Poincaré Experts-Conseils Inc

What Poincaré Experts-Conseils Inc does

Poincaré Experts-Conseils Inc is a Montreal-based structural engineering consulting firm founded in 2018, operating in the Quebec market. The firm provides structural design services for buildings across three primary materials — reinforced concrete, steel, and wood — with explicit specialization in heritage conservation, seismic assessment, and modular/prefabricated construction engineering. Its project portfolio spans new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse, with a notable concentration of socially-oriented mandates (65 of 350 total projects) including social housing cooperatives and community facilities.

The firm is led by co-founders Paul-Henry Boutros and Damien Soyez and operates with a small technical team of approximately 7-11 professionals including structural engineers, BIM modelers, and a CPI. Clients are predominantly Quebec-based institutional and public-sector entities — universities (McGill, Concordia), municipalities (Ville de Montréal, Ville de St-Amable), and healthcare facilities (Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont) — alongside private developers. The firm is bilingual (English/French) and has accumulated recognitions including the Cecobois Award (2023) and CODAawards (2022 and 2025) for heritage and timber work.

The business model is project-based professional services: fees are earned through consulting mandates scoped per engagement, with revenue tied to billable hours across engineers and BIM specialists. The firm does not appear to have raised external capital, and its operating footprint remains regional within Quebec. Competitive positioning rests on heritage and seismic specialization, accumulated project track record, and institutional relationships rather than scale or technology differentiation.

Name

Poincaré Experts-Conseils Inc

Legal name

Poincaré Experts-Conseils Inc.

Website

https://poincare.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Montreal-based structural engineering consulting firm specializing in building design using wood, concrete, and steel. Founded in 2018, serves Quebec universities, municipalities, healthcare facilities, and private developers, with particular expertise in heritage conservation and modular construction.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Structural Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering services for building structure design, including new construction, renovation, and heritage conservation projects. Revenue generated through project-based consulting fees for design, coordination, and engineering analysis services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Poincaré Experts-Conseils Inc. is a structural engineering consulting firm that designs building structures using reinforced concrete, steel, and wood materials. The firm delivers project-based engineering services covering new construction, renovation, heritage conservation, seismic assessment, and modular prefabricated construction, organized across five project categories: social-impact projects, condominiums, institutional buildings, public artworks, and residential properties.

Product overview

Poincaré Experts-Conseils Inc. is a structural engineering consulting firm offering comprehensive building structure design services. The firm's core offerings center on three primary structural materials: wood (including light framing and glued laminated timber), reinforced concrete, and steel. Their service portfolio encompasses five main project categories: social-impact projects (cooperatives and transitional housing), condominiums, institutional projects (universities and heritage buildings), public artwork structures, and residential projects. The firm also specializes in modular construction engineering and heritage building rehabilitation. Founded in 2018 and based in Montreal's Mile-End neighborhood, the company emphasizes sustainable, community-focused engineering solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Consulting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 350 completed projects across residential, institutional, commercial, and social sectors
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ville de MontréalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government client for various urban development and public infrastructure projects in Montreal
• Université McGillcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor educational institution client for campus building projects including arena renovations and research facilities
• Université ConcordiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational institution client for innovative wood structure research laboratory projects
• SODECcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSociété de développement des entreprises culturelles - government cultural development agency, client for heritage conservation projects
• ETS (École de technologie supérieure)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical university partner for engineering projects and potentially talent recruitment
• BSQminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization for building and construction projects in Quebec
• RomelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction industry partner for project collaboration
• Groupe CDHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction and development group partner for building projects

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global engineering firm renowned for complex and heritage structural design, including seismic retrofit and integrated art-architecture projects. Closest comparable to Poincaré on heritage, seismic, and art-integration specializations, but at a global, multi-thousand-person scale.
• Buro Happold: Global engineering consultancy with deep structural engineering expertise in cultural, heritage, and complex building projects. Strong overlap with Poincaré's heritage, seismic, and art-integration specializations, particularly on award-recognized cultural buildings.
• GHD: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with structural engineering capabilities for buildings, water, and transport infrastructure. Comparable service offering for institutional and developer clients but at a larger, multidisciplinary scale.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a dedicated buildings + places practice delivering structural engineering for institutional, residential, and cultural projects. Comparable in project types served but competes at a much larger resource scale.
• Stantec: Canadian engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with a substantial buildings structural practice across North America. Overlaps with Poincaré on institutional, residential, and heritage-adjacent structural design but at much larger scale and broader service mix.
• Tetra Tech: Global engineering and consulting firm with a buildings practice covering structural design for institutional, residential, and municipal projects. Comparable project-type exposure but vastly larger and broader in scope than Poincaré.
• AtkinsRéalis: Montreal-headquartered global engineering services firm (formerly SNC-Lavalin) with a substantial buildings and infrastructure structural engineering practice. Operates in the same Quebec institutional market and competes for similar public-sector and developer mandates.
• EXP: Quebec-origin global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with strong structural engineering capabilities across buildings, transportation, and environment. Headquartered in Montreal-area, EXP is a direct regional competitor for the same institutional and developer clients Poincaré serves.
• WSP Global: Montreal-headquartered global engineering professional services firm with a large structural engineering practice spanning buildings, transit, and infrastructure. Directly comparable in service category but vastly larger in scale and multidisciplinary scope.

Direct peers

• CIMA+: Quebec-based multidisciplinary engineering consultancy providing structural, mechanical, electrical, and civil services for buildings, transportation, and energy. Most directly comparable regional peer — same Quebec market, similar mix of institutional, municipal, and developer clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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