SNC-Lavalin joint venture to manage construction of Edmonton North LRT project
October 24 2011 - 12:22PM
PR Newswire (Canada)
MONTREAL, Oct. 25, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin is pleased to
announce that its 50/50 joint venture partnership with Graham
Infrastructure, the North Link Partnership, has been awarded a
contract for approximately $300 million by the City of Edmonton for
the Edmonton North light rapid transit (LRT) project to provide
construction management services, provision of labour,
materials and equipment for all construction work, and testing
and commissioning of the system for handover to the City. The
North LRT is a 3.3 km extension from the existing Churchill
underground station adjacent to City Hall to the site of a proposed
new NHL hockey arena and commercial development. The extension will
also serve MacEwan University, the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the
Kingsway Shopping Mall, and terminate at the Northern Alberta
Institute of Technology (NAIT) campus. The extension is an
intermediary link from the existing LRT system to an eventual
service line north to the City of St. Albert. "This mandate is
similar to the work we did on the Canada Line in BC, and to the
work currently underway on the Calgary LRT West extension," said
Jim Burke, Executive Vice-President, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. "We are
happy to have this opportunity to deliver the same high-quality
work in Edmonton, and we're looking forward to working with the
City to make this project a success." The initial 700 m of the LRT
extension will involve building an underground tunnel from the
Churchill LRT station while maintaining regular LRT operations in
the existing tunnel. The remaining 2.6 km are at-grade
guideway with three passenger stations to be constructed at MacEwan
University, Kingsway/Royal Alexandra Hospital and NAIT. "At Graham
we are excited to contribute further to the on-going development in
Transportation Infrastructure for the City of Edmonton," said John
Connolly, President, Graham Infrastructure. "The SNC-Lavalin /
Graham team will build on our previous history of successful
project delivery to make this project an outstanding success for
all stakeholders and in particular the citizens of Edmonton." Work
on the North LRT project began in March 2011 with a scheduled
completion date of December 31, 2013. SNC-Lavalin is one of the
leading engineering and construction groups in the world and a
major player in the ownership of infrastructure, and in the
provision of operations and maintenance services. SNC-Lavalin has
offices across Canada and in over 35 other countries around the
world, and is currently working in some 100 countries. In business
since 1911, the Company celebrates its 100(th) anniversary in
2011. www.snclavalin.com. SNC-LAVALIN CONTACT:
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