On Time and on Budget
MONTREAL, July 4, 2016 /CNW/ - Claude Lochhead, Vice-President of the IFSI
(Infrastructure famille santé inc.) consortium, an
SNC-Lavalin entity, and Dr. Fabrice
Brunet, President and Chief Executive Officer of the CHU
(Centre hospitalier universitaire) Sainte-Justine and CHUM, are pleased to
announce that a notice of Substantial completion was issued on
June 29 for the turnkey construction component of the
Grandir en santé (Growing Up Healthy) project, exactly as
planned in the agreement signed in May 2012.
"We are very happy with the results of our partner IFSI's work.
IFSI met a very tight deadline with a very demanding project, if
only from a technological standpoint," states Dr. Fabrice Brunet, President and CEO of CHU
Sainte-Justine and CHUM. "Moreover, the notice of completion comes
with a full release, providing a resolution to all of the business
issues of the turnkey component."
"We are proud of our participation in such an iconic project
that gives the health network a modern, state-of-the-art
infrastructure to serve Quebec
mothers and children," says Claude
Lochhead, Vice-President of the IFSI consortium.
Robert Nadeau, Project Director
at SNC-Lavalin, adds, "We are pleased to have met this goal, which
brings to fruition four years of hard work and herculean
effort by an entire team of dedicated, devoted workers and
professionals."
Grandir en santé continues to move forward as per its
approved timeframe and budget, which is just under
$940 million for all of the equipment and stages of the
project, including the reorganization of existing premises, which
will take place over the next two years.
The deferred portion of the work, to be done over the next four
(4) months, does not exceed one per cent (1%) of the value of the
initial agreement reached with IFSI, which is excellent. For the
most part, this consists of landscaping work, scheduled for the
very end of the project, and finishing work in the Research Center
and on the two auditoriums.
The two parties now have 14 days to formalize the issuing
of Substantial completion certificate, once the new facilities have
been inspected and documents certifying full compliance of the work
delivered have been examined. CHU Sainte-Justine's clinical teams
will start the clinical commissioning period of the new facilities
in mid-July, while patients will be transferred in December, as
planned.
About SNC-Lavalin
Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is one
of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world and
a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. From offices in
over 50 countries, SNC-Lavalin's employees are proud to build what
matters. Our teams provide Engineering, Procurement and
Construction (EPC) and Engineering, Procurement, Construction and
Management (EPCM) services to clients in a variety of industry
sectors, including oil and gas, mining and metallurgy,
infrastructure and power. SNC-Lavalin can also combine these
services with its financing and operations and maintenance
capabilities to provide complete end-to-end project solutions.
www.snclavalin.com
About the CHU Sainte-Justine
University Hospital
Center (CHU) Sainte-Justine is the
largest mother-child health center in Canada and the second largest pediatric center
in North America. It is a member
of the largest network of excellence in health from the
University of Montreal (RUIS). It has
5560 employees, including 1,548 nurses and nursing assistants and
1,117 professionals, 502 doctors, dentists and pharmacists, 822
residents and 185 researchers, including 90 clinicians, 448
volunteers, 3,502 trainees and students of all disciplines . The
CHUSJ includes 484 beds, including 35 at the Marie Enfant
Rehabilitation Centre (CRME), the only center dedicated exclusively
to pediatric rehabilitation in Quebec. The World Health Organisation has
recognized the CHU Sainte –Justine as "Health promoting
hospital".
www.chusj.org
SOURCE SNC-Lavalin