iDAPT simulator parts to be delivered July 13-15

Considered the centerpiece of iDAPT, the Challenging Environment Assessment Laboratory (CEAL), located below ground in UC’s new south wing, will feature the world’s first hydraulic motion simulator to be used for rehab research purposes. This technological marvel will allow scientists to recreate everyday environmental challenges (e.g. weather and road conditions) faced by older people and those with disabling illness and injury, offering a unique environment for evaluating  treatments, devices or technologies developed at Toronto Rehab.

The simulator parts are being built and assembled as far away as the Netherlands and as close to home as Goderich, Ontario.  Between Tuesday, July 13 and Thursday, July 15, the first “batch” of parts will be delivered to Toronto Rehab.  Ranging in weight from 16 pounds to more than three tons, the components will be loaded onto extra-wide transport trucks in Goderich and accompanied to UC by police escorts. Each piece will then be lifted into the CEAL area by crane.  Other components of the simulator will be delivered over the coming months. This is an exciting time for Toronto Rehab as we take another big step towards creating one of the world’s most advanced rehabilitation research and development facilities.

Traffic impact and access to UC:  the deliveries are scheduled to arrive around 6:00 a.m. on July 13, 14 and 15.  Elm and Murray Streets will remain open to traffic, with a paid duty officer and a flagperson directing traffic around the delivery vehicles as necessary. Access to University Centre will not be affected.