Agri-food
Agri-food
Cold-storage warehouses, production buildings, markets and farm offices. Buildings designed around the cold chain, the movement of goods and the standards specific to the sector.
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Commercial
Building what keeps your business running.
Retail, industrial, agri-food and institutional buildings, from the feasibility study to the building permit.
Sectors
Every building has its own rules.
A cold-storage warehouse, an industrial garage and a community pavilion are not designed the same way. Here are the sectors we work in, and what each one demands.
Industrial
Industrial and offices
Garages, workshops, warehouses and office space, often in a single building. Mixed occupancies, mezzanines and loading docks, with the code study that comes with them.
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Retail and services
Convenience stores, service stations, commercial units and multi-tenant buildings. Visibility, traffic flow and signage are settled at siting, not once the building is up.
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Institutional and recreational
Community pavilions, sports complexes and welcome buildings. Barrier-free design, occupant load and exits are handled from the first sketch, because they are what drives the plan.
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Before building, knowing what to build.
A feasibility study confirms what the zoning and the code allow on your lot, and what that means in area and in budget. Here are the documents you receive.
Feasibility study
What the zoning and the code actually allow on your lot, before you buy or design.
Program and areas
Every space measured and placed: offices, storage, sales floor, circulation.
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The building set on the lot: access, parking, setbacks and easements.
Elevations and sections
The building in volume, materials and heights, as it will be seen from the street.
Code study
Occupancies, occupant load, exits and fire resistance, documented for the municipality.
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A document you can put in front of your planning committee, your partners or your lender.
Why L'Établi
A commercial building is settled before the site work.
Zoning, occupancies, fire separations, exits, occupant load.
These constraints get expensive when you discover them midway. We settle them at the sketch stage.
What we take charge of
- Building code study
- Zoning and siting
- Permit and tender drawings
- Engineer coordination
- Collaboration with architects
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A code study from the start
Occupancies, fire separations, exits and occupant load are verified before the concept sets. That is what saves redrawing everything.
Drawings ready for tender
A package precise enough that every contractor bids on the same basis. Less spread between prices, fewer extras on site.
A single point of contact
Structural engineer, land surveyor, architect: we coordinate the parties so you only have one number to call.
How it works
From idea to site, in four stages.
Feasibility and code study
We confirm the occupancy, the zoning and what the code allows on your lot before you invest in design.
Concept and massing
Siting, areas and massing options presented against your budget, so you decide on a clear basis.
Permit drawings
A complete technical package, compliant with the Québec Construction Code, ready to file with the municipality.
Tender and construction
Tender drawings, answers to contractors and follow-up through to the end of the work.
Commercial projects
Buildings that work.
Completed, under construction and in design, across the Montérégie.
Professional note Commercial, industrial and institutional buildings covered by the Architects Act are carried out in collaboration with an architect who is a member of the Ordre des architectes du Québec (OAQ).
Have a commercial project?
Let us talk.
First meeting is free.
Retail, industrial, agricultural or institutional: tell us about your project and we will get back to you quickly.
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