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Involving the professionals in an action between the project owner and the contractor: A step that can turn out to be costly

July 2016 Stein Monast, Quebec

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont c. Buesco Construction inc., 2016 QCCA 739

In 2002, the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital (hereinafter “MRH”) awarded a fixed-price contract to Buesco Construction Inc. (hereinafter “Buesco”) to erect the structure for a building that would become an ambulatory care centre. MRH retained various professionals for purposes of the project, namely: Inspec-sol Inc. as soil laboratory, Pasquin St-Jean & Associates for the engineering, including the production of plans and specifications and a mandate to supervise Buesco’s work, architects TPL & ABCP for the design, architecture and coordination of the professionals, and BPR Groupe-Conseil to control Buesco’s construction costs and the timetable.

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