they have worked on some water treatment plants and sewage treatment plants, as there are few local engineering companies available to work on those projects. According to David, the main reason clients choose Nor Mech Engineering, especially local clients, is the firm’s history and reputation. “We’ve established quite a good name for ourselves here,” he says. “So we have a lot of repeat customers and we get a lot of business from word of mouth and recommendations. That’s why we don’t even have a website – we don’t need it. We have a dozen or so continuous repeat customers, and that keeps us busy throughout the year.” As an example of the kind of work Nor Mech Engineering is capable of – and of the kind of quality that powers their customer loyalty – David points to their recent work on the Convergence Centre at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The Convergence Centre is a five-storey laboratory building, and one of the newest buildings at Algoma University. Nor Mech Engineering was the original mechanical and electrical design engineers for the building. That building is also one of the first LEED® eco-friendly green buildings in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario – and David says “we were literally just a few points away from actually obtaining LEED Platinum, so that was quite an achievement.” Within the Convergence Centre, Nor Mech Engineering very recently completed work on a renovation that added a CL2 lab on Level One – CL2, i.e. Containment Level 2, is a laboratory setting that handles biological agents and hazards that are considered medium risk – as well as MARCH 2025
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