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Houle outlines electrical and technology work at Nanaimo cancer centre

The electrical contractor identifies systems ranging from fire alarms and cabling to nurse call and security.

Architectural exterior rendering of Nanaimo’s new BC Cancer centre, showing the signed entrance, multi-storey building, landscaping, people and vehicles.

Source date: Undated project page; checked September 9, 2026

Page updated: October 22, 2026

Photo: Architectural rendering published by Island Health

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Houle’s project account provides a detailed view of the electrical and technology scope at Nanaimo’s new BC Cancer centre. The company lists electrical construction, fire alarms, structured cabling, nurse call, access control, CCTV, security and duress systems, and distributed antenna systems among its responsibilities.

The project page identifies EllisDon as contractor and gives an anticipated completion year of 2028. It describes a centre with 16 treatment bays, two systemic-therapy treatment rooms, diagnostic imaging and four linear-accelerator vaults.

For the Island’s construction sector, the published scope shows how much specialist infrastructure sits behind a healthcare building’s visible structure. It is a project description from a participating contractor, rather than a new tender notice or an independent inspection of progress.

The completion year remains a forecast. Readers following access or construction impacts at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital should use the health authority’s updates alongside contractor project information.

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