COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to raise costs for a health care expansion project that represents the largest capital output in the province’s history.Michael Pickup released his second report Tuesday on the expansion of the Halifax Infirmary and the construction of a community outpatient centre, which has an estimated $2-billion price tag.
Province of Nova Scotia awards $29M hospital parkade contract to Lindsay Construction He concludes that, so far, the public-private partnership model the Liberal government is pursuing is reasonable and appropriate.Pickup notes, however, the pandemic can shake financial markets, alter the availability of supplies and create delays in construction.He says the private-sector partner bears.