MONTREAL, Sept. 27,
2023 /CNW/ - AtkinsRéalis [SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]
(TSX: ATRL), a fully integrated professional services and project
management company with offices around the world, has been awarded
a contract to provide general engineering consulting (GEC) services
for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The Company
has been providing GEC services to multiple FDOT districts across
the state for more than 35 years.
"Cultivating and sustaining long-standing relationships with key
clients like the FDOT is an effective way to bring our global
expertise to the local communities in which we operate," said
Ian L. Edwards, President and Chief
Executive Officer, AtkinsRéalis. "These decades-long partnerships
have been effective in transforming our client's vision into
reality, driving economies and enabling us to realize our purpose
of engineering a better future for our planet and its people."
Under the five-year $26M US
contract, AtkinsRéalis will provide a full complement of
engineering services including project management, planning, design
and right-of-way support. Operations, maintenance and construction
support will be provided as needed. The Company will also assist
FDOT with accelerated design and construction of several
Central Florida projects within
the state's $4 billion US Moving
Florida Forward program.
FDOT's District Five in Central
Florida, where the work will be undertaken, covers nine
counties and is home to over four million residents who travel an
estimated 67.3 million roadway miles daily. The District is served
by seven transit agencies, five rail lines, one deep-water port, 25
public use and 133 private use airports and is home to Space
Florida, the state's aerospace finance and development
authority.
"Our end-to-end services span the entire transport ecosystem,
from railways to highways and from shipping ports to airports,
making us a natural fit for the District's varying needs," said
Steve Morriss, President,
Engineering Services, U.S., AtkinsRéalis. "Florida has been home to
our U.S. business since 1960 and it's an honor to continue to help
deliver safe and reliable transport infrastructure in our own back
yard."
AtkinsRéalis has a strong reputation of providing GEC services
to transportation authorities and state DOTs in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New
York, North Carolina, and
Texas.
About AtkinsRéalis
Created by the integration of long-standing organizations
dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-leading professional
services and project management company dedicated to engineering a
better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable
solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the
world's infrastructure and energy systems. 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. The breadth and
depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in key strategic
sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations &
Maintenance and Capital. Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations
& Maintenance and Capital. News and information are available
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SOURCE AtkinsRéalis