page_title: Dessau (engineering)
section_title: Major Projects
hierarchical_section_title: Dessau (engineering) / Major Projects
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de MontréalEnglish: Université de Montréal Hospital Centre, Research CentreEspañol: Centro de Investigación del Centro Hospitalario de la Universidad de Montreal (CRCHUM)
context_page_description: Dessau was an engineering consulting firm. It was the fifth-largest engineering-construction firm in Canada and was ranked 57th in the world. The company traced its origins to 1957, when Jean-Claude Desjardins and Paul-Aimé Sauriol founded an engineering consulting firm by the name of Desjardins & Sauriol. Active in both national and international markets, the firm employed 4,800 people and posted annual revenues of $750 million. The company had offices in North Africa, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Dessau was one of "Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies."
context_section_description: 2012: Bridge design for a structure spanning the Magdalena River – Colombia
  2011: Quality control during the construction of a 4.2 km runway at Calgary International Airport – Calgary, Canada
  2010: Construction of the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal – Research Centre (CR-CHUM) – Montreal, Canada
  2010: 1,200-km East-West Highway – Algeria
  2010: Guajimia Canal sewage treatment – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  2010: Montreal metro  fixed equipment and systems upgrades – Montreal, Canada
  2008: Trinidad rapid rail project – Trinidad and Tobago
  2008: SIEPAC Central American Electrical Interconnection System – San José, Costa Rica
  2007: Great Mosque of Algiers  – Algeria
  2006: Redevelopment of the LeBreton Flats – Ottawa, Canada
  2005: Construction and expansion of Campanario thermoelectric power plant – Chile
  2004: Acadie Circle reconstruction – Montreal, Canada
  2002: Palais des congrès de Montréal Convention Centre – Montreal, Canada
  2000: Rural electrification project supervision – Peru
  1990: Canadian Museum of Civilization – Gatineau, Canada
  1975: James Bay hydroelectric project – Quebec, Canada
caption: CR-CHUM
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