MONTREAL, June 22,
2022 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC), a fully
integrated professional services and project management company
with offices around the world, has been awarded a 6-year,
$31 million contract to provide
design engineering services for the Colorado Department of
Transportation (CDOT) to help improve resiliency, safety, travel
times and trip reliability along the notoriously congested I-70
Mountain Corridor that leads to some of Colorado's most popular recreational
destinations.
"Our transportation planning and design services work involves
developing solutions that help our clients' meet their customers'
needs," said Ian L. Edwards,
President and CEO of SNC-Lavalin. "From initial feasibility studies
and preliminary design to contract procurement and supervision of
on-site delivery, our technical design teams work to address
today's challenges while providing long-term solutions."
High-traffic volume along the highway has led to ever-increasing
periods of slow traffic or gridlock. This section can also be
significantly affected by adverse weather conditions. Major
elements of the project include replacing deficient infrastructure,
adding a lane to increase highway capacity and implementing curve
safety modifications to improve travel speeds, sight distance and
reduce crashes. In addition to addressing resiliency and rockfall
in the canyon, the project will provide a frontage road connection
to improve emergency access and mobility during severe weather and
facilitate efficient freight movement.
"The I-70 Mountain Corridor is vital to commuters who live and
work in the mountain communities and essential for freight and
transit in western destinations," said George Nash, CEO of Atkins North America. "Leveraging our past
experience on the recently completed Veterans Memorial Tunnels and
Mountain Express Lanes projects, our team is well positioned to
help CDOT create safer, more enjoyable travel with the successful
completion of this project."
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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