MONTREAL, April 24, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin (TSX:
SNC), through the SNC-Lavalin PAE Joint Venture, has been chosen to
provide a range of services in support of the Government of
Canada's effort, to provide design
expertise and to help deliver up to ten, 100-bed Mobile Health
Units.
"As a proud Canadian, fully integrated professional services and
project management company, we are honoured to be able to assist
the federal government in this endeavor—that is to help ensure the
health and safety of Canadians during this critical and
unprecedented time," said Ian L.
Edwards, President and CEO, SNC-Lavalin. "Safety is at the
heart of our work at SNC-Lavalin, and it is a privilege to continue
to provide our expertise to help support Canadian efforts as we
have done for government agencies around the world."
"We're proud to bring our specialized expertise to bolster
Canada's health preparedness. PAE
has a long history of responding to humanitarian crises around the
world. Working with SNC Lavalin, our talented workforce in
Canada will deliver that same
rapid response critical to Canada's health readiness," said John Heller, President and CEO, PAE.
"In an enduring 17-year partnership supporting the Canadian
Armed Forces on deployed operations in Bosnia, Kabul
and Kandahar in Afghanistan, and currently in Iraq and Kuwait, it is an honour and privilege to
leverage the significant experience, capabilities and resources of
SNC-Lavalin and PAE in serving Canadians at home," added
Robert Spencer, President and
General Manager, SNC-Lavalin PAE Inc.
As part of the federal mandate, SNC-Lavalin PAE JV will:
- arrange for the delivery, construction, warehousing and
sustainment of up to ten, 100-bed Mobile Health Units;
- jointly deliver advanced medical and logistical integration
under one program management structure that can rapidly respond to
changing requirements in support of contingency measures;
- provide support services;
- provide designs and configurations along standardized best
practices with innovative progressive solutions to accommodate
large and smaller urban settings, as well as remote settings;
and,
- use agile and flexible contracting and procurement for the
provision of medical logistics services on an as-needed basis to
sustain the support mission of the mobile health units.
National and global cooperation will also be fundamental to
achieving the level of readiness required to protect Canadians
against global health challenges in the future. SNC-Lavalin and
SNC-Lavalin PAE Inc. welcome the collaboration with key suppliers
in the medical, health and structures sectors, to successfully
deliver this mandate.
About PAE
For 65 years, PAE has tackled the world's toughest
challenges to deliver agile and steadfast solutions to the U.S.
government and its allies. With a global workforce of more than
20,000 on all seven continents and in approximately 60 countries,
PAE delivers a broad range of operational support services to meet
the critical needs of our clients. Their headquarters is in
Falls Church, Virginia. Find them
online at pae.com, on Facebook,
Twitter and LinkedIn.
About SNC-Lavalin
Founded in 1911,
SNC-Lavalin is a fully integrated professional services and project
management company with offices around the world. SNC-Lavalin
connects people, technology and data to help shape and deliver
world-leading concepts and projects, while offering comprehensive
innovative solutions across the asset lifecycle. Our expertise is
wide-ranging — consulting & advisory, intelligent networks
& cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project
& construction management, operations & maintenance,
decommissioning and sustaining capital – and delivered to clients
in four strategic sectors: EDPM (engineering, design and project
management), Infrastructure, Nuclear and Resources, supported by
Capital. People. Drive. Results.
www.snclavalin.com
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