SNC-Lavalin joint venture to manage construction of Edmonton North LRT project
October 24 2011 - 1:14AM
PR Newswire (Canada)
MONTREAL, Oct. 25, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin is pleased to
announce that its 50/50 joint venture partnership with Graham
Infrastructure, the North Link Partnership, has been awarded a
contract for approximately $300 million by the City of Edmonton for
the Edmonton North light rapid transit (LRT) project to provide
construction management services, provision of labour,
materials and equipment for all construction work, and testing
and commissioning of the system for handover to the City. The
North LRT is a 3.3 km extension from the existing Churchill
underground station adjacent to City Hall northwest to Grant
MacEwan University, the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the Kingsway
Shopping Mall, terminating at the Northern Alberta Institute of
Technology (NAIT) campus. The extension is an intermediary link
from the existing LRT system to an eventual service line north to
the City of St. Albert. "This mandate is similar to the work we did
on the Canada Line in BC, and to the work currently underway on the
Calgary LRT West extension," said Jim Burke, Executive
Vice-President, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. "We are happy to have this
opportunity to deliver the same high-quality work in Edmonton, and
we're looking forward to working with the City to make this project
a success." The initial 700 m of the LRT extension will involve
building an underground tunnel from the Churchill LRT station while
maintaining regular LRT operations in the existing tunnel. The
remaining 2.6 km are at-grade guideway with three passenger
stations to be constructed at MacEwan University, Kingsway/Royal
Alexandra Hospital and NAIT. "At Graham we are excited to
contribute further to the on-going development in Transportation
Infrastructure for the City of Edmonton," said John Connolly,
President, Graham Infrastructure. "The SNC-Lavalin / Graham team
will build on our previous history of successful project delivery
to make this project an outstanding success for all stakeholders
and in particular the citizens of Edmonton." Work on the North LRT
project began in March 2011 with a scheduled completion date of
December 31, 2013. 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. SNC-LAVALIN CONTACT: Media:
Investors:Leslie Quinton Denis JasminVice-President, Global
Corporate Vice-President, Investor RelationsCommunications
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. 514-393-8000, ext.
7553514-393-8000, ext. 7354
denis.jasmin@snclavalin.comleslie.quinton@snclavalin.com
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