ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN By Anna Guy The Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Hotel Pur, the Musee des Ursulines and Augustines and many other significant sites : The influence of architecture and design firm Bisson Associes’ can be felt in some of the most high-profile projects in Quebec and abroad. Based out of Quebec [...]
A LASTING LEGACY By Anna Guy Part of an architect’s job is distilling clients’ visions into a living, breathing space. To be able to manifest a place for communal experience is perhaps even more challenging than creating the brick and mortar aspect. Of any public meeting space, there is none as sensitive [...]
BALANCING ART AND DESIGN By Anna Guy If you work or live in the Ottawa area, you have felt the influence of Architects DCA (formally known as Dreessen Cardinal Architects). For over 30 years, the firm’s creative and lasting designs have been chosen for commercial, retail, office, industrial and institutional settings, and [...]
NORTH AMERICA'S PREMIER DEMOLITION TEAM By Anna Guy Creativity and efficiency: that’s what makes a demolition company successful. Martin Gagnon is uniquely qualified to know. As General Manager of one of Canada’s most experienced demolition companies, Groupe Démex-Centrem, he’s had to stretch the outer bounds of both. In the 25 years since [...]
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE By Anna Guy McCaine Electric Ltd. provides electrical installation, maintenance and services to a large number of clients in the industrial, institutional and commercial markets. In 2018, McCaine Electric achieved a milestone few companies ever do: 100 years of operation. For a little context, when McCaine was established [...]
Civil, Mechanical, and Oil and Gas Infrastructure By Anna Guy It can take travelling to the other side of the world to really see what’s happening in one’s own backyard. Such was the case for the Ken Hamilton, President of HCC Group. Originally established in 1979, Hamilton Construction has been involved in the [...]
Montreal's Premiere Commercial Property Brokerage Team By Anna Guy With a keen eye for the changing and particular needs of the industrial and commercial real estate world, Quebec-based IMMODEV is one of the largest and fastest growing commercial real estate brokerage firms in the province. Founded in 1996, IMMODEV has built a reputation [...]
Delivering Successful Results By Anna Guy In the world of resource sector professional services, BSI Global stands out. Not only is the company the only Aboriginal status professional service company, its technical and innovation solutions have carved out a unique, international market for the group. BSI Global’s focus within the resources sector and includes [...]
Public Services and Procurement Canada Parliament Hill’s West Block will be restored to its 19th Century splendour—but with 21st Century engineering and design. By Anna Guy The monumental West Block of the Parliamentary trifecta will be restored to its original splendour after an $863 million rehabilitation project. Slated for completion in 2018, the [...]
Company Known for Value Engineering Sets Sights on Ontario By Anna Guy Few global companies have a history as celebrated as Demathieu Bard Construction. Founded in 1861, the France-based company has a long and impressive resume within the industry as a significant contributor to the growth of the French national rail company’s infrastructures, with [...]