MONTREAL, April 14, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin
Group Inc. (TSX: SNC) will be the managing partner of a
joint-venture team selected by the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer
Center (AFCEC) under a five-year, with five one-year options,
indefinite-quantity indefinite-delivery multiple award contract to
provide architect-engineer (AE) services for Department of Defense
(DoD) installations and facilities worldwide. The contract has a
shared ceiling of $2 Billion USD.
Under this contract, the SNC-Lavalin's Atkins business will
perform planning, assessments, design, construction phase design
and field inspection services to support the construction of new
DoD facilities and the modernization of existing ones. Design
projects will include hangars, air traffic control towers, parking,
sidewalks, access roads, driveways and ammunition and explosive
storage magazines. The Company will work as part of a joint venture
including Black & Veatch and FSB.
"Working in close collaboration with our clients, we offer an
optimum mix of engineering, consulting, business change management
and broad multi-discipline experience, thus are able to maximise
value from engineering investments. We provide robust solutions to
combat the emerging threats faced by the national security sector,
and deliver complex transformation programs of national
significance," said Ian L.
Edwards, President and CEO of SNC-Lavalin. "Our team also
has extensive experience in providing support to the Canadian
Department of National Defence and the UK's Ministry of Defence on
various domestic and international projects and look forward to
this partnership in line with our strategic objective of growing
our scope in the US market."
"We have a proud and long history working with the DoD
delivering complex, forward-thinking projects from vision to
reality for a sustainable lifespan; this contract is a step forward
in SNC-Lavalin's strategy to be a valued engineering solutions
provider for the U.S. Department of Defense," said George Nash, CEO, Atkins, North America, SNC-Lavalin. "By utilizing our
critical knowledge, qualified people, diverse locations around the
world and quality-driven culture, we will be able to carry out this
work anywhere the Air Force designates as critical to their
mission."
The AFCEC is a unit of the Air Force Installation and Mission
Support Center. The center is responsible for providing responsive,
flexible, full-spectrum installation engineering services,
including facility investment planning, design and construction,
operations support, real property management, energy support and
environmental compliance at more than 75 locations worldwide.
Since 1960, SNC-Lavalin's Atkins business has performed AE
services for DoD facilities at 72 Air Force Bases, 40 U.S. Army
Corps of Engineer Districts and 54 U.S. Army Installations, as well
as for U.S. Naval Facilities Command, USAF Major Commands and other
DoD agencies.
About SNC-Lavalin
Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is a fully integrated
professional services and project management company with offices
around the world. SNC-Lavalin connects people, technology and data
to help shape and deliver world-leading concepts and projects,
while offering comprehensive innovative solutions across the asset
lifecycle. Our expertise is wide-ranging — consulting &
advisory, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design &
engineering, procurement, project & construction management,
operations & maintenance, decommissioning and sustaining
capital – and delivered to clients in four strategic sectors: EDPM
(engineering, design and project management), Infrastructure,
Nuclear and Resources, supported by Capital. People. Drive.
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