Each month, The Network readers can submit their questions about the history, projects, community involvement, challenges or any other topic related to the AGF Group.
Send your questions to: communication@agfgroup.com
This month, here is the selected question:
Of course, over 75 years, more than one project has been decisive in the history of AGF.
But the strongest memory I have is about the Highway 30 project in the Greater Montreal area, which we executed between 2009 and 2012.
I chose that one for several reasons:
- First, because our clients for that project were working internationally and that project was their first major project in Canada. They had different cultures and methods.
I like to think that our work was up to the task, since it led to several other contracts in Canada and internationally with these same clients.
- Secondly, because this project revealed new talents at AGF who have continued to evolve with us. I am thinking about Justin Voisard and Maxime Gendron, among others.
- The size of the project was also a challenge. About thirty structures - including the bridges over the St. Lawrence River and the Seaway, as well as the tunnel under the Soulanges Canal - had to be built almost simultaneously.
- It was a project with enormous logistical requirements and some elements presented complex challenges for the installation of the reinforcing steel.
I feel very proud of this, every time I drive down this highway.
