Gilles Marceau Building

Momentum supported the team led by BBBL on behalf of Public Services and Procurement Canada to undertake a regulatory review of the Gilles-Marceau building in Saguenay, where the Revenue Agency offices are located. Part of the review included an assessment of fire evacuation scenarios, which was conducted using Momentum’s innovative dynamic microsimulation modelling tools.

Momentum collaborated with the client and the design team to determine three realistic fire scenarios that would impact the movement of people evacuating the Gilles-Marceau building. These scenarios, along with a baseline scenario of evacuation without a specific fire location, were modelled using the Legion SpaceWorks software and were based on the worst-case occupancy of the building, when the two employee shifts overlap. The evacuation time was calculated and compared to regulatory standards and guidance from the US and Europe to assess the building’s performance and identify any necessary changes to the building layout to reduce evacuation times.