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| SNC-Lavalin wins district cooling plant contract in Saudi Arabia Montréal-based SNC-Lavalin announced 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. 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. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Construction News :: home page |