MONTREAL, Aug. 7, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin (TSX:
SNC) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by
the Central District Cooling Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Tabreed
District Cooling Company, to provide district cooling facilities to
the Jebel Omar Development in Mecca, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia (KSA).
As part of the contract, estimated at $92
million, SNC-Lavalin will be responsible for the design,
procurement, construction and commissioning of a district cooling
plant, with an ultimate capacity of 55,000 Refrigeration Tonnes
(RT), 1.5 km of dual underground chilled water distribution
pipeline and 10 energy transfer stations with a total capacity of
36,000 RT.
"We are delighted with receiving this contract, particularly
because it is the third district cooling plant contract awarded to
us in Saudi Arabia since
May 2010," said Charles Chebl, Executive Vice-President,
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. "This contract reflects our strategy of
bringing the full spectrum of our global expertise to the region,
and attests to SNC-Lavalin's world-class leadership in the district
cooling sector."
Engineering work on the project is underway, and construction is
scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2012. The first phase of
the facility, a chilled water production plant with a capacity of
25,000 RT, is planned for December
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 40 other countries around
the world, and is currently working in some 100 countries.
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