SNC-Lavalin awarded third district cooling project in Saudi Arabia

    




 MONTREAL, Aug. 7, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin  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. www.snclavalin.com  

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