MONTREAL, Oct. 14, 2021 /CNW Telbec/
- SNC-Lavalin Group. Inc. (TSX: SNC), a fully
integrated professional services and project management company
with offices around the world, has been appointed by the UK
Government's Geospatial Commission to help create a digital map of
underground pipes and cables which will revolutionise construction
and development across the country. SNC-Lavalin's Atkins business,
working with UK mapping agency Ordnance Survey, and global leaders
in geospatial data management 1Spatial, will deliver the build
phase of the project to create a ground-breaking nationwide
geospatial platform to view all underground asset data, helping to
tackle the £2.4bn in lost value to the economy each year from
accidental utility strikes.
"This contract win demonstrates our leading-edge digital
innovation capabilities and advanced techniques which create unique
opportunities to deliver value to our clients," said Ian L. Edwards, President and CEO, SNC-Lavalin.
"We will continue to deploy these global capabilities locally to
meet client needs in the sector and pioneer data driven approaches
to transform the way that projects are delivered."
The National Underground Asset Register forms part of the
Government's efforts to build back better and greener and speed up
the delivery of housing and infrastructure projects from design to
build. Fast, secure access to data will save utilities companies
and local authorities time and money, help improve efficiencies in
construction and development, reduce disruption, and improve
workers' safety.
"By harnessing technology to enable data sharing, we're able to
transform how we deliver projects and infrastructure by unlocking
improvements in safety, certainty and efficiency," said
Philip Hoare, President, Atkins,
Engineering, Design & Project Management, SNC-Lavalin. "We now
look forward to working with the Geospatial Commission and partners
to develop the National Underground Asset Register – a truly
exciting and transformative project for the infrastructure
sector."
The digital map – which will be built over the next three years,
starting in the North East of England, Wales and London – adds to SNC-Lavalin's portfolio of
digitally-driven planning solutions including the London Planning
Data Hub, real-time planning data service which is accessible to
the public.
About SNC-Lavalin
Founded in 1911,
SNC-Lavalin is a fully integrated professional services and project
management company with offices around the world dedicated to
engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We
create sustainable solutions that connect people, technology and
data to design, deliver and operate the most complex projects. We
deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver
unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset
including consulting, advisory & environmental services,
intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering,
procurement, project & construction management, operations
& maintenance, decommissioning and capital – and delivered to
clients in key strategic sectors such as Engineering Services,
Nuclear, Operations & Maintenance and Capital. News and
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