SNC SNC Lavalin Group Inc

MONTREAL, March 24, 2011 /CNW/ -- MONTREAL, March 24, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Nalcor Energy to deliver engineering, procurement and construction management services for Phase I of the Lower Churchill Project, the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Development, in Newfoundland and Labrador. "This project reflects our capacity and expertise in the Power industry and offers an opportunity to once again showcase our advanced technical skills in our domestic market," said Patrick Lamarre, Executive Vice-President, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.  "With the project office based in Newfoundland and Labrador, it also reaffirms our commitment to delivering projects locally." Phase I of the Lower Churchill Project will consist of the Muskrat Falls generating facility with a capacity of 824 MW.  The transmission system project will include 1,200 km of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) overhead transmission lines crossing from Labrador to the island of Newfoundland via sub-sea cables and associated converter stations, as well as High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) overhead transmission lines interconnecting the Muskrat Falls facility to the Churchill Falls Generating Station. Services will begin immediately. SNC-Lavalin is one of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure, and in the provision of operations and maintenance services. SNC-Lavalin has offices across Canada and in over 35 other countries around the world, and is currently working in some 100 countries. In business since 1911, the Company celebrates its 100(th) anniversary in 2011. www.snclavalin.com. To view this news release in HTML formatting, please use the following URL: http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/24/c6225.html table cellspacing="0" class="cnwBorderedTable" border="1" tr valign="top" td align="left" Media /td td valign="top" align="left" Investors /td /tr tr valign="top" td align="left" Leslie Quintonbr/ Vice-President, Global Corporate Communicationsbr/ SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.br/ 514-393-8000, ext. 7354br/ ua href="mailto:leslie.quinton@snclavalin.com"leslie.quinton@snclavalin.com/a/u /td td valign="top" align="left" Denis Jasminbr/ Vice-President, Investor Relationsbr/ SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.br/ 514-393-8000, ext. 7553br/ ua href="mailto:denis.jasmin@snclavalin.com"denis.jasmin@snclavalin.com/a/u /td /tr /table

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