MONTREAL, Nov. 24, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin Group
Inc. (TSX: SNC), a fully integrated professional services and
project management company with offices around the world, announced
that its STARR II Joint Venture (JV) has again been awarded a
five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract,
valued at up to $300 million USD to
perform engineering and technical services for the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP). The JV, which has been providing services since 2014, will
support FEMA's Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP)
program.
"Flooding continues to make costly impacts threatening life and
property throughout communities around the world, including the
devastating situation that we are witnessing in British Columbia," said Ian L. Edwards, President and CEO of
SNC-Lavalin. "Deploying global capabilities locally, our experts
continue to develop climate adaptation tools that help provide
timely, useful information so that communities worldwide can
prepare for and respond to flood risks."
Led by SNC-Lavalin, the STARR II JV, which includes partner
firms Stantec and Dewberry, will provide support to FEMA in the
western United States. Services
provided under the contract will include regional flood hazard
mapping and risk management required to develop accurate flood
hazard data that will increase risk awareness and facilitate local
mitigation actions that reduce loss to life and property. Technical
services, studies and activities may include hydrologic and
hydraulic engineering, floodplain mapping, mitigation planning,
portfolio management, dam and levee risk assessments, building code
review, community engagement and post-disaster support.
"We have a long history working with FEMA, providing engineering
and technical services related to Risk MAP. With the increasing
frequency of devastating flooding events in parts of the country,
our work for FEMA has taken on increased significance," said
George Nash, CEO, Atkins North America. "As we work in close
collaboration with our JV partners, we never lose focus on our
common vision and purpose that is to reduce the loss of life and
property caused by floods.''
Through the NFIP, property owners in participating communities
can purchase federally backed flood insurance, an alternative to
disaster assistance, to meet the escalating costs of flood damage
repairs to buildings and their contents. The communities agree to
adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations to protect
against future flood losses. The Risk MAP program supports the NFIP
by providing communities and property owners critical flood risk
maps and datasets that highlight areas of highest risk, areas that
may be in need of mitigation, and areas where floodplain changes
have occurred. This information is then used to enhance hazard
mitigation planning strategies that help communities become more
resilient.
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around the world dedicated to engineering a better future for our
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people, technology and data to design, deliver and operate the most
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