Maison symphonique de Montréal (2013)

[SupermanMTL]

Il n'est pas surprenant que le Groupe Ovation a gagné.

 

Ils ont la réputation de la plus grande firme d'ingénierie au monde (SNC), la plus grande compagnie de construction publique au Canada (Aecon), un architecte renommé dans les salles de spectacles (Diamond and Schimdt) , une firme spécialisé en acoustique (Solotech) et un autre en éclairage (Gala).

 

Il ne leur manquait que la proposition financière pour canné le tout...

 

Cette fois, l'agence a fait un très bon choix!

[Habsfan]

WOW, si notre Salle de l'Orchestre Symphonique pourrait ressembler à quelque chose d,aussi beau que celui de Toronto, je serai entièrement satisfait!!

[saturnus85]

Je ne suis jamais allé au Four Seasons Centre, mais j'ai par contre visité le ministère des Affaires étrangères d'Israël, conçu par les mêmes architectes. Ils font une belle utilisation du bois. Puisque c'était un critère important pour cette salle, j'imagine que c'est ce qui a démarqué cette proposition des autres.

[ErickMontreal]

En bref - PPP de l'OSM orchestré par SNC-Lavalin

Devoir Le

Édition du vendredi 27 mars 2009

 

La construction en partenariat public-privé (PPP) de la future salle de concert de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) sera orchestrée par la firme SNC-Lavalin. L'entreprise québécoise forme un consortium avec des architectes d'ici, Ædifica, ainsi que des spécialistes québécois dans les éclairages et les compagnies étrangères Diamond and Schmitt Architects, Groupe Æcon et Gala Systems.

 

L'entente de PPP d'une durée de 30 ans pour la conception, la construction, le financement, l'exploitation et l'entretien devrait être complétée à la fin d'avril. Il s'agit d'un contrat de 267 millions. Récemment, le gouvernement a modifié la formule de financement afin de soutenir le secteur privé, qui est confronté à des conditions d'emprunt difficiles. Ainsi, Québec versera une partie du loyer prévu sur trois décennies dès la livraison de l'édifice. L'OSM devrait inaugurer sa nouvelle salle de 1900 places à l'été 2011.

[joaobruno]

nice! enfin il ne reste plus qu'a voir les rendus

[Gbx]

les compagnies étrangères Diamond and Schmitt Architects, Groupe Æcon et Gala Systems.

 

Ce sont des compagnies d'ontario! ça parait que ce texte apparait dans le devoir...

[Gbx]

MSO concert hall has price tag of $267M; Project was pegged at $105 million in 2006

 

ARTHUR KAPTAINIS

FREELANCE

560 words

26 March 2009

Montreal Gazette, A2

Copyright © 2009 Montreal Gazette

 

The Quebec Culture Ministry has announced that a team including Montreal construction giant SNC-Lavalin Inc. and Diamond and Schmitt Architects of Toronto will build the MSO concert hall at a cost of $267 million - almost 21/2 times the $105-million sticker attached to the project when it was launched in 2006 by Premier Jean Charest.

 

SNC-Lavalin spokesperson Gillian MacCormack refused to comment on this discrepancy, and all other details, on the grounds that arrangements have not been finalized.

 

An engineer connected to the project said that the higher figure included changes to Place des Arts parking and other infrastructure work, not just the cost of the aboveground facility.

 

Organized as a public-private partnership, the hall at the vacant northeast corner of Place des Arts will be finished in the summer of 2011, according to a government communiqué.

 

Jack Diamond, the architect behind the acclaimed Four Seasons Centre in Toronto, said yesterday that Montrealers could expect a contemporary interpretation of a classic room. "The classic shoebox design, like the Musikverein in Vienna - this is a modern version."

 

Drawings cannot be released, he added, before contracts are signed.

 

Despite the price hike, Finance Minster Monique Jérôme-Forget described the agreement as practical for the province: "We will know exactly how much it will cost to build, use and to maintain this hall before construction begins, an undeniable advantage in a budgetary period of constraint."

 

Diamond said that the PPP system, which calls for a private consortium to build the hall and lease it to the government for 40 years, is an effective guarantor of quality. "Rather than cut the costs to the bone and hand it over, the builder has to manage it. This is a very different affair. They want no operational difficulties over that period."

 

Other companies involved in the consortium - operating under the umbrella name of Groupe immobilier Ovation - are Aedifica, a Montreal architectural firm; Aecon, an infrastructure contractor; Solotech, a lighting supplier; and Gala Systems, specializing in theatrical machinery. Ovation was one of three teams chosen as finalists and asked for detailed plans.

 

Artec, a noted New York acoustical company, was hired by the province as its consultant in 2006. Diamond said that he nevertheless plans to work with Robert Essert, the former Artec executive who collaborated with him on the Four Seasons Centre.

 

This facility, home of the Canadian Opera Company, is noted not only for its fine acoustics and impeccable sightlines but for having come in on budget. Another high-profile Diamond performing-arts project is Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, D.C., home of the Shakespeare Company.

 

Diamond stressed that the building would be a dedicated concert hall, not a multi-purpose facility like Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, the central structure in Place des Arts in which the MSO has performed, for better or worse, since 1963.

 

"It can be used for jazz and other types of music," Diamond said, "but the main game is the symphony, to create a symphony hall that will be among the best in the world."

 

The news will presumably give Kent Nagano a reason to renew his contract as MSO music director, which expires in 2011 - the year of the projected opening.

 

akaptainis@sympatico.ca

[Gbx]

L'article oublie cependant de préciser que le 105 millions étaient les coûts prévus pour la construction en 2006 vs 266 millions = les coûts (actualisés) des paiements au partenaire le compensant pour la construction, les factures énergétiques, l'entretien et l'exploitation de la salle.

[Malek]

Je te jure ils font exprès.

[Habsfan]

The news will presumably give Kent Nagano a reason to renew his contract as MSO music director, which expires in 2011

 

Excellente nouvelle!!