Moreover, according to given specific needs of mandates and considering the achieved purposes, we are able to adjoin us different specialists in complementary fields such as: 

• Accountant / Tax Agent
• Town Planner
• Land Surveyor
• Forestry Expert
• Agricultural Engineer
• Geologist
• Database Expert
• Lawyer
• Negotiator

Education

Graduated in 1987, B.A. in Business Administration, majoring in real estate business from University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), Mr. Fabien Prud'Homme works in the field of the evaluation and the consultation in general since 1986.

President of the office since 1997, he profits from a vast experiment in the field of commercial and industrial appraisal as well as in the field of assessment tax appeal, expropriation and testimony in front of various provincial and federal courts and tribunals. 

Professional Experience

1997 to Date
Prud'Homme, Mercier & Associates
President & Chartered Appraiser

This firm counts more than 69 years of experience in the field of real estate valuation, which includes market value for purchase, for sale, for financing, for expropriation, for municipal tax valuation, for insurance value and for machinery and équipment value; property and school tax management, in tax audition and in leases on all the canadian territory.

1991 - 1997
Corporation Immobilière FPH
President & Chartered Appraiser

This firm has roughly the same expertise than Prud'Homme, Mercier & Associates.  It is in 1997 that the fusion was made between the two entities.

1988 - 1991
Poisson, Bazinet & Associates
Chartered Appraiser

Previous form of the actual firm, but naturally, the same expertise than Prud'Homme, Mercier & Associates.

1987 - 1988
Thérien, Dansereau, Courcelles & Associates
Student Appraiser

1986 - 1987
Dufresne & Houlé Inc.
Student Appraiser

Associations & Professionnal Corporations

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 Jules Mercier, C.App, F.Adm.A.
 

 Education

1984 - Baccalaureate in administration – BAA
University of Quebec
BAA - Business Administration

1976 - Diploma Etudes Collegial in Sciences –  DEC
CEGEP du Vieux-Montréal
Diploma Etudes Collegial in Sciences

Professionnal Experience

2009 to Date
Prud'Homme, Mercier & Associates
Senior Consultant

As a member of a senior appraiser team Jules Mercier is assisting and offering to the clientele a variety of professional services including appraisal, assessment and taxation works; negotiation, arbitration, litigation, expropriation, advisory, due diligence services to major industrial, commercial, public and multi-residential property owners; lease audit, tax audit and occupancy cost reviews.  "Prud'Homme, Mercier & Associates" also provides insurance values, machinery/equipment values to their clientele. "Prud'Homme, Mercier & Associates" has been constantly providing quality and professional services to his clientele for more than 69 years.

2004 – 2009
AEC International
Director, Quebec and Atlantic Regions

Member of the senior management team of this nationally recognised assessment and property tax consulting firm.  AEC International provides a variety of services to assist taxpayers, including assessment review, negotiation, arbitration, expropriation and litigation services to major industrial, commercial and multi-residential property; tax audit and management services; appraisal services for both real property and machinery/equipment; site feasibility analysis; and lease administration and occupancy cost reviews.

1999 – 2004
City of Montreal – DEFVM
Deputy Chief Commercial Division

Administrator of the Commercial Division, a unit of approximately 100 employees.  Main responsibilities included co-ordinating, managing and controlling all activities related to the valuation and defence of real estate and rental values totalling more than 60 billion dollars of taxable assets.  Major achievements include administering the deposit of the two 3-year assessment roll for 2001 and 2004; improving quality control of employees work; pre-return of roll and conducting meetings with taxpayers involving files from $5M to $500M; overall supervision of 2001 Commercial Division Moving; expert representing the City of Montreal in various municipal, provincial and national committees.

1993 – 1999
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (RCGT)
Manager

Responsibilities included account perception, budget preparation, contract negotiations and marketing and quality control. Member of team responsible for obtaining ISO 9001 and 9002 standards in 1999.

Professional services provided by Jules Mercier within Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton included appraisal, assessment and taxation works; negotiation, arbitration, litigation, advisory, due diligence, lease audit, tax audit services to major industrial, commercial, public and multi-residential property owners; First Nation Land Claim for Algonquin and Huron Nations in the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario; Real Estate portfolio analysis and review (buying, selling, refinancing, consolidating) for major pension funds and foreign companies.

1990 – 1993
American Appraisal Canada Inc.
Manager,  Eastern  Canada 

In charge of marketing real estate services as well as quality control of all real estate appraisals produced by the Montreal Office.  Professional services rendered by Jules Mercier included appraisal and  assessment works; negotiation, arbitration, litigation, advisory, lease audit services to major industrial, commercial, public and multi-residential property owners across North America and Europe.

1985-1990
Société Martel & Dion Ltd.
Director & Associate

Responsible for real estate division, human resources and operations.  Major involvement in increasing sales from $750,000 to $1,800,000 within a 3-year time frame. Professional services rendered by Jules Mercier included appraisal and  assessment works; negotiation, arbitration, litigation, advisory, lease audit services to major industrial, commercial, public and multi-residential property owners including a large number of gas bar and service station across Quebec and Ontario.  

1980 –1985
Compagnie d’Evaluation Metropolitaine Ltd.
Chartered Appraiser

Responsible for valuation of real estate assets to be returned to previous owners surrounding Montreal’s Mirabel Airport.  Conducted negotiations with property owners re damages resulting from UFFI insulation. Handled tax appeals involving railways.

1976 – 1980
Roger Chouinard & Associates
Technician & Student Appraiser

Participated in the creation of one of the first real estate databanks – SIMI INFO and managed team to collect various land registry data.  Professional services rendered included appraisal for mortgage purposes (residential and commercial) works and expropriation services provided to residential and commercial property owners.

Member of: 

• Appraisal Institute of Canada - A.A.C.I (1990-2003)
• Quebec Municipal Assessor Association (AÉMQ) (2001 to Date)
• CPTA – Canadian Property Tax Association (2004 to Date)

Quebec Professional Order of Chartered Appraiser 

• Exam and Admittance Committee (1990-1993)
• Writer and Reviewer – É.A. Title Exam (1994-1996 & 1998-2000)
• Writer and Teacher – Market Data Approach Course (1999-2002 & 2003-2005)
• Mentor for candidate appraiser (1994 to Date)

Real Estate Committees

2002 and 2003. Member of a committee having to prepare and present a new guideline related to the appraisal of major industrial properties and single purpose properties in the Province of Quebec under the aegis of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. 

2002 2004.  Member of a workgroup which prepared and presented a manual of standards and methodologies for the appraiser appraising properties belonging to the Hydro Quebec. 

2003 – 2004.  Sitting on a committee, reviewing the Appraisal Best Practices across Canada to be used when appraising properties belonging to the Federal Government and for which the government pays an in-lieu of taxes. This project is still in progress.

2008 to present. Member of a committee under the guidance of  the Quebec Professional Order of Chartered Appraiser jointly with the Appraisal Institute of Canada, reviewing international and national appraisal standards.

2009 to present. Under the aegis of Ministry of Municipal Affairs member of a committee analysing and determining how to apply and estimate external obsolescence for Special Purpose Industrial properties within Mass Appraisal Process across  Province of Quebec. 

Associations & Professional Corporations 

Quebec Professional Order of Chartered Administrators – F.Adm.A.  (1990 to Date) 

Board of Directors (1993-2002) 

Executive Committee (1999-2001)

Presidencies:

Real Estate Sector (1993-1995)  

Administrative Structure Committee (1997-1999)  

Management Control Workgroup - Governance (1999-2004) 

Coordination Committee of Professional Cases (1993-1994) 

Competence Chart Committee (2002) 

Strategic Planning Workgroup – Three-Year Plan (2003) 

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Roger Sénécal, liaison agent

Member of the team since 1992 and specialist of energy transportation area, Mr. Senécal has been involved since 1974 in all stages of acquisition of right of ways, mainly for the implantation of all types of pipelines.

Mr. Senécal has participated in numerous projects for major companies such as Interprovincial Pipe Line (I.P.L.), Bechtel, Trans-Québec & Maritimes (T.Q.M.), Tecsult, Trans Canada Pipe Line (T.C.P.L.), Gaz Inter-Cité, Trans-Northern Pipelines Inc. (T.N.P.I.) and Brookfield Renewable Power.

Started as Negotiation Agent, he has quickly been appointed to Project Administrator and Specialized Staff Manager while ensuring coordination and close liaison between the many intervenors such as Project Managers, General Contractors, Land Surveyors, Environmentalists, Agronomists, Assessors , Lawyers, Notaries, etc.

Having an extensive knowledge of all aspects of energy transportation, from identification of potential corridors to the repairing of lands after construction works, Mr. Senécal has proven to be a privileged intervenor with municipal and other government authorities.  Moreover, he has shown extensive knowledge toward mandates and procedures of various groups or specialized commissions such as Union des Producteurs Agricoles (U.P.A.) and the Commission de Protection du Territoire Agricole du Québec (C.P.T.A.Q.). 

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