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AUGUST 2014
manager with the company 20 years ago, and
now, takes care of business development. He
can attest to the changes in the company over
the years that saw its team of shareholders in-
crease to six passionate team members that
were on board during the critical stages of the
company’s expansion.
Pierre Boisvert, a co-owner and construction
director, plays a central role in the company’s
growth to ensure client satisfaction. “The com-
pany grew quickly. That is in thanks to hav-
ing great references from our clients. We try
to serve our clients to the same level that we
would expect to get if we were the clients. For
us, that’s a big part of what it means to be a
leader,” he said.
What Béland & Lapointe expects is the result
of planned effort at each stage of the build-
ing process that takes the ideas of clients and
professionals into account. That expectation
has led the company to deliver some impres-
sive results such as 20 major renovations over
the past 25 years to the 220-year-old Château
Frontenac, a grand hotel in Old Quebec owned
by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. Built in 1893
along the St. Lawrence River, the imposing cas-
