DESIGN-BUILD · INSTITUTIONAL
HVAC design-build for institutional facilities — engineered for the longevity of your public assets
Hospitals, universities, school boards, archives and federal/provincial buildings — mechanical design-build under one contract, on projects across Canada. Project record includes Library and Archives Canada (LEED Gold). RBQ-licensed and CMMTQ member in Quebec.
Trusted by
- Library and Archives Canada
- Federal new-construction referenceNet-zero target, LEED Gold — Kolostat delivered the mechanical scope on the federal archives preservation centre.
- Nearly 100
- Years of building mechanicsFounded in 1927. Projects across Canada today.
- $59M
- Grants secured for clientsÉcoPerformance, Énergir, Hydro-Québec and NRCan dossiers managed by our Energy division — averaging 33% of total project cost.
Built for longevity
Four institutional building types we design and build for
Sized for the codes, the procurement model and the asset-protection tolerances institutional buildings carry.
Healthcare and research facilities
Tight pressure, humidity and IAQ tolerances for patient-care zones and clinical environments. Verified reference: Ullivik Health Center — ASHRAE-recognized new-construction mandate for a Nunavik health centre.
Universities, colleges and school boards
Multi-building campus heating and cooling plants, energy loops and air-handling retrofits scaled for educational portfolios. Verified reference: Collège LCC (Lower Canada College) — LEED-certified independent K–12 school in Montréal.
Archives, libraries and museums
Precision temperature and humidity controls engineered to long-term preservation tolerances. Library and Archives Canada example: six vaults at 10°C / 40% RH (five) and 6°C / 30% RH (one) for 500-year archival preservation.
Federal, provincial and municipal buildings
Code-compliant mechanical scope for government facilities — formatted for public-sector procurement review. Verified reference: Library and Archives Canada — federal archives preservation centre, LEED Gold.
Standards and compliance
The credentials your procurement file expects
Public-sector procurement wants the licences, the awards and the documented quality system on file before a contractor gets shortlisted. Here is what Kolostat carries.
Multiple ASHRAE awards
Recognized by ASHRAE for innovation in energy efficiency and sustainable design across institutional and commercial new-construction and modernization projects.
LEED-certified deliveries
LEED-certified projects on file include Library and Archives Canada (Gold), Collège LCC (Lower Canada College), Bell Canada HQ (Nun's Island), ICAO Headquarters, Aimia / Altoria Tower, Dicom head office, Fontaine Building, Dollarama head office and Outdoor Gear Canada.
CMMTQ-licensed mechanical
Active CMMTQ membership — the trade qualification Quebec institutional procurement expects for piping and mechanical scope. Technicians and engineers carry the credentials on file.
RBQ 1269-6704-94
Régie du bâtiment du Québec licence 1269-6704-94 — the documentation public-sector audits expect on file before shortlist.
Featured institutional projects
Named projects from the Kolostat institutional portfolio
A selection of institutional mandates recognized by ASHRAE for innovation in energy efficiency and sustainable design, or LEED-certified on delivery.
Library and Archives Canada — new construction, LEED Gold
Federal archives preservation centre. PPP delivery with Equans (facility-management partner) and PCL Construction (lead). Six storage vaults engineered to 10°C / 40% RH (five) and 6°C / 30% RH (one) for 21,500 m³ of archival materials with a 500-year preservation target.
Ullivik Health Center — new construction
ASHRAE-recognized new construction mandate for a health centre serving Nunavik patients.
Collège LCC (Lower Canada College) — LEED-certified
Independent K–12 institution in Montréal. LEED-certified project — part of the Kolostat institutional portfolio of educational facilities.
YMCA — energy modernization
ASHRAE-recognized energy modernization on YMCA facilities. Mechanical reengineering delivered against operating-budget and continuity-of-service constraints.
How we work
From first conversation to commissioning
Meet
Site walk and discovery with a senior engineer. Free — no procurement file required to start.
Visit
Measure existing conditions, loads and constraints — sequenced around occupied schools, hospitals and government facilities.
Diagnose
Engineering proposal with cost, schedule and grant eligibility — formatted for procurement review and AEC firm coordination.
Build
Execution, commissioning and performance handover — with the documentation public-sector audits and ESG reporting expect.
Institutional procurement FAQ
What our clients ask before signing on
Are you experienced with public-sector procurement and stipulated-price institutional projects?
Yes. In Quebec, we carry RBQ licensing (1269-6704-94) and CMMTQ membership, and we routinely act as prime mechanical on stipulated-price and integrated design-build institutional mandates — including PPP new-construction projects such as Library and Archives Canada. Our proposals are formatted for procurement review and we coordinate directly with public-sector AEC firms and prime construction managers.
Do you collaborate with AEC firms, architects and prime construction managers on institutional projects?
Yes. Most large institutional mandates are delivered alongside architectural, engineering and prime-construction partners. On Library and Archives Canada, Kolostat handled the mechanical scope with PCL Construction as lead and Equans as facility-management partner. We work in BIM, hold Groupe BIM Québec membership, and slot into a multi-discipline coordination model from schematic design onward.
How do you engineer for the longevity of institutional assets and long-term asset planning?
Equipment selection, redundancy strategy and controls architecture are sized for the full institutional life cycle — not the lowest first-cost option. After commissioning, our Energy division instruments performance and our service division (25+ trucks, 24/7 dispatch across Greater Montréal and the GTA) backs the building through the operating cycles that follow. In Quebec and Ontario, multi-year preventive-maintenance contracts can be priced alongside the build to lock in lifetime cost.
Are institutional buildings eligible for ÉcoPerformance grants?
Yes. ÉcoPerformance covers commercial, institutional and industrial sites operating in Quebec, and the institutional sector receives the most generous Implementation-component cap — a 5-year payback ceiling (vs. 3 years commercial, 2 years industrial small/medium, 1 year industrial large). Up to 75% of eligible project cost can be grant-financed across stacked programs. Our Energy division has secured $59M in grants for clients across past mandates.
How do you protect continuity of operations during a retrofit in an occupied institutional building?
Phased shutdowns, temporary services and off-hours execution for invasive scopes — sequenced around live institutional sites including Library and Archives Canada. In Quebec and Ontario, our service division (25+ trucks, 24/7 dispatch) covers the construction team when retrofits in occupied buildings need off-hours support, and we coordinate with facility management on operational continuity.
Can you engineer the IAQ, pressurization and filtration upgrades patient-care facilities require?
Yes. Patient-care facilities receive engineering sized to current safety, health and asset-protection codes — pressurization for isolation, filtration grade-up for IAQ, and dedicated outside-air ventilation. Real-time monitoring runs through Automated Logic WebCTRL® controls, the same platform used on Library and Archives Canada vault monitoring.
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