$1.4 Billion Montreal Hospital Project Uses TrackVia

MONTREAL — Construction Sante Montreal (CSM), the public-private joint venture responsible for managing construction of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montreal (CHUM) chose TrackVia’s low-code workflow application platform to help track and digitize several aspects of the $1.44 billion construction project.

The TrackVia platform replaces a complex system that included more than 15 interconnected spreadsheets that tracked and managed ordering, receiving, delivering, installing and inspecting an inventory of 180,000 pieces of hospital equipment and assets, according to a statement. Using the spreadsheets sometimes took 10 minutes just to open because of the amount of data that each one held, CSM officials said in a statement. Even more problematic was that the spreadsheets contained errors and out-of-date or missing information, which led to timeline and budget errors.

“TrackVia ultimately gave us what we needed, how we needed it and within the aggressive timeframe that we had,” said David H. Mage, design manager at CSM, in a statement. “To build an enterprise-grade, mobile business application within weeks was very impressive. We simply could not find any other solution with the flexibility and power of TrackVia.”

TrackVia allows CSM to have full control and visibility of every piece of inventory in each installation project. The native mobile app allows field workers to scan equipment barcodes, take photos of completed installations and even document signatures to verify completed work, according to a statement. Project team members can even use the app to record whether or not equipment was damaged or defective. Using TrackVia will ultimately help CSM complete and install equipment faster, helping the project team to avoid missed project deadlines.

The current CHUM is the result of a 1996 merger between three existing hospitals, including Saint-Luc, Hotel-Dieu and Notre-Dame. The new CHUM is currently being built near Saint-Luc hospital. Phase 1 for the CHUM project has already been delayed about seven months, and is currently scheduled for completion in late November. This phase will deliver an 85 percent operational hospital that will house transferred Saint-Luc hospital employees and patients to allow for the demolition of the current Saint-Luc hospital in future phases of the project.

Completion of Phase II is scheduled for 2021, according to the project website. When everything is completed, the about 880,000-square-foot hospital complex will feature 772 private rooms, 26 inpatient units and 39 operating rooms as well as a new power plant.