The SJ2B consortium (STGM, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes, Barin, and Bisson Fortin) won a contract this fall to provide architectural services to the Direction principale Grands programmes de maintien des actifs métro (GPMAM), which combines the missions of two previously separate project offices: the Bureau de projets infrastructures métro, for which the firm worked from 2012 to 2019, and the Bureau de projets équipements fixes métro. The objective of GPMAM is to manage the renovation and modernization projects for the Montréal metro, which have high technical requirements and must be implemented in occupied sites.

For this major mandate, which is expected to last until 2026, the professionals working within the GPMAM will focus on making twelve stations universally accessible, at a cost of approximately $320 million. This involves replacing systems such as freight elevators, ventilation shafts, and escalators—an investment of $800 million—and renovating infrastructure such as entrance buildings, corridors, auxiliary structures, fixed staircases, and signage—an investment of approximately $500 million.

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