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Les Arts de la scène de Montmagny aims to offer high-quality, diversified programming to the population of the Côte-du-Sud region each year, in order to develop and retain regional audiences. However, the Salle Edwin-Bélanger has major shortcomings for professional shows and teaching stage management and techniques. The main problems concern user safety, acoustics for school activities, the configuration of the hall to accommodate artists, and access and circulation for the public, including people with reduced mobility.

• Acceptance of the project by the School Service Center, eliminating disruption to school functions.
• Identification of risks to develop a safe budget, in particular for the outcome of the seismic code and standards study impacted by raising the roof and piling the basement structure.
• Development of a project and construction schedule, an implementation plan and a strategy for carrying out the work in a school, in order to ensure the safety of the project’s financing costs.

• Preparation of pre-project documents
• Estimate project costs and related expenses
• Development of project budget and master schedule, coordinating technical studies
• Conduct needs analysis workshop to redefine realistic project scope

The CSSS des Grandes-Seigneuries has planned the construction of a new building for Jacques-Leber Secondary School. This expansion will add 731 student places. The project will be carried out in several phases: a new building will be constructed to extend the existing school, then students and staff will move in, and finally the demolition of the old building and its reconstruction on the current site will be scheduled. A special feature of this project is that it is the first in Quebec to use the “Progressive Design-Build” construction method.

• Facilitation mandate
• Planning and organization of one to two workshops per week (average duration 4 hours) with all stakeholders.
• Some workshops conducted in hybrid mode

• Organization of 25 collaborative workshops over 6 months to establish collaborative principles and develop work design and planning
• Application of collaborative facilitation tools, techniques and methods
• Preparation of action plan, workshop roadmaps, agendas and minutes
• Advising the Steering Committee
• Design development
• Expertise to ensure project cost and quality control

The former site of the Sainte-Catherine station included 3 parking lots, 2 of them were eliminated due to the implementation of an outdoor base project. As the station is located at the heart of the “Transit-oriented Development project”, the number of users has significantly increased. EXO intends to undertake a construction project that includes partly a surface parking lot and another parking structure with three levels, providing a minimum of 824 spaces.

• Difficult environmental aspects: ditches, wetlands, flora and fauna.
• Respect the soul of the area by working on a concept that blends into the natural, forested environment.
• Soil permeability was low, and the project had to retain nearly 50% of the runoff generated by the parking lot.

• Scenario study for the development of a technical functional program (TFP) to further investigate technical feasibility.
• Evaluation of various scenarios: parking structure, roof framework, roof cladding, exterior cladding, potential addition of a storey and addition of an intelligent parking management system.
• Multi-criteria analysis integrating over 16 variants and 5 criteria to identify the best scenario.
• Development of a 3D sketch to illustrate the size, character and functional articulation of the project.

The Société de transport de Laval is expanding its current garage. The project must account for the gradual electrification of its bus fleet, the increase in transport services, and therefore, the total number of buses required.

The new expansion included:

• The addition of indoor parking spaces for supervisor network vehicles;
• The addition of a bus exit on Francis-Hugues Avenue;
• An electronics workshop and a satellite warehouse;
• New mechanical, electrical, and IT rooms;

And more.

• Project area: 57,600 m²
• Validation of regulations and supplier recommendations to avoid risks of modifications to the fire protection system;
• Civil engineering analysis to identify the slope configuration of the new slab inside the future garage, thus avoiding a height difference between the current building and Cunard Street.

Execution Strategy

Macogep identified, analyzed, and evaluated measures to ensure adherence to the schedule and achieve the target dates set by the Société de transport de Laval.

Risk Analysis

• Risk analysis related to the various execution methods;
• Establishment of the risk register with qualitative and quantitative analyses;
• Identification of the most appropriate execution method for the project.

Cost Control

The estimate during the call for tenders served as a reference for the Société de transport de Laval to validate the bids submitted by contractors and establish professional fee budgets for construction supervision.

Construction Management

Macogep’s teams coordinated and supervised as the lead contractor on-site.

• Validation of the work budget established by the Société de transport de Laval before design and execution strategy of the construction;
• Rapid establishment of a detailed master schedule;
• Preparation of detailed cost estimates for construction work and/or equipment installations;
• Development of technical solutions, identification of execution constraints, and proposal of cost reduction or improvement solutions;
• Development and coordination of the procurement strategy;
• Planning of site opening with professionals, installation, and start-up of equipment;
• Supervision of site progress, safety, and prevention on-site;
• Evaluation or cross-checking of contractor or subcontractor proposals regarding change orders during the execution of the work;
• Preparation of monthly progress reports on costs and project scheduling.