Canadian Healthcare Construction Course

Earn your Healthcare Construction Certificate (valid for 3 years)

Whether you’re bidding on your first hospital project or already working in healthcare facilities, this is the course that sets you apart. Developed by the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (CHES) in partnership with ASHE, this is the only Canadian program designed specifically for construction professionals working in active healthcare environments. Over two intensive days, you’ll learn how to plan and deliver construction projects that meet the highest standards for safety, infection control, and compliance.

 Topics:

• Planning, Design & Construction (PDC) – Navigate the collaborative PDC process and its unique challenges in healthcare

• Sustainability – Balance energy-efficiency and stewardship with patient care priorities

• Safety & Security – Learn techniques to keep patients, staff, and build crews safe

• Infection Control – Updated for CSA Z317.13:22—apply current best practices in real-world projects

• Communication Exercise – Hands-on role-play tackling real construction communication challenges

• Technology – Explore the impact of advanced healthcare tech (generators, UPS, med gas systems) and installation practices

• Emergency Preparedness – Plan for unforeseen events in healthcare settings, where mistakes can be life-threatening

• Construction Risk & Special Environments – Address risks from infection, system shutdowns, and life safety shortfalls

• Healthcare Facility Planning – Review CSA Z8000-18 fundamentals to support effective healthcare facility design

• Commissioning – Learn rigorous commissioning processes specific to healthcare facilities

• Electrical Systems – Deep-dive into critical systems: generators, transfer switches, UPS, isolated power

• Mechanical, Plumbing & Medical Gas – Explore regulatory requirements for life-safety systems in healthcare construction

• Owner Expectations – Understand what healthcare administrators value from their construction partners

At the end of the program you will be given a Healthcare Construction Certificate documenting your participation (valid for three years).

 What You’ll Gain

• Confidently navigate project planning, infection control, and life-safety protocols in healthcare environments

• Apply hands-on strategies for quality, risk management, and stakeholder communication during construction

• Position yourself as a top-tier professional in healthcare facility projects

If you are a construction professional either working in the healthcare market or looking to expand into this market being one of the elite in the healthcare construction market by earning your Healthcare Construction Certificate, giving you and your company a competitive edge when negotiating contracts with healthcare facilities. Including:

• General & trade contractors (project managers, supers, forepersons)
• Healthcare facility managers & project leads
• Designers, engineers, and medical gas specialists

This course is delivered by a team of three instructors: 

• Jeff Smith, Principal, MCW Hemisphere Ltd

• George Pankiw, Site Manager, Facilities Management, Hamilton General Site/St. Peter’s Site

• Mike Hickey, MF Hickey Consulting

WCA Cancellation Policy

WCA will provide a full refund or education credit equal to the amount paid for the course if registration is cancelled ten (10) full business days prior to the course start date. Payment is non-refundable for cancellations made within ten (10) full business days of the course start date and there will be no transfers to future course dates.

Complimentary substitution of another member of your company/team is welcome right up until the course start time for no additional fee. Please email us at wcaeducation@winnipegconstruction.ca if you require a substitution.