Pierre-Stéphane Poitras

Over the course of my career, I've been involved in a number of major insurance and construction disputes. The fact that I've had the opportunity to represent clients, professionals, specialized contractors and subcontractors gives me a good understanding of the issues at stake for each of these players in a project.

I've also advised my clients on contract drafting, and my training as an accredited mediator gives me additional tools to help find the best possible solution for the clients I represent, within the framework of the various private dispute prevention and resolution methods, as well as in out-of-court settlement conferences.

Conférences

• Quebec General Contractors Corporation (CEGQ), february 2023, The law on public body contracts and the involvement of the AMP.
• Quebec General Contractors Corporation (CEGQ), february 2021, The new CCDC-2 2020 contract and in-house adaptation of subcontracts.
• Quebec General Contractors Corporation (CEGQ), February 2020, Standard or in-house contract, legal pros and cons.
• CEGQ, February 2019, The Act respecting contracting by public bodies, 10 years later.
• Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, January 2019, BIM, legal issues.
• Contech Conference, February 2019, Legal issues of BIM.
• AAPPQ (Architects in private practice of Quebec association) November 2018, Legal issues of BIM.
• CEGQ February 2018, BIM, legal issues for contractors.
• May 2018, speaker, topic: Well-ordered completion receipts and documents to avoid slippage
• Fonds des architectes, October 2017, BIM, the legal consequences for architects.
• Mémoire de la Corporation des entrepreneurs généraux du Québec sur le projet de loi 108 présenté à la Commission parlementaire des finances publiques. An Act to promote the monitoring of contracts awarded by public bodies and to establish the Autorité des marchés publics, September 2016.
• Congrès annuel de l'Ordre des architectes du Québec, September 2016, MDB and the architect's liability.
• Canadien Institute, November 2015, L'expertise sous l'angle du nouveau code de Procédure civile.
• Architects' Fund, October 2015, Reflection on the impact of the coming into force of the new Code of Civil Procedure on case management.
• Canadian Steel Institute, November 2015, Best Practices in Construction.
• Canadian Institute, October 2015, l'Impact du jugement Agropur coopérative c. Cegerco and als on the various obligations of the parties to a construction contract.
• Canadian Institute, April 2014, drafting contract clauses to reduce claims.
• Writing: various chapters of the Prevention Guide Volume 1 and 2 of the Architects' Fund, 2014 and 2015.
• CEGQ, February 2014, La loi sur les contrats des organismes publics, 5 ans plus tard.
• Architects' Fund, March 2014, Legal concepts of construction impact costs.
• Canadian Institute, April 2013, Construction Litigation Management.
• Brief from the Corporation des entrepreneurs généraux du Québec on Bill 61. Commission parlementaire sur la Loi visant principalement le recouvrement de sommes payées injustement par des organismes publics relativement à certains contrats dans l'industrie de la construction, November 2013.
• Canadian Institute, April 2012, Preventing claims and additional costs through good schedule management.
• CEGQ, February 2011, Rules to follow for the success of your projects and to avoid legal proceedings.
• CEGQ, February 2010, Time limits for asserting your rights, applicable prescriptions.
• École de technologie supérieure, March 2010 and March 2009, L'hypothèque légale du domaine de la construction.
• Construction insurance: a practical guide to problem solving. Assurances et gestion des risques, vol 75 (1-2) april-july 2007, 201-251.
• Managing General Liability and Property Litigation 1-76, Canadian Institute October 23/24, 2006.

Publications

• "Construction insurance: a practical guide to problem-solving." Insurance and risk management, vol 75 (1-2) april-july 2007, 201-251
• "Insurance and the construction industry" Quebec Bar. Continuing education department. Recent developments in insurance law (2001) 181-220.

I have been a governor member of the Fondation du Barreau since 2018. In addition, I don't hesitate to get involved in my community for various projects.