Équipe Laurence has designed a residential development whose site work in key roles is entirely executed and managed by women, starting with site supervisor Roxane Gaudreau-Parent of Équipe Laurence working on behalf of project promoter Anne-Philippe Lemaire and DUO general contractor, owned by Joanie Paquette.
“For the first time in the modern history of Quebec’s construction industry, at least, we’re seeing a site run entirely by women. And yet, that’s exactly what’s happening here, with complete efficiency,” said Équipe Laurence’s CEO, Alexandre Latour.
Latour declared himself impressed and inspired, above all, to see an 100 per cent female team playing key roles in the realization of the Quartier Cinq4 project, in the municipality of Prévost in the Laurentians. Sophie Ouellet of Sophie Ouellet Excavation and Érika Provost are foremen and shovel operators.
“The proof is in the pudding that a traditionally male profession can be skilfully occupied by women who, in their own original way, have shattered the glass ceiling,” said Cinq4 project promoters Anne-Philippe Lemaire and Joanie Paquette of DUO Entrepreneur général.
Located in Prévost, in the heart of the Laurentians, Le Quartier Cinq4 is a community of 18 semi-detached homes on Rue du Manse, offering new homes ideal for families and professionals.
“This women’s project is a testament to the excellence of these young women, who have not only opened up but blazed a new trail in a field still too often perceived as the exclusive preserve of men,” said Équipe Laurence’s president.
For Équipe Laurence, a new business model in the construction industry has been firmly established in the Laurentians.
