SNC-Lavalin
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| Type | Public (TSX: SNC) |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
| Key people | Jacques Lamarre - President & CEO |
| Industry | Construction Services |
| Products | Engineering Services, Project Management, and Procurement |
| Revenue | ▲$2.86 billion USD |
| Employees | 13,300 (2007) |
| Website | http://www.snclavalin.com/ |
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX: SNC) is a Canadian engineering firm with interests in transportation, construction, hydroelectricity, mining and metallurgy, oil and gas, chemical engineering, petroleum engineering, aerospace engineering, defence, nuclear, environment, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. One of the ten largest engineering firms in the world, it is based in Montreal, Quebec.
The company was originally established by Arthur Surveyer in 1911. Surveyer went on to form a partnership with Emil Nenniger and Georges Chênevert. Surveyer, Nenniger & Chênevert eventually became SNC. In 1991, SNC merged with another of the largest Canadian engineering firms, Lavalin (created in 1936 by Lalonde & Valois, and headed since 1962 by the Lamarre family) to become SNC-Lavalin.
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[edit] Governance
The corporation is governed by a board of directors, currently consisting of: John Cleghorn, David Goldman, Jacques Lamarre (President & CEO), Pierre Lessard, Edythe Marcoux, Lorna Marsden, Claude Mongeau, Gwyn Morgan, Hugh Segal, Lawrence Stevenson and Jean-Paul Vettier.
[edit] Munitions Sales
SNC-Lavalin sold its previously held subsidiary SNC technologies to General Dynamics Corp, one of the largest munition manufacturers in the world. SNC Tech have a contract with the U.S. Military to manufacture 500,000,000 bullets per year, for 12 years. Before the sale, activist campaigns had accused SNC-Lavalin of war crimes, and called for an end to the arms sales. [1]
[edit] Projects
- Blue22 rail link to Toronto Pearson International Airport (due to open in 2008)
- The Canada Line (due to open in 2009)
- The James Bay Project as part of the James Bay Energy Corporation (Eastman-1-A Hydroelectric scheme due to open in 2012)
- Portions of the Manila Light Rail Transit System
- The Brun-way project to twin the New Brunswick portion of the Trans-Canada Highway, adding a second highway parallel to the existing one.
- The William R. Bennett Bridge in Kelowna, British Columbia (due to open in 2008)
- Ambatovy in Madagascar, a nickel and cobalt mining and preparation plant
