OTHER SECTORS
Schools, hospitals, and everything in between
Your building isn't commercial, industrial, or mission-critical? We build for it anyway. Hospitals, universities, school boards, archives, government facilities and other specialized buildings — mechanical systems that meet code, protect assets and last. Kolostat has built them since 1927.
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- Certified specialistsLEED, CEM, CMVP, RCx — plus RBQ, CMMTQ procurement-ready credentials.
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- Projects across CanadaMechanical design-build, retrofit and service projects delivered since 1927.
What we do
Three jobs we deliver across these buildings
Sized for the procurement model, the code constraints and the asset-protection tolerances institutional and specialized buildings carry.
Public-sector design-build
Integrated design-build delivery on stipulated-price and PPP institutional mandates — sized for the budgets and schedules of public procurement.
Precision environments for archives, labs, patient care
Temperature, humidity and pressure tolerances engineered to the protocols that hospital, archive and lab spaces require.
Net-zero retrofits with grant capture
Decarbonization roadmaps aligned with public-sector net-zero mandates — up to 75% of energy reengineering grant-financed via our Energy division.
Featured project — net-zero, LEED Gold
Library and Archives Canada — preserving Canada's history for 500 years
A PPP new-construction archival facility delivered with Equans (operating partner) and PCL Construction (lead). Kolostat engineered six storage vaults to the precise temperature and humidity tolerances required to preserve 21,500 cubic metres of archival material — earning LEED Gold certification and engineered around the federal client's net-zero target.
- Six vaults: five at 10°C / 40% RH, one at 6°C / 30% RH
- 21,500 cubic metres of archival storage, engineered for 500-year preservation
- Automated Logic (ALC) WebCTRL® controls integrating real-time temperature and humidity
- Equans facility-management partnership runs to 2052
- LEED Gold
- Certified facility
- 500-year
- Preservation target
- Net-zero
- Federal target
Procurement readiness
The credentials your procurement file expects
Public-sector procurement teams want the licences, the quality system and the track record on file before a contractor gets shortlisted. Here is what we carry.
- RBQ — Régie du bâtiment du Québec
- Licence 1269-6704-94. The contractor licence required to act as a prime mechanical on Quebec public-sector construction projects.
- CMMTQ — Corporation des maîtres mécaniciens en tuyauterie du Québec
- Active member. CMMTQ membership is the trade qualification expected by Quebec institutional procurement for piping and mechanical work.
- Stipulated-price / integrated design-build experience
- Routine delivery on fixed-price and integrated design-build mandates — including PPP institutional projects with a single mechanical contract.
- Industry associations
- ASHRAE, CMMTQ, ACQ, Groupe BIM Québec, APCHQ, BOMA Québec, CQ3e, IDU, Réseau énergie bâtiment, ASPE, Canada Green Building Council.
- Engineering certifications on staff
- LEED, CEM, CMVP and RCx credentials across 300+ engineers, technologists and certified pros — the credentials institutional ESG and energy mandates ask for.
Institutional clients
Trusted by Canada's institutions
A representative selection of the public-sector, school-board and healthcare clients Kolostat has delivered for. Listed alphabetically within each grouping.
Government & Crown corporations
- Library and Archives Canada
- Government of Canada — National Defence
- Ontario Power Generation
- SAQ
- City of Toronto
- City of Ottawa
- York Region
School boards
- Toronto Catholic District School Board
- York Region District School Board
- Durham District School Board
- Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Hospitals & health centres
- Jewish General Hospital / Hôpital général juif
- CHU Sainte-Justine
- Hôpital Charles LeMoyne / Université de Sherbrooke
How we work
From discovery to a documented handover
Meet
Site walk and discovery with a senior engineer. Free.
Visit
We measure existing conditions, loads and constraints — in occupied facilities.
Diagnose
Engineering proposal with cost, schedule and grant eligibility for procurement review.
Build
Execution, commissioning and performance handover — with documentation public-sector audits expect.
Where this leads
The services behind the sector
Each institutional engagement maps to a dedicated engineering service page with deliverables, project examples and contact paths.
Institutional HVAC design-build
Mechanical design-build for hospitals, universities, school boards, archives and federal/provincial buildings — one contract, one liability envelope.
Commercial new-construction installation
Full-scope mechanical installation for new institutional construction — HVAC, plumbing, gas, sheet metal, controls.
Sheet metal fabrication
Custom ductwork, fittings, certified welders and mobile welding — for school, healthcare and government projects.
Commercial HVAC repair
Service calls and repairs across heating, ventilation, AC, piping, and controls — 24/7 from a 25+ truck fleet.
Preventive maintenance contracts
Multi-year maintenance plans for institutional portfolios — scheduled inspections, BMS monitoring, priority dispatch.
Building decarbonization
Heat pumps, heat recovery and energy-loop retrofits aligned with public-sector net-zero mandates. Engineered and operated by our Energy division.
Grants & financing
Free eligibility assessment across ÉcoPerformance, Énergir, Hydro-Québec and NRCan — up to 75% of project cost covered.
Procurement FAQ
What our clients ask before signing on
Can Kolostat act as prime mechanical on a CCDC stipulated-price institutional project?
Yes. We carry RBQ licensing (1269-6704-94) and CMMTQ membership, and we routinely act as the prime mechanical contractor on stipulated-price and integrated design-build mandates for the public sector — including new-construction projects such as Library and Archives Canada.
Do you carry CMMTQ and RBQ licensing for Quebec public-sector work?
Yes. RBQ licence 1269-6704-94 and active CMMTQ membership. Our technicians and engineers carry the certifications (CMMTQ, RBQ) required to deploy mechanical work on Quebec institutional construction.
How do you handle work in occupied schools, hospitals and government facilities?
We sequence work around occupancy — phased shutdowns, temporary services, off-hours execution for invasive scopes. Our service division (25+ trucks, 24/7 dispatch) backs the construction team when occupied institutional buildings need off-hours coverage during a retrofit.
Have you delivered net-zero institutional projects?
Yes. Library and Archives Canada is one example — a PPP new-construction archival facility delivered with Equans (operating partner) and PCL Construction (lead) that earned LEED Gold certification and was engineered around the net-zero target the federal client set for the project.
Do you coordinate with public-sector decarbonization mandates and grant programs?
Yes — through our Energy division. We align the mechanical scope with the institution's net-zero plan, file the technical and financial dossiers (ÉcoPerformance, Énergir, Hydro-Québec, NRCan), and report post-implementation. Up to 75% of energy-reengineering project cost can be grant-financed.
Do you work on heritage and federal archive environmental controls?
Yes. The Library and Archives Canada preservation centre is one of our reference projects — six vaults engineered to maintain 10°C / 40% RH (five vaults) and 6°C / 30% RH (one vault) for the long-term preservation of archival materials, with Automated Logic controls integrating real-time temperature and humidity readings.
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