there when the relationship with Proment began, and he remembers the two companies getting off to a very strong start. “Right away, the vibe was good,” he recalls. “We started working with them on that project and we’ve never really stopped.” Proment and LEMAYMICHAUD have been working together on successive projects for over 15 years now. Pierre says the team at Proment is now “like family to me.” He gives them a lot of credit for their dedication to getting their designs right. “They really put the effort into finding the best design for a building possible,” he says. “The people at Proment are so genuine. They take whatever time they need their time to develop a project to its potential. They’ll re-do a design over and over again to make it the best it can be. They invest so much time, energy into finding the perfect solution.” “Working with this team has been a treat,” he adds, “and I’ve learned a lot.” So that’s why LEMAYMICHAUD likes working with Proment. On the other side of the coin, Pierre believes that Proment likes working with LEMAYMICHAUD because of their honesty and straightforwardness. Pierre remembers an early conversation he had with Samuel Gewerz, President of Proment. There was another architect involved in the project they were working on, and Samuel called Pierre and asked him what he thought of the site plan. “The easy answer would have been ‘I like it. It’s very good. Thank you for having us involved in it,’” Pierre says. “But I didn’t give that answer. I knew that it was risky, but I told the truth. I told him that I thought there were things that weren’t right about the plan, and I explained why. He said ‘Thank you for your honesty, I respect that,’ and he asked me to come up with another proposition.” “Ever since, that’s been the basis of our relationship with NOVEMBER 2021
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