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10 unusual facts about Lavalin


Benina International Airport

A new terminal with a capacity of 5 million passengers will be developed north of the existing runway at Benina International under a 720 million LYD (€ 415 million) first-stage contract awarded to Canada's SNC-Lavalin.

BTS Skytrain

The BTS system (the elevated metro system owned by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration) was initially referred to as the Lavalin Skytrain because it was to be designed using the Vancouver SkyTrain as a model adopting the technology developed by SNC-Lavalin.

Clément Richard

He was a vice-president for Lavalin and then president/director general for Lavalin Communications from 1986 to 1991.

Davie Yards Incorporated

The Canadian engineering conglomerate SNC-Lavalin, Upper Lakes Groups Inc. and South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) will partner in a joint venture.

Halifax Shipyard

In 1992, Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin was the successful bidder for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project which would build what is today known as the Kingston class or the MCDV.

Lavalin

During the decade they designed and built the fabric roof for Montreal's Olympic Stadium and, in a partnership with Bechtel of the United States, built the James Bay Project.

Manila Light Rail Transit System

An unsolicited bid to build and operate this project from Canada's SNC-Lavalin was rejected by the Philippine government in 2005.

Sara Bronfman

Positioned to provide help and advice to the people of Libya, the Chamber of Commerce discourage continued business with groups such as SNC-Lavalin, who allegedly did business with the Gadaffi regime.

Stephen A. Jarislowsky

He was a Director of the influential C.D. Howe Institute and has also been active in numerous other corporations besides his own including SNC-Lavalin, Canfor, Southam, Swiss Bank Corp., Velan Valve Inc., Abitibi and Goodfellow Lumber Inc.

Te Mihi Power Station

The project was designed and constructed by a joint venture of McConnell Dowell, SNC-Lavalin and Parsons Brinckerhoff.


Hannah Franklin

Her work is found in various public and private collections including the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, the Canada Council Art Bank, Simon Fraser University, the Institute of Canadian Studies, Lavalin Corporation, Global Corporation, and Loto–Quebec.

Miyuki Tanobe

Her work can be found in corporate collections, including Lavalin, Pratt & Whitney, Shell Canada, and Selection du Reader’s Digest.

Pinarayi Vijayan

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India report said that the deal Vijayan had struck as electricity minister in 1998 with Lavalin, a Canadian firm, for the repair of three generators, was a huge fraud and had cost the state exchequer a staggering Rs 3.76 billion.

Ramkrishnan Suryabhan Gavai

On 7 June 2009, Gavai gave the Central Bureau of Investigation the permission to prosecute CPI(M) Kerala State Secretary and former Kerala Electricity Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC-Lavalin case.