{"id":817119,"date":"2026-07-21T20:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817119\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:55:10","slug":"lemire-35-years-of-moving-higher-in-the-structural-steel-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817119\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemire: 35 years of moving higher in the structural steel industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Eric Lemire, a passion for the iron trade ignited early. When his previous employer closed its structural steel division in 1991, Eric and his partner, Sylvie Lemire, saw an opportunity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Armed with ambition and determination, they founded Lemire Inc<\/a>., a company that, alongside its talented team, has spent the last three decades shaping some of Ottawa\u2019s most recognizable landmarks.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking at the landscape we have helped build, it\u2019s incredible to see what we have accomplished over the last 35 years. Our proudest achievement is the growth of our team,\u201d says Eric.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Forging a reputation through hard economic times<\/p>\n

The early 1990s brought economic hardship, scarce contracts and fierce competition. At that time the company took on any job available, focusing relentlessly on building a trusted reputation for quality, speed and reliability.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose were tough, lean years,\u201d notes Sylvie, whose finance background proved invaluable as Lemire grew.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t long, however, until business picked up. To meet rapidly growing demand, Lemire signed a union agreement in 1995 with the Ironworkers Local 765. The company had just secured its first big project to install miscellaneous steel at the Corel Center, and not long after landed another contract to install temporary structural steel around the Peace Tower at Parliament Hill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since then, Lemire\u2019s mantra has remained clear: The company is \u201cDetermined to move higher.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mastering diversified projects, tight schedules and innovation<\/p>\n

As the business grew, Lemire\u2019s diverse and innovative teams enabled them to take on multiple complex projects, such as large scale distribution centers, prefabricated Murox buildings, Novum Wall systems, and ornamental projects while keeping safety at the forefront. It has been entrusted with historical buildings including the Peace Tower, Library of Parliament, East Block and West Block on Parliament, the Canadian Museum of Nature, and the Bank of Canada Building. More recently, it has been involved in the current Centre Block renovations on Parliament Hill \u2013 one of Lemire\u2019s biggest accomplishments in the National Capital Region.<\/p>\n

The trust Lemire has cultivated with clients and general contractors has enabled it to execute other great projects<\/a> such as Amazon distribution centers, the Shaw Center\u2019s massive glass facade, the National Arts Centre, Lansdowne Park, \u0100dis\u014dke Ottawa Public Library, and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa.<\/p>\n

\"AdisokeAdisoke Ottawa Public Library \u2013 Interior view of the complex steel stairs installation.
\nPlanning for the future with refreshed leadership<\/p>\n

Thirty-five years in business brings both reflection and transition as the company plans for the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Eric and Sylvie transition the company\u2019s operations to the next generation, they continue to provide management and mentorship where required, while M\u00e9lissa Lemire oversees day-to-day operations as general manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy modernizing our core operations and leveraging technologies, I look forward to empowering our team at Lemire to take on new complex projects that drive innovation,\u201d says M\u00e9lissa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With new leadership in place, Lemire\u2019s long-term plan remains straightforward. The company is locked in on executing major structural projects, and determined to move higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Eric Lemire, a passion for the iron trade ignited early. When his previous employer closed its structural…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-817119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}