The engineer Hélène Theriault is the subject of two new proceedings due to defects in the design of two buildings located in Dieppe.
The proceedings, deposited in March, allege that two buildings on rue Champlain require major work in order to remedy the errors made by the company of Ms. Thériault.
These allegations have not yet undergone the court test.
This brings to 10 the number of prosecutions targeting Match Engineering.
The Association of New Brunswick Engineers and Geoscientists suspended Hélène Thériault’s practice permit in 2024 due to allegations of serious deficiencies in the design of several buildings it has designed.
The new prosecutions filed against engineering match alleged in particular that the company has shown negligence by preparing the plans for these buildings.
The pursuit in connection with the building for mixed use of several floors at the 339 Champlain indicates that errors in connection with the structural design of the building have delayed its construction of eight months and required repairs and remediation works of around a million dollars.
The second prosecution relates to errors in the design of the building located at 279 Champlain, discovered in 2024. Work worth around $ 350,000 would have been carried out to repair the building, whose construction had been completed in 2022.
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Hélène Thériault is also targeted by a pursuit for structural defects of this building at 230, rue Champlain, in Dieppe. (Archives photo)
Photo : Radio-Canada / Pierre Fournier
Documents filed by Match Engineering in response to prosecution recognize failures in the design of certain structural elements of these projects.
The company says, however, that it is not responsible for the losses suffered by the owners of the buildings and that the fault is based on entrepreneurs and regulatory authorities, in particular.
Match Engineering adds that the complainant did not take the appropriate measures to mitigate his losses and his damage and therefore asked the court to reject the two prosecution.
James Boudreau, the lawyer for the company and Hélène Thériault, previously told Radio-Canada that no comment would be provided so long as the prosecution is not over.
The Association of New Brunswick Engineers and Geoscientifications did not mean if the external survey she ordered last year in order to revise the work of Hélène Thériault was completed.
According to information from Shane Mageeof CBC
