Gold Seal Designated Project: rcs construction | New Ronald McDonald House

A project rendering of the new Ronald McDonald House.

Project Details

The new 40,000 sq. ft. Ronald McDonald House facility will be located on South Street in downtown Halifax across from the IWK Health Centre. It will have 36 bedrooms with the ability to accommodate 1,200 families a year, including private bathrooms for each family, suites for immunocompromised children, full wheelchair accessibility and spaces for family-centred care and programming. The new House will be a thirty-second walk from the IWK Health Centre—directly across from the emergency entrance. It will double the number of families the Ronald McDonald House team can support and it will better meet their needs in every way.

The new House will enable the team to:

Eliminate their wait list for families
Provide new and enriched programs tailored to their families’ needs
Provide play areas and recreation rooms for children of all ages
Offer a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces that promote positive health and well-being
Ensure full wheelchair accessibility
Support children with compromised immune systems
Accommodate more families in a functional, versatile and sustainable setting
Ensure spaces are adaptable to accommodate public health crises

Project Updates

Project update – April 2023:

“The project is just in the mid-stage of form work and civil work. Construction is moving along well in these areas.

We are looking forward to starting some roofing and building envelope in a few months. We’re also working on the start of drilling the new geothermal wells. Mechanical rough-ins for underground are in great shape and things are going well on site, in general.

The entire project has an amazing group of people putting in a tremendous amount of effort into the success of this project. Special thanks to everyone.”

– Heidi Hubley, Project Manager, rcs construction

A photo of progress on the New Ronald McDonald House.

A photo of progress on the New Ronald McDonald House.

A photo of progress on the New Ronald McDonald House.

An aerial photo of progress on the New Ronald McDonald House.

Project update – June 2022:

A photo from the official ground breaking ceremony for the New Ronald McDonald House project.

From left to right:

Chris Baldwin, Chief Financial Officer, rcs construction
Andrew Doucet, Director of Construction, rcs construction
Alison Cogdon, Director of Programs and Operations, Ronald McDonald House Canada
Andrew McCullogh – Chair, Board of Directors, Ronald McDonald House Canada
Lori Barker, Chief Executive Officer, Ronald McDonald House Canada
Matthew Campbell, Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Ronald McDonald House Canada
Brendan Nobes, Director of Major Projects, rcs construction

People pose for a photo at the official ground breaking ceremony for the New Ronald McDonald House project.

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