Les Boisés Vanier serve as intermediate resources for people with loss of physical independence as well as home for independent seniors and semi-autonomous. The resort offers 204 areas of life in addition to duties related to maintaining a center of this kind. Thus, common areas, cafeteria, laundry, lounge, rest room, infirmary are present to ensure all required services. In addition to these functions, a kitchen, serving up to 350 people, a pharmacy and a medical room are present. The project in two phases has a total floor area of 6,000 square meters. The new five-storey structure consists of a light steel structure based on superficial reinforced concrete foundations. The use of a light structure resulted in very significant savings in costs and allowed the use of conventional foundations on soils average skills.