financing. We guide our clients through getting that financing. We show them where to apply and how to apply. We make sure all the boxes are checked in order to give our clients the best chance possible to help realize their vision.” As previously mentioned, MJD Architect also does project management – sometimes, in fact, they are hired purely as a project manager. That means they can truly provide clients with a complete service, up to and including the delivery of their project. “We can manage the whole project, every facet of it,” Marie-Josée sums up. “We can do everything from the design, to the documentation, to the financing, to the project management.” Personally, Marie-Josée says she actually loves being on site during the construction phase of a project. She loves meeting with the contractors and subcontractors. When unforeseen issues arise on site, she even loves the process of collaborating with those partners and coming up with solutions – which is good, because in the heritage sector, issues are inevitable. “It’s really in the field that most of our learning happens,” Marie-Josée explains. “In Quebec and in Canada there’s not really a heritage architecture degree that you can take. To learn, you have to go out into the field and work with the stonemasons and work with the sheet-metal workers – you have to work with the people who are doing it in order to understand what’s happening and how to come up with solutions.” “When you’re working on heritage buildings, and THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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