Pan-Canadian Strategic Advisory • Bilingual Service Delivery

Protect the Asset.
Maximize the Yield.

Strategic advisory and financial stewardship for heritage rehabilitation, institutional capital projects, and security-classified facilities. We serve as the owner's fiduciary representative - from Treasury Board submission through to final commissioning.

Jurisdiction
Pan-Canadian (EN/FR)
Domain
Heritage • Institutional • Security
Model
Owner's Representative
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Domain Authority

Where We Operate

Our advisory practice spans four domains - each governed by the same fiduciary standard and financial discipline.

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Heritage Rehabilitation

FHBRO • NCC • Conservation

Cost management and owner representation for designated heritage buildings. We navigate FHBRO classification, heritage masonry protocols, and the tension between conservation standards and contemporary performance.

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Institutional Capital

Treasury Board • PSPC • Crown

Financial stewardship for federal and institutional capital programs. Progressive estimate refinement from Class D through Class A, with full Treasury Board compliance and independent audit integration.

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Security-Classified

DCC • DND • Classified Facilities

Cost validation and change order defense on security-classified construction programs. We support general contractors navigating the unique financial controls of SECRET and TOP SECRET environments.

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High-Value Residential

Boutique • ARIDO-Level • Turnkey

Full-spectrum owner representation for discerning private clients. White Glove site protocols, open-book financial transparency, and zero-surprise execution from foundation to final clean.

Capabilities

Financial Stewardship
at Institutional Scale

We bring the same zero-variance discipline to a $200M federal heritage rehabilitation as we do to a high-value residential build. The scale changes. The standard does not.

Financial Controls

The Iron Bank
Progressive Cost Estimation
Class D through Class A estimate refinement. CSI MasterFormat division structure. Independent audit integration at every gate.
Variance Tracking & Reporting
Committed vs. Actual, every deviation isolated and explained. Weekly dossier format with Change Log and movement narrative.
Change Order Defense
Full lifecycle management - identification, pricing, approval, budget integration. Every change documented contemporaneously.
Payment Certification
Invoice validation against contract terms. Progressive draw management. Holdback compliance by jurisdiction.

Strategic Advisory

The Steward's Counsel
Procurement Strategy
Federal procurement intelligence. Bid/no-bid assessment. National Security Exception analysis. Buy Canadian compliance.
Contract Analysis & Negotiation
CCDC and custom contract review. Clause-by-clause risk assessment. Strategic negotiation with data-driven positioning.
Heritage & Conservation
Cost management bridging conservation standards and contemporary building science. Heritage premium isolation for audit transparency.
Dispute Resolution
Evidence-based dispute preparation. The contract, the ledger, the contemporaneous record. Mise en demeure and formal notices.
Bilingual Capability
Native bilingual service delivery (English & French) across all engagements. Federal official languages compliance. National Capital Region advisory with full jurisdictional fluency - Québec civil law and Ontario common law.
Operational Discipline

Three Voices.
One Standard.

Every engagement is governed by three immutable operational disciplines - the voices that protect your capital, your timeline, and your position.

01

The Steward

Strategic Advisory

Measured, diplomatic, and protective. Speaks the language of institutional finance - CapEx, OpEx, ROI, variance. Every recommendation data-driven. Every position defensible under independent audit.

02

The Controller

Financial Oversight

The ruthless auditor. Budgets, change orders, payments, cost control. Variance is the enemy. Every dollar tracked, every deviation explained, every anomaly resolved before payment release.

03

The Diplomat

Dispute Resolution

The "Velvet Hammer" - soft words, hard facts. Cites the contract, the ledger, and the law. Firm but polite. Every conflict resolved with precision, never with ego.

Portfolio Evidence

Execution Standards,
Not Promises

Our protocols are field-tested disciplines that protect vulnerable materials, enforce financial transparency, and deliver to specification.

Residential Portfolio
The Sanctuary Concept Quiet Luxury • White Glove Protocol
ARIDO-level residential • Living finishes • Open-book model
Unlacquered brass • Natural stone • Custom plaster
Model
Turnkey - Open Book
Standard
White Glove Protocols
Financial Control
Weekly Variance Dossier
Change Orders
Signed COR Before Work

Bridging the gap between "Turnkey Design" and "Site Reality" - executing vulnerable living finishes with material-specific protocols that protect the client's investment from rough-in through final clean. The same financial discipline we apply to institutional capital programs, scaled to the residential context.

The Boxed Protocol

All finish hardware inspected on delivery, re-boxed until Final Clean. Zero tolerance for site damage.

Atmospheric Control

Humidity monitoring 48 hours before millwork delivery. Face-frame cabinetry protected from checking and warping.

Point Zero Benchmark

Universal Level Line by rotary laser before framing. All trades reference the single truth, not the rough subfloor.

Heritage Capability

Conservation Discipline,
Costed and Defended

Heritage rehabilitation answers to a different rulebook than new construction. Conservation hierarchy governs every decision, regulatory review runs in parallel layers, and concealed conditions are a probability, not a surprise. We bring owner-side financial stewardship to that reality, holding scope and cost to the standard the asset's heritage value demands.

Conservation-First Costing

Repair in kind before replacement. Repointing over rebuild. Lime-based mortar matched to the original, not Portland cement that cracks the very stone it is meant to protect. Material compatibility is a cost driver, and it is defensible line by line.

Regulatory Layering

FHBRO review, provincial designation, NCC design approval in the Capital Region, and the municipal permit, often running at once. Each layer adds review time and specialist consultants. We price the approvals into the program rather than discovering them mid-build.

The Contingency Doctrine

On a heritage asset you discover what you are working with, you do not design it. Structural surprises sit behind every wall opening. A 15 to 25 percent design contingency is standard practice, not padding. Underfund it and the change-order program absorbs the difference.

Reversibility Provisioning

Conservation standards require interventions a future generation can undo without harming the original fabric. Compatible materials, reversible fastening, access for future work. We cost for the next rehabilitation, not this one alone.

Current Engagement
Heritage coursed-stone Victorian residence under rehabilitation, Outaouais
Stone Victorian Rehabilitation Outaouais • Mid-19th Century
Role
Owner's Representative
Asset Era
Mid-19th Century
Discipline
Conservation-Hierarchy Triage
Control
Independent Scope & Cost Oversight
Heritage Regime
Municipal site-planning and architectural-integration controls (PIIA), MRC d'Argenteuil

A coursed-stone Victorian residence under renovation in the Outaouais. Our role is owner-side advisory across the rehabilitation: triaging masonry and mortar repair against the conservation hierarchy, protecting original wood-sash glazing, and sequencing the building envelope so the work respects the structure's original moisture behaviour. Scope and cost held independent of the execution team, accountable to the asset.

Heritage Capability
Italianate cut-stone township hall with octagonal cupola, Eastern Ontario heritage rehabilitation
Township Hall Exterior Rehabilitation Eastern Ontario • 1875
Role
Scope & Cost Advisory
Asset Era
1875, Italianate Cut-Stone
Discipline
Cupola & Roof Conservation
Control
Independent Scope Validation
Heritage Regime
Nationally designated heritage site; provincial heritage protection

A nationally significant Italianate township hall in cut limestone, undergoing exterior rehabilitation. Our role is scope and cost advisory: validating the conservation approach across cupola frame and louver rectification, heritage-profile steel roofing with deck-repair allowances, masonry repointing, and sash-window restoration. Scope and cost held to recognized conservation standards, independent of the execution team.

Philosophy

The Fiduciary Standard

Never guess. Always cite the contract, the ledger, or the law. Every claim backed by evidence. Every variance explained.
I

Open Book

Full transparency on every dollar. Committed vs. Actual - explained, not hidden.

II

Zero Variance

Deviation is the enemy of trust. Every movement tracked, every anomaly resolved.

III

Contract First

The contract governs. Not memory, not verbal agreements, not handshakes.

IV

Protect the Asset

Your investment is the mission. Every protocol, every decision serves that singular objective.

Principal

The Steward Behind
the Standard

Luc Simard - Principal, LSPP Solutions

Luc Simard

Founder & Principal - LSPP Solutions

Luc Simard founded LSPP Solutions to provide independent financial stewardship and strategic advisory for clients who demand institutional-grade oversight of their most significant capital investments. His practice bridges the disciplines of construction management, contract negotiation, and fiduciary cost control - with particular depth in heritage rehabilitation and federal institutional projects.

A native bilingual professional based in the National Capital Region, Luc brings cross-jurisdictional fluency spanning Québec civil law and Ontario common law, federal procurement frameworks, and Treasury Board compliance requirements. His advisory model positions LSPP as the owner's fiduciary representative - independent of the execution team, accountable solely to the asset.

Base
National Capital Region
Wakefield, Québec
Languages
English • Français
Native Bilingual
Jurisdiction
Pan-Canadian
QC Civil • ON Common Law
Domain
Heritage • Institutional
Security-Classified
Engagement Model

Consortium-Ready
Advisory Structure

LSPP Solutions operates as the financial stewardship and strategic advisory layer within consortium structures for large-scale capital programs. We do not compete with our general contractor partners for execution scope. We complement them.

Our model positions LSPP as the owner's fiduciary representative - providing independent cost validation, change order defense, variance tracking, and procurement strategy while our partners execute the work. This division of labour eliminates the conflict of interest inherent in self-managed construction budgets.

For federal programs, we bring native bilingual capability, Treasury Board submission support, and cross-jurisdictional fluency (Québec civil law, Ontario common law) to consortium bids that require demonstrated financial governance.

What We Bring to the Table

Independent Financial Stewardship - Cost validation, variance tracking, and payment certification independent of the execution team
Progressive Estimate Refinement - Class D through Class A, CSI MasterFormat, audit-ready at every gate
Change Order Defense - Contemporaneous documentation, entitlement analysis, and claim management
Procurement Intelligence - Federal procurement strategy, NSE analysis, Buy Canadian compliance, Indigenous procurement targets
Bilingual Service Delivery - Native EN/FR, federal official languages compliance, NCR jurisdictional fluency
Heritage Cost Management - FHBRO-classified buildings, conservation vs. performance, heritage premium isolation
Perspectives

The Steward's Brief

Field intelligence, financial protocols, and strategic commentary from the intersection of heritage rehabilitation, institutional capital, and federal procurement.

Federal Procurement

Federal Construction Procurement: A Field Guide for Owners and GCs

Most owners and most general contractors lose ground at the same point in federal construction: the procurement map. Three Crowns, three contract dialects, three sets of qualification gates. A decision-tree walkthrough for firms who want to read the map before entering the territory.

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Heritage & Conservation

2,500 Years of Deferred Maintenance: What Athens Teaches the Modern Capital Steward

The Parthenon's restoration has run continuously since 1975. The Acropolis stones bear stainless steel anchors and modern conduit. Heritage rehabilitation is not romantic: it is unforgiving arithmetic. Five principles that travel from Athens to Parliament Hill.

May 2026 Read →
Owner Representation

What an Owner's Representative Actually Does (And Why You Need One)

The gap between project management and financial stewardship costs owners thousands. Here's what independent oversight actually looks like.

April 2026 Read →
Financial Architecture

The Three Tab Doctrine: How Cost-Plus Books Should Be Structured

Three separate ledgers serving three different questions. The architecture every owner should demand, and the diagnostic that reveals which contractors have it.

May 2026 Read →
Field Guide

Reading a Draw Request: A Field Guide for Owners

Five things to verify before you sign a cheque. The thirty-minute discipline that catches the errors no one else will find.

May 2026 Read →
Jurisdictional Compliance

The Holdback Trap: Quebec & Ontario Rules Owners Don't Know

Holdback is statutory protection, not a courtesy. The rules differ between provinces, and most projects mishandle them.

May 2026 Read →
Contract Strategy

Cost-Plus or Stipulated Sum: Choosing the Right Contract

An honest comparison, including the management fee question most contractor-side material avoids.

June 2026 Read →
Forecast Integrity

Why Most Custom Build Budgets Fail at 80%

The forecasting flaw owners and architects rarely see coming. Why percent-complete reporting distorts, and the alternative.

June 2026 Read →
Working Tool

The Audit-Ready Build: A 12-Point Owner's Checklist

The conditions a competent owner's representative would verify on any custom build. Twelve structural points, with verify, good, failure, and escalate guidance.

July 2026 Read →
Federal / Bilingual

Modified Design-Build: Where the Owner's Risk Actually Sits

The design obligation shifts to the contractor. The capital exposure does not leave the owner. Where risk transfers, where it only appears to, and the three questions that separate a defensible procurement from a surprised one.

June 2026 Read →
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Principal
Luc Simard
Direct
(613) 292-3552
Email
Luc@lsppsolutions.ca
Entity
3766390 Canada Inc.
Operating as LSPP Solutions
Location
National Capital Region
Wakefield, Québec
Service Area
Pan-Canadian • All Jurisdictions
Languages
English • Français

Your capital program
deserves institutional-grade
financial governance.

Whether you are planning a heritage rehabilitation, managing a security-classified facility program, or require independent financial stewardship for a complex capital project - we bring the discipline your investment demands.

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