Testimonials
York Street
Our journey with York really began years ago as we were drawn to Prince Edward County for its beaches, good food, vineyards, and cool hangouts. We eventually decided to move there and started the search for a desirable property. When we came upon the York Street house, we thought we knew what we wanted to do with it, but we did not. It wasn’t until David shared his vision of York with us that we understood the full potential of the place.
Since this was a 150 year old house, we needed an experienced set of eyes to recognize the potential pitfalls and reveal the latent possibilities of the space. David’s artistic design insights, creativity, work ethic, penchant for detail, and “hands-on“ understanding of construction and engineering possibilities was a God-sent.
I still treasure the sketches David did on the spot during his numerous visits to the house as these spontaneous drawings remind me of the evolution of the project and of the love, creativity, and dedication that went into it.
It was truly a marvelous experience to see how David approached the work applying intuition and artistic inspiration without losing sight of budgets and practical construction requirements. He left no detail to chance and displayed his impressive managerial skills scheduling needed tasks, supervising trades, and organizing the purchase and delivery of needed materials with remarkable efficiency.
His dedication, skills and passion are imprinted in the end result, which is a one of a kind, breathtaking home that defies the dominant McMansion mentality, celebrating the history, uniqueness and radical potential of the space.
Warm Regards,
John McCubbin
NAV CANADA FA/FP - Thanks
Guillaume, Anouk
Dear David,
As you are almost done travelling across the country and training our technologists I wanted to take the time to thank AliRocks/you and your team for
- Performing a review of our equipment and tasks and providing cost effective and practical solutions aligned with best practices which reduced our liability AND appealed tremendously to our workforce.
- Designing a customized training from which I have heard nothing but praise for the course, you and your team knowledge and genuine interest in training and in safety;
- Contributing to our new national FA/FP Policy which has improved greatly our FA/FP work procedures/safety while exceeding all legal requirements.
It has truly been a pleasure working with you as when you receive feedback from both management and employees such as “best FA/FP of my career” or “wish to thank you for you proactive approach to safety” and “this is the first company I have worked with that took that stance in regards to employee safety and I am extremely grateful” collaboration is fueled and the changes required happen with all stakeholders on-board.
This goes a long way towards safety!
Anouk Guillaume
National Manager, Environmental & OSH Compliance
NAV CANADA
Teatro Nacional Cervantes
Dear David,
It is my pleasure to get in touch with you again. Your stay in Buenos Aires has been very pleasant at a personal level and extremely useful at the professional level not just to me but to our institution.
I want to reiterate my gratitude as well as that of our technical managers, and all the specialized personnel, for your invaluable theoretical and practical contributions to the areas of Temporary and Permanent Fall Arrest systems now in place in the Teatro Nacional Cervantes and, in particular, concerning the use and adoption of new technologies and safety/efficiency standards. Our gratitude however, goes beyond the professional and extends into the personal. You have made here a myriad of friends that await the opportunity to meet you again and continue learning from you.
Allow me to take advantage of this opportunity as well, to comment on the repercussion of the seminar "Aerial Safety Systems in Modern Theatrical Spaces" you gave in our Orestes Caviglia Hall. We receive new and positive comments about it every day, and perhaps most importantly, proposals for future seminars. I have no doubt one day we'll be able to make some of them real.
Once again, your contribution has been invaluable and your personal appeal and didactic clarity a true pleasure.
Hoping to see you again soon around here, sincerely yours,
Luis Mazas
Área de Extensión
Cultural Teatro Nacional Cervantes
Carbon Art & Design
Having worked with David in several different capacities over the years, it has been a pleasure to develop both a deep professional and personal relationship with him over that time. David brings a fascinating and rare combination of deep practical experience, refined aesthetic understanding, reliable gut instinct, and true sensitivity to the nature of each project that he commits himself to.
Harcourt is in possession of both a rigorous practical organizational mindset, and the intuitional poetic sensibility of a true artist. A rare combination indeed, in a world that often favours one over the other with predictably uninspired or chaotic consequences.
His ability to dig down to the core of his clients needs and navigate the best path to realizing their vision while honouring the history and materiality of the sites he develops, as well as his commitment to best practices in ecological impact, safety, and project management, informs and elevates each and every job he takes on for his clients and produces exceptional results.
Hri Neil
Director/Curator
Carbon Art & Design