Pomerleau receives two of three CanBIM national awards Canadian Design and Construction Report staff writer The Canada BIM Council (CanBIM) has announced the first National Can- BIM Awards, recognizing excellence in Canada’s Building Information Model- ling (BIM) community. CanBIM handed out awards in Inno- vation, Interoperability, and Best In BIM categories. Quebec based general contractor Pomerleau earned top honours in two of the three categories, taking home awards for Innovation and Best In BIM. The awards recognized Pomerleau’s work on the Place Bell Cultural and Sports Centre in Laval, P.Q., and out- standing implementation throughout design to construction on the multi- functional amphitheatre Videotron Cen- tre, also in Laval. In the Innovation Award category, Pomerleau edged out projects from Turner Fleischer Architects (Toronto) with Scanning Implementation Tech- nology, and Calgary’s GEC Architec- ture’s YYC/TCP Baggage Handling System; and for the Best In BIM award, McGill University Health Centre Glen Site from SNC Lavalin (Montreal) and DIALOG’s Brookfield Place Calgary. “All nominees demonstrated great execution of BIM,” said CanBIM presi- dent Allan Partridge. “But Pomerleau demonstrated exceptional strength in their respective award categories, as seen by our experienced evaluators. We are proud to have received so many great submissions.” Meanwhile, architecture and interior design firm DIALOG’s Calgary office took home top honours in the Interop- erability category for demonstrating ex- ceptional, seamless data transfer across software platforms on the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital proj- ect. Runners up in the Interoperability award category were GEC Architecture for YYC/TCP Baggage Handling System 8 – November 2015 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report