MONTREAL, Oct. 5, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin Group
Inc. (TSX: SNC), a fully integrated professional services and
project management company with offices around the world, has been
appointed by South East Water to lead its engineering,
environmental and asset management investment program to meet the
seventh Asset Management Period planned by the UK water industry
(AMP7). The £60 M, five-year program will see SNC-Lavalin apply
information-led services to reinforce South East Water's vision,
build on its extensive experience in the water market and reinforce
its strategic ambition to provide world class digital asset
management services.
"Water supply, quality and resilience in a fast-changing world
cannot be taken for granted," said Ian L.
Edwards, President and CEO of SNC-Lavalin. "This is why
clients across the globe value the experience and expertise we
offer, as well as the latest innovations which are helping to
transform the way water infrastructure is designed and built."
"It is essential that water companies provide a resilient and
affordable service. We have committed to helping South East Water
achieve this by providing industry leading consultancy support –
drawing on the best talent across the industry – that will unlock
our shared digital potential and create an innovative partnership
with our client," said Philip Hoare,
President, Atkins, Engineering, Design & Project Management,
SNC-Lavalin.
South East Water will benefit from SNC-Lavalin's digital
solutions including #Connect, a platform that enables collaboration
with other utilities when planning work to minimize disruption to
communities and ASSIST a cloud-based system designed to increase
speed and quality of asset systems, data collection and automated
report writing.
"SNC-Lavalin's appointment is the start of a new and exciting
relationship which will help South East Water achieve its
objectives for the current period and beyond, including delivering
a resilient service for all that enhances both the environment and
society. We, and our customers, will benefit from SNC-Lavalin's
successful track record of delivering innovative solutions to the
water industry's most complex problems, as well as learning best
practice from its significant asset management expertise from
industries like aviation and rail," said David Hinton, CEO at South East Water.
SNC-Lavalin will provide services across two major lots of South
East Water's AMP7 program: Engineering, Environmental and Water
Resources Delivery Services; and Asset Management, Hydraulic
Modelling, Leakage and Program Assurance Services. Work has already
begun with an initial contract duration of five years and the
option to extend for up to three.
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,
Nuclear, Operations & Maintenance and Capital. News and
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