clients who turn to Cobalt for their exem-
plary collaborative working culture, design
acumen, and expertise. Cobalt is also cur-
rently working on CDPQ’s $6.4 billion elec-
tric train project—67 kilometres and 24
stations between Montréal, the airport,
the North shore and the South Shore.
Cobalt has also acted as the airport plan-
ning consultant for the Montreal airport
since 1995, providing professional analysis
and planning services on all operational
aspects of a terminal to facilitate efficient
travel and regulatory obligations.
What is the secret to Cobalt’s successful
projects? It’s a focus on the users, says
Girard. “We work, of course, in tandem
with a lot with engineers,” he says. “They
are the ones who take care of the trains,
the buses, the cars, and so one, but we
take care of the people, the people who
will use these buses and trains in their
daily lives. When you can bring the com-
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