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Medical & Healthcare Construction in
London & Southwestern Ontario

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London is the healthcare centre of Southwestern Ontario: two hospital campuses, a medical school and a wide base of independent practices, with an aging regional population that the long-term care program is building for. Terrahills is a healthcare contractor for London and the surrounding counties, delivering medical office buildings, clinic fit-outs, community health facilities and long-term care homes under one contract.

Medical construction in London splits into two kinds of work. New medical office buildings and clinics are commercial construction with clinical requirements layered on: the Ontario Building Code classification the occupancy requires, mechanical systems sized for treatment rooms and imaging, accessible design throughout, and finishes chosen for cleaning rather than for looks. Renovations of occupied clinics and practices are the other half, and they are governed by Infection Control Risk Assessment protocols, temporary separations and sequencing that keeps patients away from the work.

Long-term care in Southwestern Ontario is funded at the southern Ontario tier of the 2025 Capital Funding Policy: a maximum eligible project cost of $436,000 per bed, funded on 800 square feet per bed. The Ministry design review and the municipal site plan run in parallel on our projects rather than one after the other, because the Construction Funding Subsidy that repays the capital starts at first admission and every month matters.

What is specific to medical and healthcare construction in London

  • Capital Funding Program: maximum eligible project cost $436,000 per bed for the southern Ontario tier, funded on 800 sq ft per bed and capped at $1,100 per sq ft of eligible cost
  • Medical office buildings and clinics: occupancy classification set by the use, with mechanical and electrical systems sized for treatment, imaging and sterilisation rooms
  • Occupied-clinic renovations under Infection Control Risk Assessment protocols, with phased separations and after-hours sequencing where the practice stays open
  • The London clay plain: consistent bearing, slow drainage and a high water table across much of the region, which drives stormwater design and sub-slab drainage
  • A regional catchment: patients travel from Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford and Lambton counties, which is why parking, accessibility and wayfinding are program items, not finishes
  • Municipal site plan through the City of London or the county municipality, with Ministry review in parallel for long-term care

What it costs here

Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care 2025 Capital Funding Policy: maximum eligible project cost $750,000 per bed in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and $436,000 per bed across the rest of southern Ontario, funded on a maximum of 800 sq ft per bed with an eligible-cost ceiling of $1,100/sq ft. That implies roughly $545–$940/sq ft all-in eligible cost depending on tier.

Proof of delivery

EU-GMP certified pharmaceutical facility, Ramara: regulated-environment construction with infection-control-grade finishes and documentation delivered for inspection sign-off. Planning services for a 20-storey apartment building in London: the front end of our London work.

Healthcare & medical facility construction

FAQ

Questions clients ask about healthcare & long-term care

Yes. Medical office buildings, clinic construction and fit-outs, community health and diagnostic facilities, and long-term care homes across London and Southwestern Ontario, under one contract from site plan to occupancy.
Yes. Phased work under Infection Control Risk Assessment protocols, temporary separations and after-hours sequencing so the practice keeps seeing patients. It is slower than a closed renovation and is planned that way from the start.
Under the 2025 Capital Funding Policy, the southern Ontario tier sets a maximum eligible project cost of $436,000 per bed, funded on 800 square feet per bed and capped at $1,100 per square foot. The Construction Funding Subsidy that repays it is paid per bed per day for 25 years after first admission, which is why the schedule to admission matters as much as the build cost.