// ON THE RECORD
IRC Building Sciences Group, A Rimkus Company
Canadian engineering and building-sciences consulting firm specialising in the assessment, design, remediation, and quality observation of roofing, building envelope, structural, and pavement systems — with more than 35 years of experience and offices across Canada. Today it operates as the Canadian building-sciences practice within Rimkus.
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// CLIPS FROM IRC Building Sciences Group, A Rimkus Company
“certainly in the in the halifax market specifically we've got exponential growth in development”
“it's a lot of things to balance you always have to be aware that as a manufacturer”
“realistically in the maritimes we get what eight to twelve good construction weeks a year”
“this matterport camera and what it does it takes a 3d render of your building”
“i did one in halifax the building it's now called the crane building where the crane fell”
“there's conflict on site whenever you're an installer and someone's coming by checking your work”
“we're in a cold climate here so we typically would have a vapor barrier then some insulation”
// LESSONS FROM IRC Building Sciences Group, A Rimkus Company
Justify premium materials by quantifying the labor they eliminate, not just the product cost — if you can show the expensive membrane saves two layers of install, contractors will buy in.
Do a thermal (IR) scan before speccing any roof replacement — pinpointing wet sections lets you recap only the damaged 10-20% and save the building owner substantial cost and material.
In a supply-constrained market, check manufacturer lead times and contractor availability before writing the spec — then design around what's actually obtainable.
Labor shortage is a product-design signal: Soprema created laminated Smart Board panels specifically because fewer skilled hands meant quality-control problems on-site.
Vertical integration of essential components gives a manufacturer supply-chain control that competitors lack — acquiring upstream suppliers is a deliberate strategy, not just M&A.
A building sciences firm going 'on site before specking it out' — doing core tests, thermal scans, and leak investigations first — earns the trust of building owners who don't know where to start.
// ON THE RECORD WITH
SOPREMA Canada Inc.
Works with
Collaborated on recap projects including one in Newfoundland; share preferred-contractor lists; joint market approach during 2021 supply crunch
Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.
Member of
Rimkus acquired IRC; provides access to specialist forensic engineering expertise across North America
Atlantic Canada building owners
Supplies
Provides roof condition assessments, thermal scans, QA observations, Matterport 3D documentation, and drone envelope inspections
// KEY PEOPLE
// NOTABLE
Current Nova Scotia office: 2 Ralston Avenue, Suite 100, Dartmouth, NS B3B 1H7 (tel +1 902 695 5549 / toll-free +1 888 607 5245) — listed on Rimkus' first-party locations page.
SOURCE ▸New Brunswick presence: Rimkus Consulting Group Canada Inc. (IRC Building Sciences Group) is listed by the New Brunswick Roofing Contractors Association at 1010 Fairville Blvd., Saint John, NB E2M 5T5 (tel 506 652-7003), managing over 110 million sq ft of roof nationally.
SOURCE ▸Rimkus' Built Environment Solutions division (the unit IRC now sits within) offers building envelope, condominium consulting, construction advisory, energy and resilience, mechanical/electrical, pavement, real estate due diligence, restoration design, and structural engineering services.
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