SNC-Lavalin announces financial closure for the Grandir en sante expansion project of the CHU Sainte-Justine

    




 MONTREAL, May 28, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin  is pleased  to announce the financial closure and official signing of the Grandir  en santé expansion project of the CHU Ste-Justine (CHUSJ). Under the  contract, SNC-Lavalin will provide engineering, construction and  financing to the CHUSJ. 

 The expansion, part of the Grandir en santé modernization efforts  currently underway at the Sainte-Justine Hospital Centre, will include  two new buildings dedicated to specialized care and research. A new  seven‐storey building for specialized care units, with a total surface  area of 43,269 m(2), will be located to the west of the current CHUSJ building and be  linked floor‐by‐floor with the existing facility via bridges and  underground passages. 

 The project includes specialized care units for integrated pediatrics,  specialized pediatrics and trauma surgery with a capacity of 120 beds,  a 14‐room surgery department with 11 operating theatres and three  procedure rooms, 32 pediatric intensive and intermediate care beds, a  20‐bed high risk pregnancy unit, a 23-bed birth unit, 80 intensive care  beds in neonatology, and medical imaging facilities. A new Research  Centre, with a total surface area of 26,696 m(2), is also included in the project. 

 "We are very pleased to have been awarded this key project in the health  care sector," said Charles Chebl, Executive Vice-President, SNC-Lavalin  Group Inc. "This state-of-the-art health care facility will enable the  CHU Sainte-Justine to fulfill its health care vision for the future." 

 Construction is already underway, and the project is expected to be  completed in the autumn of 2016. 

 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. www.snclavalin.com. 

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