Toitures Hogue has two projects in Montreal, Que.

The site of the former CN workshops in Pointe Saint-Charles is one of the largest workshops ever built in Montreal: the size of 7 football fields! (CNW Group/Toitures Hogue Inc.)

BLAINVILLE – Blainville-based Toitures Hogue has delivered two workspaces in Montreal in late 2024 and early 2024.

First, the former CN Workshops site at 1830 Leber Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles has been completely rehabilitated with 300,000 square feet of roof space, with approximately 94,000 completed by the end of the project, 2023. , early 2024: the equivalent of more than 7 football fields. Toitures Hogue started work in 2021.

The project is part of a redevelopment of former industrial sites where major real estate developers want to include residential and commercial sectors. In 2011, the former AMT established a technical service center here. Today, large film and television production studios are located on this site.

“This mandate has a very high challenge factor due to the presence of strategic companies in these facilities,” said Jocelyn Hogue, president of Toiture Hogue, adding that the project presents challenges related to the workplace environment, which requires the coordination of multiple trades. together to build new studios while maintaining the shooting schedules of existing studios and limiting noise at certain times.

Also, the company reports that a number of surprises and surprises occurred during the dismantling of the old roof, including a large section of the deck that had previously burned and old patches made by another contractor that were obviously not up to code.

The second major project was the Pensionat du Saint-Nome-de-Marie in Outremont, 120 years old, which has just undergone a major renovation.

Built at the foot of Mont-Royal, in Côte-St-Catherine, behind the University of Montreal, its large and unusual decorative roof has been completely rebuilt and renovated, starting with the domed bell tower. Phase 1 will cover 30,140 square feet of space. with ornaments, some of which had to be copied faithfully to the original architectural elements.