R.M. Bélanger Ltd.

R.M. Bélanger Ltd. is a Canadian construction company headquartered in Chelmsford, Ontario, and commonly operating under the Bélanger Construction name. Founded in 1961, the company has worked on commercial, industrial, institutional, transportation, municipal, and other infrastructure projects, primarily in Ontario. Its work has included university accommodation, cultural facilities, road reconstruction, drainage systems, and other public or institutional construction. The company’s recorded project history includes selection in 2005 to construct a student residence for Laurentian University. In 2018, it received a contract valued at $30 million from the City of Greater Sudbury to build Place des Arts, a 40,000-square-foot francophone arts centre. In 2022, it was awarded a three-year, $27.9 million contract to rebuild part of Algonquin Boulevard in Timmins, including road surfacing and the reconstruction of water and storm-drainage infrastructure. R.M. Bélanger has also been the subject of regulatory and legal proceedings. In 2014, it was fined $200,000 in relation to tax evasion after authorities found that worker wages had been underreported by $1.242 million for the 2008 and 2009 tax years. In 2021, the company received two penalties connected with fatal workplace incidents. One involved a worker killed at a Greater Sudbury golf-course work site; the other followed the 2019 death of a construction worker after a bridge under construction collapsed in Marathon, Ontario. In the latter matter, the company pleaded guilty to failing to take every precaution reasonable under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. In 2022, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission ordered the company to stop using radiation devices, citing deficiencies in its radiation-protection program, management oversight, and personnel qualification and training. Employment figures reported for the company indicate a substantial regional contractor during the late 2000s, with 591 employees in 2008 and 515 in 2009. Ownership is described in available reference material as being held by a member of the Bélanger family, but the specific owner is not identified in the supplied sources. Current operating status, leadership, corporate ownership structure, and an official website could not be verified from the available material.

R.M. Bélanger Ltd. was founded in 1961 and developed as a construction contractor in northeastern Ontario. The business is based in Chelmsford and is also known as Bélanger Construction. Its stated area of activity encompasses commercial, industrial, and institutional infrastructure, while documented projects show a wider civil-construction role involving roads, drainage, public buildings, educational facilities, and municipal works. The company’s scale was notable in the late 2000s. Available figures record 591 employees in 2008 and 515 in 2009. During this period, the company became involved in a tax-evasion case concerning the reporting of employee compensation. Authorities determined that wages totaling $1.242 million had been underreported for the 2008 and 2009 tax years. In 2014, the company was fined $200,000 in connection with the matter. R.M. Bélanger’s project portfolio includes work for major public and institutional clients. In 2005, it was selected to build a student residence for Laurentian University. In 2018, the City of Greater Sudbury awarded the company a $30 million contract for Place des Arts, a 40,000-square-foot francophone arts centre. The project illustrated the company’s participation in large civic and cultural developments as well as conventional building construction. Workplace safety became a significant part of the company’s public record in 2021. In February of that year, R.M. Bélanger was fined $210,000 after a worker died at a Greater Sudbury golf-course work site. In July, it was fined an additional $175,000 in connection with a fatal 2019 incident in Marathon, Ontario, where a bridge under construction collapsed and killed a construction worker. The company pleaded guilty to failing to take every precaution reasonable, in breach of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The company continued to obtain public infrastructure work. In 2022, it received a $27.9 million, three-year contract from the City of Timmins to rebuild part of Algonquin Boulevard. The scope included new road surfacing and reconstruction of water and storm-drainage infrastructure. That same year, however, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission ordered R.M. Bélanger to stop using all radiation devices. The regulator concluded that the company had not implemented a radiation-protection program with adequate management oversight of work practices and sufficient qualification and training for personnel. The available record identifies R.M. Bélanger Ltd. as a privately owned Ontario construction company, reportedly owned by a member of the Bélanger family, but does not identify the individual owner or current executives. It also does not establish the company’s present operating status, current workforce, corporate group relationships, or official website.

• 2022

  Algonquin Boulevard reconstruction contract

  [1]R.M. Bélanger Ltd.en.wikipedia.org

  Timmins awarded the company a $27.9 million, three-year contract for road, water, and storm-drainage reconstruction.

• 2022

  Radiation-device suspension order

  [1]R.M. Bélanger Ltd.en.wikipedia.org

  The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission ordered the company to stop using radiation devices because of radiation-protection program deficiencies.

• 2021

  Two penalties following fatal work-site incidents

  [1]R.M. Bélanger Ltd.en.wikipedia.org

  The company received fines connected with two workplace deaths, including the collapse of a bridge under construction in Marathon.

• 2018

  Place des Arts contract

  [1]R.M. Bélanger Ltd.en.wikipedia.org

  Greater Sudbury awarded R.M. Bélanger a $30 million contract to build the Place des Arts francophone arts centre.

• 2014

  Tax-evasion fine

  [1]R.M. Bélanger Ltd.en.wikipedia.org

  The company was fined $200,000 after underreporting worker wages for the 2008 and 2009 tax years.

• 2005

  Laurentian University student residence

  [1]R.M. Bélanger Ltd.en.wikipedia.org

  The company was selected to construct a student residence for Laurentian University.

• 1961

  Company founded

  [1]R.M. Bélanger Ltd.en.wikipedia.org

  R.M. Bélanger Ltd. was established as a construction company in Ontario.

A regional Ontario general contractor serving public-sector, institutional, commercial, industrial, and municipal infrastructure needs.

• Construction service

  Commercial construction

  R.M. Bélanger provides general contracting and construction services for commercial facilities. The available record does not specify a standardized product range; instead, the company’s offering is project-based and delivered through contracts for buildings and related infrastructure.

• Construction service

  Institutional and cultural construction

  The company undertakes institutional projects such as educational accommodation and public cultural facilities. Its documented Laurentian University residence work and Place des Arts contract indicate experience with large, publicly oriented buildings.

• Infrastructure construction

  Civil and municipal infrastructure

  Civil-construction capabilities documented for the company include roadway reconstruction, water systems, storm drainage, and bridge-related work. The 2022 Algonquin Boulevard contract demonstrates its role in multi-year municipal infrastructure programs.

• 2022

  Radiation-protection compliance order

  The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission prohibited the company from using radiation devices after finding inadequate oversight, work-practice controls, and personnel qualification and training.

  Source

• 2021

  Workplace fatalities and occupational-safety penalties

  The company was fined $210,000 over a fatal Greater Sudbury golf-course incident and $175,000 over a 2019 fatal bridge-collapse incident in Marathon. It pleaded guilty in the latter matter to failing to take every precaution reasonable under Ontario occupational-safety law.

  Source

• 2014

  Tax-evasion conviction and fine

  R.M. Bélanger Ltd. was fined $200,000 after worker wages totaling $1.242 million were found to have been underreported for the 2008 and 2009 tax years.

  Source

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• 2022

  Acceptance of Algonquin Boulevard reconstruction contractStrategy

  Background

  Timmins planned a multi-year reconstruction of roadway and underground municipal infrastructure on Algonquin Boulevard.

  Action taken

  The company took on a $27.9 million, three-year contract covering road surfacing, water infrastructure, and storm drainage.

  Aftermath

  The award reinforced the company’s participation in substantial municipal civil-infrastructure projects.

  Contract value. $27.9 million (2022; three-year contract)

  Source

• 2022

  Radiation-device use suspended by regulatorOther

  Background

  The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission assessed the company’s radiation-safety controls and identified shortcomings in oversight and worker qualifications.

  Action taken

  The regulator ordered R.M. Bélanger to stop using all radiation devices.

  Aftermath

  The order placed the company’s radiation-related work under a regulatory restriction until the cited program deficiencies could be addressed.

  Source

• 2018

  Acceptance of Place des Arts construction contractOther

  Background

  Greater Sudbury commissioned a major francophone arts centre requiring a large institutional construction program.

  Action taken

  R.M. Bélanger accepted a $30 million contract to construct the 40,000-square-foot Place des Arts facility.

  Aftermath

  The project expanded the company’s documented portfolio of civic and cultural infrastructure work.

  Contract value. $30 million (2018)

  Source

• 2022

  R.M. Bélanger Ltd. receives Algonquin Boulevard reconstruction contract[1]R.M. Bélanger Ltd.en.wikipedia.org

  Other

  The City of Timmins awarded the company a three-year contract to reconstruct part of Algonquin Boulevard, including roadway, water, and storm-drainage work.

1. 1R.M. Bélanger Ltd.en.wikipedia.org