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MAADI Group

Type		Private Industry	Engineering Design/Build Services Founded	2005 Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec, Canada Number of Locations	1: Montreal Key people: 	Founders: Alexandre de la Chevrotière Products:	Aluminum structural products: Pedestrian Bridges, guardrail systems, gangways, floating docks & breakwaters, ferry landings, bleachers, ladders, and fire escapes for the architectural, maritime, commercial & industrial construction. Employees	5 Website	www.maadigroup.com

MAADI Group (Most Advanced Aluminum Design & Inspection Group), based in Montreal Quebec, is an independent engineering firm specializing in design, fabrication, manufacturing, and installation of aluminum structural products for architectural, civil, commercial and industrial construction projects[1]. The MAADI Group designs and manufactures aluminum pedestrian bridges and marine-related structures in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. MAADI Group president, Alex de la Chevrotière, P.E., has worked extensively with aluminum in the shipbuilding industry and holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Ecole de technologie superieure, Montreal, Canada (LaPresse newspaper, November 1, 2010[2]).

The MAADI Group has worked with Alcoa Canada, and with the Centre québecois de recherché et de developpement de l’aluminium (CQRDA) to manufacture the company’s Make-A-Bridge® pedestrian walkway product[3]for applications in new and renovated construction, infrastructure and sustainable development projects[4] and received the NRC 2009 Regional Innovation Award for New Technology[5]. .

The Make-A-Bridge product, (U.S. Patent # 7,568,253 and other U.S. and Canadian Patents pending), is a weld-free aluminum pedestrian structure used for indoor and outdoor access applications that was awarded first place in the Extrusion Technology Foundation[6], 2008 Design Competition in the Architectural category[7].

Recent developments

In 2008, MAADI Group floating breakwater product had been installed in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean[8]. In 2009, their Make-A-Bridge (MAB) pedestrian walkway was installed as a fire escape in the renovated Dow Brewery building in Montreal. In 2010, MAB was installed as the main access bridge to the Bota Bota Spa sur l’eau floating spa boat in the Quays of the Old Port of Montreal, as well as four MAB fire escapes.

References

1. Quebec Professional Architects Association, OAQ, Esquisse, October 2010, pp. 25-27, French; http://www.oaq.com/wmfichier/ESQ2103.pdf. 2. La Presse Affaires: http://lapresseaffaires.cyberpresse.ca/portfolio/ingenieurs/201011/11/01-4341679-lingenieur-entrepreneur-un-oiseau-rare.php, author, Caroline Rodgers. 3. Make-A-Bridge website: www.makeabridge.com. 4. CQRDA, http://www.cqrda.qc.ca/publications/magazine_al/entrevuePME.pdf, Nov. 2010, pp. 27-37, French, author Bertrand Tremblay, Aluminum Assoc. of Canada. 5. Ecole de technologie superieure, Montreal engineering school, February 2010: http://www.etsmtl.ca/nouvelles/2010/Succes-du-Centech. 6. Extrusion Technology Foundation website: www.etfoundation.org. 7. Design News Magazine, May 14, 2008, http://www.designnews.com/article/46127-Bridges_Expand_for_Bikes_Pedestrians.php, author: Terry Costlow. 8. Light Metal Age Magazine, “Aluminum Provides a Better Breakwater Design,” October, 2008, p. 57; Author: Nancy E. Klein.

External links

Official Site