Tag Archives: Quebec

Montréal Children’s Hospital site redevelopment receives green light

Plans to redevelop the former site of the Montréal Children’s Hospital—submitted by Québecois real estate developer Devimco Immobilier—were approved at a city council meeting in December. The hospital has relocated to the Glen Site of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), and a mixed-use development incorporating park land, community centre space, social housing, and restored structures will now be constructed in its place.

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Steel projects celebrated at Québec design awards

The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) Québec Region held its 18th Design Awards of Excellence in Steel Construction at Pointe-à-Callière Museum in Old Montréal in November. The awards—which had the theme of “The Contribution of the Steel Industry to Innovation and Creativity”—honoured 11 winners, selected from among 83 submissions and 37 finalists.

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Introducing energy recovery ventilation

Current Canadian projects indicate energy recovery ventilators (ERVs) are not a fad, but the wave of the future. One project putting this type of HVAC technology on the ‘sustainability map’ is the Montréal-based Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM). CHUM’s 185,810-m2 (2-million-sf) expansion (pictured above) makes it one of the largest hospitals in North America.

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