"When we were looking for a new building, we went and toured one of the spaces Roy had done and we just loved it," says Micheline Whale, who owns and runs 4té inc. along with business partner Viv Nutt. "Roy quickly put us in front of the architect, Christopher Simmonds and the engineers he usually works with. We loved that there was already a team in place that had had success together in the past."

And so this project was unique in that the owners (4té inc.) actually chose their consultants and constructor before they had even found a building. At that time, March 2009, Gansen Lindsay (as they were still known), was operating out of a 3,000 square foot leased office at 150 Isabella, directly opposite the Museum of Nature.

"We held two or three sessions with all our staff to brainstorm together and figure out what our new brand should be," says Whale. "And after all the ideas were presented to our staff, we collectively decided on ‘4té inc.’, which is meant to evoke the word "forté" - strength in what we do - and also to represent the 4 main disciplines we work with; mechanical engineering,