Laravel SQL Server: SQLSTATE[HY000]: [unixODBC][Microsoft][ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server]Protocol error in TDS stream

I am attempting to run a raw SQL query from a remote server. At this point I am unaware of what SQL Server version this is running on, but believe it to be 2008. I am attempting to connect using Laravel 5.5. I just want a positive connection at this point. Can anyone direct me as to what the issue may be?

I have also tried putting DB::raw after 'select' in the string. Here is my query string:

public function index()
{
    $query = DB::connection('sqlsrv')->select('
        SELECT "tProject"."ProjectName", "tProject"."CreatedDate", "tProject"."ProjectNumber", "tProjectEstByItem"."Qty", "tService"."ServiceCode", "tService"."Description", "tProjectItemRollup"."HoursApproved", "tProjectItemRollup"."Hours", "tProjectEstByItem"."Gross", "tProjectStatus"."ProjectStatus", "vw_flat_Project_Properties"."ClientPO", "tProjectEstByItem"."COGross", "tProjectEstByItem"."COQty", "tProject"."EstExpenses", "tProject"."EstLabor", "tProject"."ApprovedCOExpense" 
        FROM   (((("Workamajig"."dbo"."tProject" "tProject" 
        INNER JOIN "Workamajig"."dbo"."tProjectItemRollup" "tProjectItemRollup" 
        ON "tProject"."ProjectKey"="tProjectItemRollup"."ProjectKey") 
        INNER JOIN "Workamajig"."dbo"."tProjectStatus" "tProjectStatus" 
        ON "tProject"."ProjectStatusKey"="tProjectStatus"."ProjectStatusKey") 
        INNER JOIN "Workamajig"."dbo"."vw_flat_Project_Properties" "vw_flat_Project_Properties" 
        ON "tProject"."ProjectNumber"="vw_flat_Project_Properties"."ProjectNumber") 
        LEFT OUTER JOIN "Workamajig"."dbo"."tProjectEstByItem" "tProjectEstByItem" 
        ON ("tProjectItemRollup"."ProjectKey"="tProjectEstByItem"."ProjectKey") 
        AND ("tProjectItemRollup"."EntityKey"="tProjectEstByItem"."EntityKey")) 
        INNER JOIN "Workamajig"."dbo"."tService" "tService" 
        ON "tProjectItemRollup"."EntityKey"="tService"."ServiceKey" 
        WHERE  "tProject"."CreatedDate">={ts "2017-06-26 00:00:00"} 
        AND "tProject"."ProjectNumber" 
        LIKE "bigl%" 
        ORDER BY "tProject"."ProjectNumber", "tService"."Description" ');

    dd($query);
}

via Chebli Mohamed