Dialysis Renovation Starts Dialysis Renovation Starts Jul 2019 A project we designed to renovate space within the existing Glace Bay Hospital started construction work in earnest this month. We are excited to see this important healthcare space for people in Cape Breton... View post → Villa Acadienne Replacement Announced Villa Acadienne Replacement Announced Jul 2019 We have been working with Villa Acadienne, in Metghan, since early 2017 to evaluate the feasibility of replacing their existing long-term care facility with a new building to serve the area. Our work has... View post → Emergency Department Change Readiness Featured in Canadian Healthcare Facilities Emergency Department Change Readiness Featured in Canadian Healthcare Facilities Oct 2018 When the Aberdeen Hospital Emergency Department in New Glasgow was faced with the task of relocating their team to a new space four times larger than its replacement, they knew they would need a... View post → Hospice Construction Tender Issued Hospice Construction Tender Issued Aug 2018 A critical milestone was reached this month as the construction tender was issued for a new hospice serving the Annapolis Valley. Links Kings County News Article, August 24, 2018 NovaNewsNow Article, February 24, 2018... View post → Dialysis Addition Construction Starts Dialysis Addition Construction Starts Aug 2018 A 12-station dialysis unit we designed officially started construction this month with a ground-breaking ceremony at Valley Regional Hospital, in Kentville, NS. This new healthcare facility is replacing an existing and smaller unit in... View post → StFX Draft Plan for Campus Review StFX Draft Plan for Campus Review Jan 2017 Nycum, with its project partner SmithGroupJJR, met a significant milestone in the development of St. Francis Xavier University’s Campus Framework Plan with a draft report and open house at the university to present findings... View post → Hybrid Construction Award Hybrid Construction Award Nov 2016 Nov 8, 2016: our Simpson Landing project was chosen as the recipient of this year’s Hybrid Construction Award in the 2016 Atlantic Wood Design Awards program. Simpson Landing provides transitional mental health services for... View post → Jury’s Choice Award Jury’s Choice Award Nov 8, 2016: We’re happy to be recipients of this year’s Jury’s Choice Award in the 2016 Atlantic Wood Design Awards program. The St. John Ambulance Headquarters building is a hybrid one story building... View post → M. Brian Mulroney Hall Project Hits Major Milestone M. Brian Mulroney Hall Project Hits Major Milestone Oct 2016 Our project with St. Francis Xavier University reached a major milestone yesterday, when the Right Honourable M. Brian Mulroney announced the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government to be housed at the university in the... View post → Back in PEI! Back in PEI! Aug 2015 We are delighted to be engaged, along with W.D. Lawrence Architecture Inc., to design a new Nursing Home facility in Tyne Valley, PEI. We’re providing healthcare design and planning expertise to the project’s design... View post → Corporate Lobby Renovation Corporate Lobby Renovation Jul 2015 Work is underway on one of our interior renovation projects. We’re designing renovations for the main lobby space for one of our clients, an aerospace company, bringing the finishes up to date and in... View post → Arctic Circle Construction Arctic Circle Construction Jun 2015 Another beautiful site for one of our projects: Arctic Bay, NU. Construction work has started on our latest community health centre in the far north. Piles are going into the permafrost and we’re excited... View post → Dartmouth General Hospital Renovations Start Construction Dartmouth General Hospital Renovations Start Construction May 2015 New team centres at the heart of the patient wing will enable better work and material flow, protect patient confidentiality and enable the hospital’s innovative Bullet Rounds. The new team centres are located in... View post → Our Northwood Project is LEED™ Certified Our Northwood Project is LEED™ Certified Jan 2014 We started off the new year with some excellent news about one of our projects: Ivany Place: Northwood at the Parks, a 156-bed Long Term Care facility with adult day care and residential care... View post → Nycum Nursing Homes Receive LEED™ Certification Nycum Nursing Homes Receive LEED™ Certification Oct 2013 We believe that architecture is responsible to the future as well as the present. As such, ecologically sensitive and environmentally responsible design should be a strong part of all our work. It’s always nice... View post → New Hospice and Hemodialysis Project New Hospice and Hemodialysis Project Sep 2013 Hospice is a really exciting project type. By placing the people who need specific services for the dying process in the appropriate environment, rather than a traditional hospital bed, burden on the rest of... View post → Citation, 2012 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Architecture Citation, 2012 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Architecture Jul 2013 We were the proud recipient of a NS Lieutenant Governor’s Citation Award for Brigadoon Village at a ceremony at Government House, in Halifax, today. Brigadoon is a special place and we feel pretty special... View post → Our Mental Health Pilot Project wins Award Our Mental Health Pilot Project wins Award Jun 2013 Capital Health’s annual Quality Summit took place June 6, 2013 selecting our project as a winner of the “Quality Award” in an online vote. This annual event celebrates and recognizes Capital Health’s commitment to... View post → Breast Health Centre Phase I Opens Breast Health Centre Phase I Opens In a joint effort to improve access to care and maximize the use of resources across the health care system, breast surgery and supporting services moved from Capital Health facilities to the IWK Health... View post → Student Workshops with Dalhousie University Student Workshops with Dalhousie University Aug 2012 Every year, students from Dalhousie’s Faculty of architecture work in small groups to design and build small projects that meet a need or challenge out in the community. This year, Nycum’s Noah Epstein led... View post → Brigadoon Opens with First Round of Campers Brigadoon Opens with First Round of Campers Jul 2012 Brigadoon Village, a project that has been dear to our hearts for the past decade through conceptualizing, fundraising, site searching, design and construction hosted its first round of campers and had its first official... View post →