MONTREAL, March 7,
2022 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:
SNC), a fully integrated professional services and project
management company with offices around the world, has been awarded
a not-to-exceed $10 million USD,
three-year contract to help the Texas Water Development Board
(TWDB) develop and update flood risk maps to support the
implementation of the first state flood plan. Under the contract,
the Company will produce statewide base level engineering (BLE)
work, supporting flood hazard mapping and planning activities to
improve flood risk information and to implement flood mitigation
strategies.
"Flooding is one of the most common and costly disasters
communities face today, threatening life and property," said
Ian L. Edwards, President and CEO of
SNC-Lavalin. "Our priority is to help reduce communities'
vulnerabilities to such natural disasters by providing climate
adaptation tools, innovative solutions and guidance through flood
resiliency expertise.
Contractual services include flood risk modeling and mapping,
support for TWDB's state and federal grant programs, flood planning
support and related activities. A significant portion of the work
will focus on completing statewide coverage for BLE modeling and
mapping, an approach that combines high-resolution ground elevation
data and modeling technology to create engineering models that can
identify areas prone to flooding. SNC-Lavalin will provide the TWDB
flood science and planning data to prepare and protect residents of
Texas from flood-related
hazards.
"We have served clients in Texas with floodplain mapping support for
almost 50 years and have seen hazards change due to new building
development, weather patterns, floodplain boundaries and other
factors," said George Nash, CEO of
Atkins North America, a member of
the SNC-Lavalin Group. "We will continue leveraging large-scale
flood resilience experience gained from executing similar projects
across the country to help the state's communities prepare for and
respond to flood hazards."
SNC-Lavalin provides similar innovative services to federal,
state and local agencies as well as municipalities across
the United States and around the
globe.
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,
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