Roles and responsibilities in the technical department are numerous and rather diversified. Among others, the department participates to sales and development efforts by providing the technical support required by the sales, operations and site teams dealing with manufacturing and the installation of permanent access and anchor systems for AGF Access, AGF Du-For, Steeplejack Services and Hydro West.  

In addition to those tasks, the department works at optimising estimation tools, developing technical sheets and capacity charts, as well as designing structures and production plans. The technical department team must also ensure that our equipment is compliant with the industry standards and safety requirements, see to the execution of installation layout plans and specifications, and provide site certifications.

With such diversified responsibilities, we are happy therefore to announce that AGF Access technical department engineers are now licensed to practice in four Canadian provinces: Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Here are the members of AGF Access technical department team. Left to right:

·Michaël Beaudoin, Eng., Project Engineer
 After completing technical studies in civil engineering, Michaël graduated in construction engineering at the  University of Montreal, in 2010. As part of his studies, he completed two internships and worked part time  at Du-For Scaffolding. Recently graduated, Michaël started working full time as a junior engineer in Montreal  in 2010, before being transferred to the city of Québec branch in 2011.

·Christian Abraham, Project Technician 
 Christian joined AGF Group last March, after acquiring eight years of designing experience in the  manufacturing industry.  He has a technical degree in industrial design, as well as an AEC (attestation of  collegial studies) in project management.

·Pierre Grenier, Eng., MBA, Technical Director
 Pierre has been working in the scaffolding industry since 1990. He graduated in physical engineering in  1995, and in mechanical engineering in 1996. He has been running the technical department since he joined  AGF in 2002. Between 2002 to 2008, he continued studying part time to obtain an MBA. Since April 2012,  he his General Manager of AGF Du-For Inc.

·Pierre-Luc Matte, Eng., Project Engineer
 After completing a summer internship in 2005 at Du-For Scaffolding, Pierre-Luc graduated in mechanical  engineering at the University Laval, in 2006. He has been working at AGF Du-For since then.