Dec 18 2009
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that, in joint venture with PCL Industrial Management Inc. (PCL), it has been awarded a contract by Agrium to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the Vault Potash Project in Vanscoy, Saskatchewan.
The reimbursable EPC contract will be completed in several phases. Work will begin immediately and is scheduled for completion in 2014.
The work involves the expansion of Agrium's existing Vanscoy underground potash mine, production hoist, concentrator and infrastructure to increase the production capacity to 2.8 Mt/y. The infrastructure includes a 132 kV substation, a tailings management area and a rail spur.
"This contract award attests to SNC-Lavalin's strength in executing and managing large projects, and its commendable expertise in potash projects," said Feroz Ashraf, Executive Vice-President, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. "We have completed other successful projects with PCL, and we are looking forward to working with them again, and with Agrium, on this one."
Source: http://www.snclavalin.com/index.php?lang=en