Located on the University Laval campus in Quebec city, this scientific complex, set to be completed by 2026 with an investment of over $22 million from the Canadian and Quebec governments, will feature multiple cutting-edge laboratories focusing on significant research themes, including a logistics center for preparing maritime and land missions, and laboratories for simulating the extreme cold of the North.
Epsylon will realize the envelope of this new research facility, including 11 000 sq. ft. of preglazed, conventional and inclined curtain wall, as well as interior glazing and railings.
Construction work on Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital began in 2022, and will be completed in 2026. The health care centre will have two wings, a total of 132,340 m2 of space. It will offer 404 beds, an operating suite with 11 operating rooms, and an emergency room that can accommodate 41 stretchers. The project represents an overall investment of $2.6 billion.
Once it opens, Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital will provide local care and services for neighbouring communities, as well as specialized services for the entire population of the CISSS de la Montérégie-Ouest region. Pomerleau is leading the project, and Epsylon is delighted to be contributing to this remarkable new building that will be contemporary, welcoming and energy-efficient.
Verdun Hospital is being expanded and updated. Epsylon will be installing curtain walls and recessed windows over a surface area of 65,000 sq. ft.
The project is designed to increase the total surface area of the premises by 60%, including the construction of new health care facilities.
The original building dates from the 1930s. Upon completion of the current project, it will be a modern, state-of-the-art health care centre. The project is LEED certified. It features a green roof, and materials and colours that highlight Verdun Hospital’s original art deco style while giving the facilities a contemporary look.
Photo credits: © Jodoin Lamarre Pratte Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Archi– architectes en consortium
The Maison des Aînés de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is located on land beside the Gertrude-Lafrance CHSLD (a residential and long-term care centre).
The construction of an additional three floors, equipped as three separate units, adds 192 beds for increasingly dependent senior citizens.
This new concept in health care provides multiple services along with access to specialists, allowing residents to enjoy their latter years with dignity and respect. Epsylon is happy to have been chosen by the contractor, EBC, to participate in this institutional project.
This seniors’ and alternative home is made up of eight living units with twelve beds each. 84 of those beds are reserved for senior citizens, while the remaining 12 are kept for adults with special needs.
This type of living situation is designed to feel more like home, mainly by offering a friendlier environment with indoor and outdoor areas that are specially adapted to the changing needs of residents and their loved ones, and being open to the community. The contractor, Pomerleau, chose Epsylon for this institutional project designed to improve quality of life for our most vulnerable populations.
Epsylon was chosen by EBC for the construction of Pavilion F on the l’École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) campus.
The new building, located at the south end of the main pavilion on Rue William in Montréal, is six storeys tall and also has a basement. The building has a total surface area of over 13,000 m² with space for 2,375 students and staff members.
The project was begun in 2021, and includes nearly 30 classrooms, open learning areas, study rooms, offices for research centres and much more. Epsylon is happy to be contributing to a place of learning designed for the coming generations of ETS graduates.
The long-debated mega-hospital project on the site of the Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus is making good progress. The new construction has a surface area of 174,983 m2 and a total cost of $2.24 billion.
All work on the project is expected be completed by 2029.
Eventually, the new hospital complex will unite the Hotel-Dieu de Québec and the Enfant-Jésus Hospital in a single location. It will become a reference centre in Québec for all kinds of specialties, including nephrology (kidney disease), neurology (diseases of the nervous system), oncology (cancer), traumatology (physical injuries and serious accidents) and severe burns. Epsylon is proud to contribute to this public health project that puts patients and employees at the heart of its design.
Epsylon participated in the construction of biologic production facilities to support the long-term development of Canada’s ability to protect its citizens’ health.
The production centre was completed and made operational in record time. This new infrastructure has strengthened Canada’s overall readiness for biofabrication and preparedness in response to a pandemic by allowing vaccines and other biologic drugs to be developed entirely in Canada, from invention through to the final product.
We are very happy to announce that Epsylon has just obtained the contract for the construction of the second phase of the University of Montreal hospital center (CHUM)!
We are given the mandate for the development of the envelope of buildings B2 to B4 for this second phase of the CHUM, which will be built on 17 floors and will feature more than 200 000 ft2 of curtain walls and architectural aluminum panels.
We are proud to collaborate with Pomerleau to the construction of this imposing hospital center, an anchor point of the new Health District in Montreal.
We are very happy to have earned the mandate for the construction of the building envelope for CHU Ste-Justine’s new “Technopole” in pediatric rehabilitation.
This ambitious project is a result of a joint work between researchers, clinicians, entrepreneurs and industrials of Quebec and features the construction of a new building that is part of CHU Ste-Justine’s rehabilitation centre; recruiting of new researchers, teachers and clinicians specialized in rehabilitation, and partnerships with institutions and organizations working in the field of pediatric rehabilitation. Epsylon undertook the construction of the building envelope of this new centre.
As the new University of Montreal major building, the Science Complex is one of the biggest world-class innovation centers where more than 2,000 students and 200 teachers are welcomed every year.
More than 215,000 ft2 of unitized curtain walls have been installed by Epsylon on this large-scale campus.
Between spring 2016 and spring 2019, public areas in front of the Parliament Building and the inner courtyard turned into a huge construction site in order to allow the construction of an underground reception pavilion of approximately 3,800 sq. m., in addition to the 1,500 sq. m. expansion below the inner courtyard.
Epsylon is proud to have participated in such project by providing and installing curtain walls.
Epsylon took part in the realization of the ‘‘Estimauville PWGSC’’ project, a 175,000 sq. ft. building of 10 floors where work more than 740 local government officers.
The edifice obtained the LEED Gold certification and Epsylon furnished prefabricated curtain walls as well as all the aluminum panels, doors, and frames.
Epsylon was proud to contribute to the construction of the new Shriners Hospital for Children that is part of the Glen Hospital Campus in the McGill University Health Centre, in which we collaborated as well.
With the help of Epsylon, the University Laval built the Super PEPS, which is Eastern Canada’s most important sports complex. This 85 million $ project consisted in extending current facilities in order to add an olympic swimming pool and an amphitheater gym with a capacity of 3,500 seats.
The four major additions have made University Laval’s sports center one of the most modern complexes in Quebec and even in Canada.
The McGill University Health Centre was a 2.5-billion redevelopment project which implied the construction of three sites: the Glen Site, the Montreal General Hospital, and the Lachine Hospital.
Epsylon participated to the realization of this project by providing curtain walls, aluminum panels, and skylights for the envelope of these buildings.
The Glen site of the McGill University Health Centre is the first hospital in the province of Quebec that has received the LEED Gold certification. We are proud to have contributed to this achievement.
Epsylon took part in the McGill student residences reshapement project.
Epsylon was proud to have been selected for the construction of the external prefabricated curtain wall envelope of high thermal performance for the new Research Centre of the Montreal University Hospital Centre (CRCHUM).
Epsylon was chosen for its expertise in the design and engineering of performing curtain walls that possess upscale features in terms of acoustics and thermal performances. The project consisted in the conception, construction, and maintenance of the new 69,000 sq. m. research centre.
The CRCHUM has obtained the LEED Gold certification.
Epsylon took part to the construction of the Ste. Justine Hospital with the conception, manufacturing, and installation of curtain walls.
Epsylon was involved in the renovation and expansion of Quebec’s Science Complex by restoring its building envelope.
The surface to be covered was a 120,000 sq. ft. envelope that was spread over 120 bay windows. The work involved the supply and installation of high-performance curtain walls, aluminum panels, and prefabricated silicone 4-face spandrels.
Epsylon was proud to join the Ovation Property Group and SNC-Lavalin, respectively supervisor and general contractor for the permanent residence of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO).
Our participation in building the new concert hall at Place des Arts was seen in the design of curtain walls and windows of an exceptional sound quality. The MSO resides in a musical space that meets the highest international quality standards.
La Maison Symphonique has received the LEED certification.
Thanks to Stéphane Brügger, photographer, and the Aedifica Architectural Firm for providing us with magnificient photographs.
“Concerned about education and health-related causes, it is a privilege for us to be involved in a project where the development of knowledge is in the spotlight.”
When it began its activities, Epsylon could only rejoice at the scale that took its order book by entering the imminent completion of the envelope of the “Cité du Savoir” in Laval. This $51 million pavilion, affiliated with the University of Montreal, rises over 6 floors spread over a total area of 20,500 sq. m. The mandate of Epsylon was to build the building’s exterior envelope on an area of 59,500 sq. ft. using high-performance prefabricated and conventional curtain walls, as well as prefabricated aluminum panels.