Posted on 8/24/2015
Aug. 24, 2015 - MAADI Group, Inc., Engineering Design and Build firm of Boucherville, Québec, Canada has supplied the Port of Sept-Îles, Québec, with two Make-A-Bridge® (MAB) aluminum pedestrian bridges that form the main entryway into one of the Port’s administration buildings (Photo Courtesy of the Port of Sept-Iles). The building lobby is home to the iconic Hermel boat, which Mylène Paquette rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean, 1,300 kilometers from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Lorient, France in 2013. The two MAB footbridges, 20 feet and 26 feet long, enable full access to the Port’s very popular exhibit. Each Make-A-Bridge® features: mill-finish corrosion-free aluminum; clear width of .9 meters (2.95ft) and height of 1067mm (42in); and live load capacity of 4.8kPa (100lb/pi2). The Make-A-Bridge® structures allow access by all Port of Sept-Îles patrons and visitors, including those with disabilities.
Paquette’s 7.3-meter-long fiberglass row boat is permanently displayed in the lobby of one of the Port’s administration buildings to enhance the Port’s prominence as a Tourism hub, where everyone from cruise ship passengers and vacationer travelers to local visitors and school children will enjoy seeing the boat up close. The Make-A-Bridge® pedestrian bridges ensure tha...