Paul-Aim̩ Sauriol (3 September 1931 РSeptember 22, 2010) was a Canadian engineer and business executive.
Life and career
Sauriol was born in
Laval
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People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
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,
Quebec, Canada, the son of a farmer. He graduated with a degree in civil engineering from the
École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1955. Two years later, he founded the engineering firm Desjardins + Sauriol, which is now known as
Dessau
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, alongside business partner Jean-Claude Desjardins. Today, what once began as a two-man engineering consultancy employs 4,800 people and is one of the largest engineering-construction companies in
Canada.
Sauriol was the recipient of several notable awards, including the 1997 Josef-Hode-Keyser Award for his contributions to
Quebec's transportation sector, and the 1998 Dunamis Award for his contributions to the City of
Laval
Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of:
People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
Places Belgium
* Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...
's economic development.
/ref> In 2004, Sauriol received the Jean-Jacques Archambault Award, the most prestigious award in Quebec's electrical industry.
References
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1931 births
2010 deaths
Canadian civil engineers
Businesspeople from Quebec
People from Laval, Quebec
Université de Montréal alumni
Deaths from cancer in Quebec