health region.
Cariboo Memorial Hospital Redevelopment – Williams Lake

Cariboo Memorial Hospital (CMH) Redevelopment is a two-phase redevelopment of the Williams Lake hospital, which serves a large rural region in the Cariboo Chilcotin. Designed with input from local Indigenous communities, employees and physicians, a new three-storey addition will be built at CMH that will be welcoming to people of all cultures and backgrounds. Once the new addition is open, renovations will take place in the existing hospital.
- Phase 1, which includes the addition, began in April 2023 and is expected to be complete in fall 2026.
- Phase 2, which includes renovations to the existing hospital, is planned to begin in fall 2026 and is scheduled to be complete in early 2029.
To register for updates, ask questions and stay informed on the CMH Redevelopment, visit CMH Engage IH.
- Ministry of Health
- Interior Health
- Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District
- Williams Lake First Nation
- Secwépemc Nation
- Tsilhqot’in Nation
- Dãkelh Dené Nation
- Métis Nation
- Budget: $366.5 million
- Current phase: Construction
- Scope: The CMH redevelopment project includes an addition to the existing hospital as well as renovations to the existing facility. People will have increased access to health-care services as the expanded hospital will include:
- A new emergency department with 23 treatment spaces, an increase of 12; two trauma treatment bays; a seclusion room; an ambulance carport and a separate public entrance.
- A new medical/surgical inpatient unit with 36 beds, an increase of 16.
- A new mental-health and substance-use inpatient unit with eight single-occupancy rooms and a patient seclusion room.
- An expanded ambulatory care and oncology unit with 16 renovated treatment spaces.
- An expanded maternity and women's health unit with four single-occupancy rooms for maternity care, two nursery rooms and two women's health beds in private rooms. The maternity area will allow parents to stay in the same room with their babies until they are ready to go home.
- An expanded pharmacy, providing additional space for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
- An interfaith sacred space, which will allow for traditional cultural and healing practices.
- 71 new parking stalls.
Dr. F.W. Green Memorial Home – Cranbrook
Dr. F.W. Green Memorial Home is a 60-bed long-term care home in Cranbrook that is being replaced and expanded. A new building will be constructed on the same site and the new care community will add 88 new long-term care beds for a total of 148 beds. Construction is expected to start in 2025.
To register for updates, ask questions and stay informed on the Dr. F.W. Green Memorial Home replacement project, visit FWG Engage IH.
- Interior Health
- Ministry of Health
- Kootenay East Regional Hospital District
- Ktunaxa Nation
- Budget: $156.5 million
- Current phase: Design
- Scope: A new four-storey long-term care facility will be constructed on the same site as Dr. F.W. Green Memorial Home at 1700 4 St. South, Cranbrook, replacing the 60-bed long-term care home with an additional 88 new beds for a total of 148 beds. The new care home will be designed as “households” accommodating 12 to 18 residents where each resident will have a single-bed room with dedicated washroom. The “households” will include the social and recreational spaces found in a typical home-like environment such as a living room, dining room, activity space and access to the outdoors. There will also be community spaces and services for residents, families, visitors and staff, including activity rooms, a hair salon, sacred space and a 25-space adult day program for people living more independently in the community. As well, a child care space will be constructed with capacity for 37 children. Construction is expected to start in 2025 and will be done in two phases. Phase 1 is anticipated to open in 2027, relocating all existing residents and making way for Phase 2 to accept new residents in 2029.
Royal Inland Hospital Patient Care Tower Project (Phase 1 & 2)
The Phil & Jennie Gaglardi Tower at Royal Inland Hospital Patient Care Tower opened July 18, 2022. Features include private patient rooms, each with their own washroom, a brand new hospital entrance, an atrium for family gatherings and a new patient registration area. Phase 2 of construction is currently underway which includes renovations and expansion to the emergency department as well as enhancements to the pediatric unit and the post-anesthetic recovery department.
- Ministry of Health
- Interior Health
- Thompson Regional Hospital District
- Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
- Tk’emlups te Secwépemc
- Secwépemc Health Caucus
- Two Rivers Métis Society
- EllisDon
- Budget: $457 million
- Construction began: 2018
- Open to patients: July 2022
- Scope: Phase 1 includes Aa new nine-storey hospital tower that will has modernized the Royal Inland Hospital campus, with a new main entrance, atrium and patient registration area and with private, single-patient rooms throughout. The tower will beis home to mental health and substance use units for children and adults, new operating rooms, new labour and delivery rooms and a neo natal intensive care unit. There are inpatient units for neuroscience trauma and stroke as well as a new rehab unit. A rooftop helipad will makes patient transfers quicker.
Phase 2 of the project is currently underway and includes renovations and expansion to the emergency department as well as enhancements to the pediatric unit and the post-anesthetic recovery department.
Kamloops Cancer Centre at Royal Inland Hospital
Interior Health in partnership with BC Cancer (Provincial Health Services Authority) are building a new cancer centre at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops to bring cancer care closer to home for patients and families facing cancer.
To register for updates, ask questions and stay informed on the Kamloops Cancer Centre, visit KCC Engage IH.
- Ministry of Health
- Interior Health
- BC Cancer (Provincial Health Services Authority)
- Thompson Regional Hospital District
- Budget: $359 million
- Current phase: Procurement
- Scope: The five-storey facility will be built on the Westlands site on the RIH campus. There will be space for radiation treatment, radiation-therapy planning, including a CT Simulator, an outpatient ambulatory-care unit, including 10 exam rooms, and two consultation rooms for radiation-therapy services, an additional MRI suite, and patient arrival and check-in areas. The centre will have three linear accelerator vaults. These heavy, concrete structures contain radiation equipment used for cancer-patient treatment. In collaboration with Indigenous partners, there will also be a sacred space for patients, caregivers and staff, with features to support traditional ceremonies. The project also includes upgrades to RIH to expand cancer care, which includes updating and expanding the pharmacy, and relocation and expansion of the Community Oncology Network clinic from the eighth floor to the main floor with more space and improved access. A new 470-stall parkade will also be constructed as part of the centre.
Kelowna General Hospital MRI
Kelowna General Hospital will receive a new 3T MRI machine and replace an existing 1.5 MRI machine increasing the number of MRI scans done at KGH.
- Interior Health
- Ministry of Health
- Central Okanagan Regional Hospital District
- KGH Foundation
- Budget: $38 million
- Phase: Construction
- Scope: Installation of a new 3T MRI machine replacement of an existing 1.5T MRI machines at Kelowna General Hospital. Construction began in September 2023 and is anticipated to be complete in 2025. The machines will bring new capacity to the region, increasing the number of MRI scans from approximately 7,000 to 15,000 per year. It will also reduce the length of the scan, meaning shorter turnaround between patients, as well as higher-quality images.
Cottonwoods Care Home – Kelowna
Cottonwoods Care Home is a 221-bed long-term care home in Kelowna that is being replaced and expanded. A new building will be constructed on the same site and a new care community will add 234 single-occupancy resident rooms. When complete, the site will have a total of 314 beds.
- Interior Health
- Ministry of Health
- Central Okanagan Regional Hospital District
- Budget: $186.87 million
- Current Phase: Procurement
- Scope: A new four-storey long-term care facility will be constructed on the same site as Cottonwoods Care Home at 2255 Ethel St., Kelowna, increasing the total number of beds on site to 314. The new care home will be designed as “households” accommodating 12 to 18 residents where each resident will have a single-bed room with dedicated washroom. The “households” will include the social and recreational spaces found in a typical home-like environment such as a living room, dining room, activity space and access to the outdoors. There will also be community spaces and services for residents, families, visitors and staff, including activity rooms, a hair salon, sacred space and a 25-space adult day program for people living more independently in the community. As well, a child care space will be constructed with capacity for 37 children. Construction is expected to start in 2026 and will be done in two phases. Phase 1 will be the construction of the new four-storey building with 234 long-term care beds. Phase 2 will be demolition of some of the existing buildings on site and construction of the addition for the adult day services program, childcare program, and additional support spaces. Construction is anticipated to be complete in 2029.
Penticton Oncology Clinic Upgrade
The community oncology clinic at Penticton Regional Hospital is being expanded and relocated to the third floor of the Central Pavilion. The clinic will be more than double the capacity of the existing department and provide a modern setting and a welcoming environment for patients to receive care.
- Ministry of Health
- Interior Health
- Okanagan Similkameen Regional Hospital District
- South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation
- Penticton Indian Band
- Ooknakane Friendship Society
- Budget: $22 million
- Phase: Construction
- Scope: The oncology department will be relocated to a larger space within the hospital and the expansion will include more systemic therapy chairs (chemotherapy), more ambulatory care treatment bays, exam/consult rooms, a patient teaching/staff conference room, an allied health interview/counselling/breakout room and adequate space for equipment, supplies and staff workspace. Construction is underway and is expected to be complete in 2025.
Nelson Health Campus
The Nelson Health Campus includes a new 75-bed long-term care home and a community services building which will be an amalgamation of existing local health services in one location at 902 11 Street in Nelson.
- Interior Health
- Ministry of Health
- Columbia Basin Trust
- Golden Life Management
- West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District
The Nelson Health Campus is being built by and will be owned by a partnership of Columbia Basin Trust and Golden Life Management. Interior Health will lease and operate the facility.
- Current phase: Construction
- Scope: The Nelson Health Campus is located on the old Mount St. Francis hospital site. It will include a new 75-bed long-term care home and the amalgamation of existing local health services from the Gordon Road Wellness Centre and the Nelson Health Centre. These services include environmental public health and licensing, home health, public health, adult day services, early childhood development, and mental health and substance use. Construction is anticipated to be complete in spring 2025, with the facility ready to open in summer 2025.
Lytton Health Services
Interior Health is in the process of planning for a permanent health facility in Lytton to replace St. Bartholomew’s Health Centre which was destroyed in the 2021 wildfire. A temporary primary care clinic opened at 1535 St. Georges Road in Lytton in September 2023.
For the latest news, to share your ideas or ask questions, visit Lytton Health Services Engage IH.
Urgent and Primary Care Centres

Interior Health is home to Urgent and Primary Care Centres (UPCCs) in Castlegar, Vernon, Penticton, Kamloops South Shore, Kamloops North Shore, Kelowna, Rutland, West Kelowna, Cranbrook, Ashcroft, and Williams Lake. Additional UPCCs are also planned for Elkford and a second location in Vernon. UPCCs deliver team-based care from physicians, nurse practitioners, physiotherapists and a wide array of health-care professionals. Capital Planning & Projects works with clinical leaders to renovate each location to the needs of the community.
Pharmacy projects
Pharmacies undergoing significant renovations in the Interior Health region, increasing the space for employees to work in and enhancing patient privacy with consultation rooms.
- Kelowna General Hospital Pharmacy Expansion and Upgrade – Kelowna ($8.2 million)
- Cariboo Memorial Hospital – Williams Lake (within larger project budget)
- 100 Mile District General Hospital – 100 Mile House ($300,000)
Diversity, inclusion and Indigenous engagement

Capital Planning & Projects engages with community partners, employees, physicians and Indigenous groups to build facilities that are welcoming to people of all cultures and backgrounds. Inter-faith spaces provide a peaceful place at times of crisis and rainbow crosswalks are a symbol of inclusivity.


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