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 [...]
NWT'S LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT By Anna Guy Patients from Yellowknife, as well as every other region of the NWT and the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, will soon have an exciting new and improved hospital campus. The old hospital, currently referred to as Legacy Stanton, was beginning to show its age. Named after [...]
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE IN CLEAN ENERGY By Anna Guy In November 2017, FortisBC’s Tilbury LNG facility made history by supplying the first shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Canada to China. The shipment is a milestone for FortisBC and dovetails with an extensive expansion of the Tilbury facility. This expansion [...]
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THE CREE PEOPLE OF MISTISSINI AND OF THE CREE TERRITORY By Anna Guy Creating strong relationships between community and industry to foster economic growth and opportunities in the Cree Territory Companies and individuals familiar with the development of Northern Quebec will know the Eskan company and its group [...]
BUILDING STRONG NATIONS THROUGH MODERN FINANCE By Anna Guy Canada works on the belief that access to capital is critical to economic competitiveness. But the fact is, access to both conventional and creative financing has been a barrier to First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities across Canada. Sean McCoshen, Chairman and Chief [...]
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 [...]
ONE PARTNER FOR ALL MISSIONS By Anna Guy The preferred and most trusted source of systems and services for the security and defence domains. Rheinmetall Canada is a proud member of Germany's Rheinmetall Group, one of Europe’s largest suppliers of systems and equipment for the armed forces. With over 300 employees at [...]