Breaking News! Home Builds Are Well Underway!

June 10th marked the start of a new project that has both the Trenton and Belleville Foundations of QHC very excited. Two home builders, proud members of the Quinte Home Builders Association, Nick and Chris Staikos of Staikos Homes and Andy Geertsma of Geertsma Homes along with their trades and suppliers, joined Eric DenOuden, President of the Quinte Home Builder Association to announce their campaign - Home Build for Healthcare. Each builder is building a new home, and donating the net proceeds of the sale to Quinte Healthcare. These funds will go towards purchasing priority medical equipment for the Trenton and Belleville Hospital sites.

Home Build for Healthcare is well underway with both the Staikos and Geertsma homes making excellent progress. Thanks to the hard work of the builders, their suppliers, and their trades people who are generously donating their time, expertise, labour, and materials, this project will be finished in record time. Mary Clare Egberts, QHC CEO, stated, “In my twenty years in healthcare, this is the most innovative fundraising project I have seen.”

The STAIKOS HOME, located on Lot #47, Gale Crescent in Canniff Mills Estates is set to be an exquisite home. Nestled along the Moira River in beautiful Belleville, is where you will find Canniff Mills Estates, the newest community from Staikos Homes. This unique expanse of land blends the tranquility of the country living with the convenience of the nearby urban services and amenities. Every home has been designed to complement the natural serenity of its surroundings.

In the first week of building the concrete footings and forming have been completed by Kuipers Concrete, with the materials donated by Lafarge. Next, the foundation was backfilled, courtesy of Gonsolous Construction. It was then time to install the steel beams which were donated by Salit Steel. Not wasting any time, RONA came early in the second week to deliver the first load of lumber which they too donated. The rest of the week was spent putting on the sub floor and framing. Week three kicked off with delivery of the trusses, donated by Ontario Truss and Wall, and the windows and doors, purchased by Staikos Homes, were also delivered. Everyone is waiting in anticipation for the roof which will be assembled and the plywood installed this week.

Staikos Contributors:

Lafarge: Lafarge is the largest diversified supplier of construction materials in the U.S. and Canada. They produce and sell cement, ready-mixed concrete, gypsum wallboard, aggregates, asphalt, and related products and services. Their products are used in residential, commercial and public works construction projects across North America.

RONA: RONA is the largest Canadian distributor and retailer of hardware, home renovation and gardening products and operates a network of nearly 700 corporate, franchise and affiliate stores of various sizes and formats. The RONA mission is to offer the best service and the right product at the right price to North American consumers. Customer service is the top priority for RONA and their employees.

Gonsolus Contruction: Gonsolus Constuction has been in the business for over 40 years. They offer sand, gravel, top soil and septic tank systems. They also do excavating and demolition.

Salit Steel: Salit Steel’s focus is to provide exceptional service ensuring customers get what they want, when they want it. They continue to reinvest in their facilities and equipment to ensure that their response times are unmatched. Their staff consists of some of the most knowledgeable, dedicated and service oriented people in the industry today. They stock a wide variety of products and are able to source steel on a worldwide basis. This enables them to provide premium service without the premium price. Their extensive inventory includes wide flange beams, tube, angles, channels, bars, sheet and plate and other hot rolled carbon products.

Ontario Truss and Wall: Years of quality products and service to their customers makes Ontario Truss and Wall second to none. Among their many functions, OTW manufactures the highest quality wood roof trusses for the residential, commercial and agricultural sectors. They supply engineered floor systems, and provide pre-engineered beams for supporting roof and floor loads. They are committed to maintaining a good customer relationship by always providing quality service and products that their customers can count on.

The GEERTSMA HOME, located on Lot #4, Baptist Church Road, Quinte West, in Grandview Estates, Quinte West, is a superb family home. Grandview Estates is situated on a beautiful treed piece of land. It offers sophisticated country living in an exclusive enclave of executive homes. Geertsma Homes pays special attention to detail; each home they build is specifically crafted to meet the needs and wants of their clients.

Geertsma Homes kicked off their home build by clearing the heavily treed lot. This service was donated by Dangerous Tree Removal. Next, Fitzgibbon Construction went to work excavating the site to prepare it for the build. Watson Land Surveyors then came in to layout the site to prepare it for the footings, walls, and backfilling. John Ros Pleizer donated his time and skills helping with the first steps of the build.

Geertsma Contributors:

Dangerous Tree Removal: Dangerous Tree Removal helps clients contour and control their landscapes. They offer many services from tree removal, maintenance, logging, as well as cutting and splitting. They also sell lumber and firewood.

Fitzgibbon Construction: Fitzgibbon Construction offers many services to their clients. They do road construction, water and sewers, excavating and grading, demolition, equipment rentals, aggregates, and asphalt paving.

Watsons Land Surveyors: Watsons Land Surveyors offers severance, applications and sketches, boundary, farm and topographic surveys, as well as building layouts.

Quinte Health Care has an annual budget of $2.75 million for priority medical equipment. All of this is funded by the Hospital Foundations that support QHC. The government provides hospital operating costs, but does not fund capital equipment. This $2.75 million also does not include supplementary equipment needs for projects in Trenton such as the expansion of Same Day Surgery or the addition of Ambulatory Clinics. It also does not fund new equipment needs in Belleville’s newest Sills Wing. The proceeds from these two home sales will benefit Quinte Health Care and the medical equipment needs at their sites in Belleville and Trenton and ensure quality healthcare for you and your family.