Britain’s railway operator Network Rail has selected Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin Group to provide a range of commercial services.

SNC-Lavalin has been chosen under Network Rail’s $60.14m (£45m) Commercial Services Framework.

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The group will back operations in the Northwest and Central Region, which spans from London in the south through the Midlands and the North West of England.

Representing 24% of the country’s railways, this region handles millions of passenger journeys across a network annually, including the West Coast Mainline.

SNC-Lavalin president CEO Ian L Edwards said: “We pride ourselves on offering unique end-to-end services across the whole life-cycle of assets, helping our clients maximise value from the very start to the very end of their projects.

“This contract is a great example of how we support major infrastructure owners maintain and develop assets, ensuring that the end-user benefits from our ability to engineer cost effective outcomes at every level of the process.”

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SNC-Lavalin will offer various services to Network Rail, under a five-year framework agreement.

These services include claims management, pre-contract procurement management, post-contract commercial management, cost audit and assurance, strategic partnering as well as expanse planning / estimating.

Furthermore, SNC-Lavalin is involved in the East Coast Digital Programme, High Speed 2, East West Rail and Transport for London’s Lines Upgrade Programme.

With offices across the globe, SNC-Lavalin Group is a professional services and project management company.

Last week, Network Rail commenced a pilot project to integrate its traffic management system with Great Western Railway’s crew and stock resource management system.

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