For the joy of building together

Mr. Jean-Paul Longchamps starts working for Gérard Allard inc. as a foreman.  Construction Gérard Allard is officially created. This makes us the oldest member of the ACQ Estrie still active as a general contractor.

A major institutional project is completed in 1981: the St-Elie d’Orford town hall and community center.

The desire to diversify the services offered by the company has been present from the very beginning. Today, Construction Longer offers expertise in both public and private construction.

Mr. Jean-Paul Longchamps becomes a majority shareholder of Construction Gérard Allard and joins forces with Mr. Jean-Guy Auger

The company is carrying out its first major multi-unit project: a 126-unit building on D’Youville Street in Sherbrooke.

The company is rebranded as Construction Longer. This name is chosen by the two partners Mr. Jean-Paul Longchamps and Mr. Jean-Guy Auger. Mr. Luc Auclair joins the team as a surveyor. Did you know that Mr. Luc Auclair designed our logo? It represents a corner of a building. Its black foundation reflects the authority of Mr. Longchamps and Mr. Auger, while the red reflects Mr. Auclair’s more daring side.

This year, Construction Longer built its first office building for DULAMO.

In 1986, Construction Longer completed its first major commercial project, Andrew Paton Square, where Datoni’s restaurant had been for several years.

1987 is a very important year: the team completes its first major grocery store project, a Provigo. This project makes Construction Longer the oldest construction partner of Loblaws in Canada. We had the chance to build the first prototypes of the chain’s new concepts in 2011 when we built the first Provigo Le Marché in Quebec, in Sherbrooke.

A major period of economic recession sets in. This is when the management team at Construction Longer wants to invest in its own strengths. Working through our own strengths is an indisputable advantage that we can offer our team and our partners.

Find out how we work through our own strengths.

At the time, the company was located in the basement of a bungalow, but it was expanding and had to move. The team moved to 175 Léger Street in Sherbrooke. Since its move, 3 major renovations have been done: one in 2001, one in 2015 and a more recent one in 2022.

Mr. Longchamps retires and hands over the presidency to Mr. Luc Auclair.

As the company grew and its team expanded, the first expansion project was launched.

Did you know that our offices at 175 Léger Street have undergone 3 major expansions? The first in 2001, the second in 2015 and the most recent in 2022.

In 2005, Construction Longer opened a branch in Brossard to better meet the needs of its customers on Montreal’s South Shore. This branch operated from 2005 to 2012. Its objective was to serve the food market sector on Montreal’s South Shore.

At Construction Longer, we like to get involved with youth. We believe that everyone should have access to a quality education. Starting in 2007, the company decided to do more by offering more internships. Since then, the number of interns has steadily increased.

Did you know that more than 10 members of our team began their careers at Construction Longer following an internship with us?

Construction Longer undertakes its first civil engineering project as a subcontractor. From 2010 onwards, our team develops its expertise in this sector.

We had the chance to build the first prototypes of new concepts for the Provigo chain. In 2011, we built the first Provigo Le Marché in Quebec, in Sherbrooke. Our relationship with the chain has been going on for several years.

A significant moment: Construction Longer builds its first bridge as a general contractor.

Construction Longer obtains its certification for the construction of complex structures. This certification allows it to bid on the construction of bridges considered complex (e.g., overpasses, multi-span bridges, etc.)

The company celebrates its 40th anniversary! On this occasion, Mr. Luc Auclair transfers the presidency to his son, Mr. Pierre-Luc Auclair. Pierre-Luc is accompanied by a management committee composed of:

• Luc Auclair – Chairman of the Board and partner

• Gabriel Forest, Eng, PMP – Executive and Building Director and partner

• Julie Fouquet, Eng, PMP – Director of Organizational Development and partner

• Rémi Bouchard, Eng. – Director of Civil Engineering and partner

• Steven Chabot – Corporate and Service Director and partner

• Tim Normandin, M.Sc, CPA, CGA – Director of Finance and partner

• Sylvain Ouellette – Director of Site Operations and partner

• Martin Fournier – Foreman and partner

As of 2023, two new associates join the management team: Alexandre Gauthier, Eng. – Project Director, and Charles-Éric Dumas-Aubé, ing. PMP – Project director.

The Worksite Advisory Committee is created. This committee represents the site expertise of the company’s various sectors of activity and assists the company’s management with a field point of view.

Working to our own strengths has been part of Construction Longer’s DNA since the very beginning.

Construction Longer wins its largest public tender ever, for the Pavillon de santé de précision et de recherche translationnelle, with the Sherbrooke University. The contract for Pavillon Z10 is signed for $52,584,000.

Construction Longer becomes the first general contractor in Quebec to be B Corp certified.

Find out what B Corp means to us.