Lions Gate Hospital Paul Myers Tower

About This Project

The Paul Myers Tower at Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) is a six-storey acute care facility designed to enhance healthcare services for North Vancouver and surrounding communities. Featuring 108 private patient rooms with ensuite washrooms, eight advanced operating rooms, and pre- and post-operative care areas, the tower supports optimal patient flow and efficiency and prioritizes high-quality, patient-centred care in a safe and comfortable environment.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

Working closely with the project team, led by PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc. and HDR Architecture Associates Inc., we delivered comprehensive acoustical services. We joined the project during the design phases and provided support through construction and commissioning, helping the Paul Myers Tower meet the highest acoustical performance standards.

Exterior and interior noise control: To mitigate external noise intrusion from traffic, emergency vehicles, and hospital equipment, we conducted extensive noise assessments utilizing advanced 3-D modelling techniques to predict and mitigate noise impacts, and recommended enhanced sound attenuation upgrades for the building envelope. Inside the facility, we optimized sound isolation between patient rooms, surgical suites, and common areas by selecting appropriate wall assemblies and acoustical barriers to enhance speech privacy and reduce noise transmission.

Building systems noise: Mechanical systems such as HVAC units play a vital role in maintaining a comfortable healthcare environment but can also introduce unwanted noise. Our team collaborated with mechanical engineers to design solutions that minimized noise emissions from these systems. This process involved selecting materials and configurations that reduced background noise while complying with healthcare industry noise-level standards.

Construction noise and vibration monitoring: To maintain the hospital’s operational efficiency throughout construction, we implemented a real-time noise and vibration monitoring program, allowing for immediate adjustments to keep noise levels within acceptable limits. This ensured that construction activities did not negatively impact ongoing hospital functions or disrupt nearby residential areas.

Commissioning testing: Prior to completion, we conducted extensive verification testing, confirming that the acoustical measures we designed met or exceeded project specifications. This final step confirmed that the facility’s acoustical environment would be compliant and functional from the moment it opened its doors.

PROJECT BENEFITS

Our expertise in sound isolation, noise control, and construction noise and vibration monitoring helped ensure that the Paul Myers Tower provides a quiet, comfortable, and functional space for patients, families, and healthcare professionals. Through careful design reviews, thorough noise and vibration monitoring, and rigorous testing, we helped deliver an acute care facility that meets the highest standards and will support high-quality medical care for generations to come.

The People Behind Our Work

Our Technical Leads
Our Team

Paul Marks

M.Sc., MIOA

Vice President, Project Delivery

Paul Marks, M.Sc., MIOA

Vice President, Project Delivery

Paul Marks joined BKL in 2013. He is a full corporate member of the UK Institute of Acoustics and the Canadian Acoustical Association. He has over 20 years’ experience in the measurement, analysis, and assessment of noise, vibration, and acoustical matters and is a former member of the technical advisory team working with the UK government on noise and statutory nuisance issues. During this time, Paul has undertaken major projects within Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

He has experience in a wide range of multi-disciplinary environmental assessment projects including highway, rail, and air transportation infrastructure, mixed-use and brownfield regeneration schemes, renewable energy facilities, and power generation plants.

Paul also has experience in a broad range of building and architectural noise assessment projects including the design of residential, office, educational, and commercial buildings. He has also undertaken acoustical studies for major infrastructure developments including work in the design of appropriate sound-fields for room-spaces in multi-occupancy buildings, including atriums and performance spaces. His work regularly involves close liaison with other acoustical engineers, planning consultants, architects, designers, and a variety of specialist environmental consultants.

Paul is an experienced expert witness within the UK and has a broad experience of planning, licensing and statutory nuisance proceedings as well as being responsible for the successful design of a variety of impact mitigation measures including detailed engineering solutions, lay-out design, and administrative regimes where it has been necessary to closely liaise with clients, designers, and regulatory bodies in order to provide developments in accordance with sustainable principles.
Katrina Scherebnyj

M.A.Sc., P.Eng., MIOA

Technical Director, Building Acoustics

Katrina Scherebnyj, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., MIOA

Technical Director, Building Acoustics

Katrina Scherebnyj started consulting in acoustics in 2007 in England and joined BKL in 2014. Her experience covers architectural acoustics, mechanical noise control, and environmental noise control, and she has worked on major projects in Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

In architectural acoustics, Katrina has worked on a range of new builds and refurbishment projects including schools, universities and higher education facilities, hospitals and healthcare facilities, performance spaces, cinemas, laboratories, office buildings, hotels, and residential buildings. She has provided acoustical design services in relation to sound insulation, room acoustics, and noise control.

Katrina was a co-author of Music Accommodation in Secondary Schools: A Design Guide, published for the UK Department for Education in 2010. Researching the guide, she carried out acoustical measurements in the music departments of several schools and interviewed music teachers and students on the suitability of their music spaces.

Katrina has extensive experience modelling internal sound fields and has carried out numerous models of performance spaces, lecture theatres, and other spaces where acoustical design is critical. She also has experience modelling outdoor noise propagation and has constructed and reviewed noise models for Columbia Containers in Vancouver, BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals, the Pinnacle (once planned to be London’s tallest building), Crossrail, and other transportation projects.

Katrina is a member of the Canadian Acoustical Association and the Institute of Acoustics (UK).