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Analysis of SNC-Lavalin
Being one of the leading groups of engineering and construction companies in the world,
SNC-Lavalin is one of the most exciting and stimulating companies to read about. Having offices across Canada, U.S., and in 30 other countries is just a small dose of their interesting attributes. Throughout this paper, the reader will understand the relevant steps and activities taken by SNC-Lavalin on a daily basis and on all projects. Having an innovative advanced management system and interesting projects around the world that involves revenues that total over $3 billion for 2003 are just a few traits that will capture any reader’s interests about a company. Having part ownership of the world’s first all-electronic, open-access toll highway (Highway 407) is just one of the interesting acquisitions by SNC-Lavalin. Facing many expenses and still being able to gain a profit year of after year by such a large company is an achievement in itself. Reading such a report can only enlighten many in the endeavour’s in which they would like to pursue.
Such a reputable Canadian company can only encourage entrepreneurs to reach for the stars in their business endeavour’s. Learning about how a Canadian company achieved such a position in many of the industries can only encourage readers to work harder for their goals. After reading this report, you will gain an in depth understanding of the operations that go on every day at an inspiring world leading engineering and construction company.
2.0 INTRODUCTION
SNC-Lavalin is one of the leading groups of engineering and construction companies in the world, a global leader in the ownership and management of infrastructures, and a key player in facilities and operations management. The SNC-Lavalin companies have offices across Canada, in the U.S., and in 30 other countries around the world and are currently working in some 100 countries. The SNC-Lavalin subsidiaries provide expertise that covers all stages of a project’s work plan, from the pre-feasibility study and financing, through the engineering, procurement, construction and management, to instrumentation, commissioning, operations and validation. They provide services to a variety of industry sectors including agrifood, biopharmaceuticals, chemicals and petroleum, defence, environment, heavy construction, mass transit, min...
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...fficult to summarize the operations of such a large corporation, but during this report it has been achieved. The reader will be able to understand how one of the leading groups of engineering and construction companies in the world has achieved such a status. Through a brief analysis and explanation of the history, its competitors, its organizational management activities and an evident problem with its solution can the reader fully understand such a complex and active corporation. But being such an active and international corporation, such problems will and do arise. Such a problem in this report is the outflow of many potentially dangerous process fugitive emissions. This significant and imperative problem and be solved by the either switching suppliers of the pipe work or various other components where there are leaks or to implement some sort of software to detect the location of any leaks so they can be repaired quickly. This major problem must be solved quickly and in a cost efficient manner. This report discusses the methods and activities involved in SNC-Lavalin in a professional, yet straightforward manner so all readers can grasp such an interesting Canadian company.
Founded in 1966 and based in Calgary, Shaw Communications is a Canadian telecommunications company that provides telephone, Internet and television services as well as mass media related services. The Company operated through three principal business segments such as Cable, consisted of cable television, Internet, Digital Phone and Shaw Business operations. Satellite, consisted of direct-to-home (DTH) and Satellite Services. Lastly media consisted of television broadcasting. Shaw Media operates as conventional television networks in Canada, Global Television, and numerous specialty networks. It provides customers with entertainment, information and communications services, utilizing a variety of distribution
Robert Zimmerman, the senior vice president of business development, for American Cable Communications (ACC) was in the process of looking for a potential acquisition target for ACC. In December 2007, Zimmerman remember a presentation that was made recently by Rubinstein & Ross (R&R). R&R was a boutique investment bank that was well known for doing deals in the media and telecommunications area. During this presentation it was suggested that ACC buy out AirThread Connections (AirThread) which is a large regional cellular provider. The current industry of these companies were moving more toward bundled service offerings and by adding AirThread it would help ACC cover an area of service it does not currently offer. In order to determine if the acquisition should be done an analysis needs to be done.
The case situation examines the process of developing a plan that Mitch Brooks, a junior partner and director of Sperry/MacLennan (S/M), to export the company’s services. There is a strong desire to search for new markets because there are some signals that the market for architectural services is slowing. Business was increasing for the company throughout the 1970s and the companies grew to establish branches in Charlottetown and Fredericton. However in the early 1980s, the company faced a slow period that forced them to take risks and challenges, which luckily was rewarded in 1983 and gained national recognition. This helped build a secure reputation with the Canadian sports facility market. The following year, the company focused on promotional efforts that would allow them to get similar work and associating themselves with Creative Aquatics exclusively. In 1984, the company gained strength and stayed busy with new venues and construction until 1987.
XYZ Construction Inc. is headquartered in Denver, Colorado; the company has 16 field offices spread throughout 11 States. There are 2,300 year round employees with a surge of 4,500 employees during the peak construction periods. XYZ Construction Inc. began in the late 1950’s as a privately owned family business. Recently, the family would like to move the company into the public sector within a 12 month period. XYZ Construction, Inc. performs horizontal construction with specialties in: Roads Bridges Airfields (Klinger, 2012).
Our Vision is to become one of the preferred choices of players in the construction industry
In the year 2000, Cisco Systems had delighted in forty-quarters characterized by a staggering growth. At some instance, it had outdone GE as a highly valued business globally. Cisco was faced with the fortunate challenge being unable to meet its demand. As a solution, it ventured into long-term obligations with its major component producers and manufacturing partners. In addition, it also built up its constituent inventories. Because of communication gaps amid the numerous levels of the company’s suppliers, triple, and double orders were implemented in order to lock in limited components in the boom. The company was entangled in a spiteful cycle of theatrically inflated sale estimates. Cisco never saw
With the emergence of unethical practices found in international corporations, whistleblowing has been more and more common. A whistleblower is a person who exposes any kind of information that is deemed illegal, immoral, or dishonest. In SNC-Lavalin, the whistleblower was justified. In this case, the senior executives were paying bribes and taking money from mega projects won under the Gadhafi regime (Wikipedia, 2015, n.p). There are several issues in this case. First, paying bribes and siphoning off millions of dollars from the corporation would eventually lead to the company losing money because building mega projects in politically unstable countries would prove problematic. A sudden regime change would render the contracts useless, as new regimes would not recognize SNL-Lavalin’s contracts as legitimate. In addition, the international community may introduce sanctions that would affect
The author reviews the impact of emissions controlled devices, however the focus of the case study is on incremental changes in existing technology. Incremental changes include substituting one or two steps in a production process or relationship changes between production steps. One example of incremental changes provided by the author was eliminating chlorofluorocarbons and saving energy by replacing a refrigeration process with a heat exchanger that can exploit waste cooling from another part of the process. There are three critical decision-making stages for incremental changes: identifying a pollution prevention opportunity, finding a solution appropriate to that opportunity, and implementing that solution. The author discusses the three aspects of an organization (culture, ability to process information, and its politics) and how they impact the decision-making stages.
Your recruiting efforts have turned up a strong candidate to fill the position you are hiring for, but you are not sure how they will fit the culture of your organization. This is especially difficult when your candidate is moving from the for profit to the nonprofit sector. How do you assess whether the person is the right fit? This article identifies three practices that will increase the likelihood you will make the right
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It is among the largest engineering companies in Malaysia with a growth rate of over 20% for four consecutive years and is among the best managed companies in Asia. It is among the most transparent and therefore leads on the issue of corporate governance. It enjoys incredible growth in sales shareholder and has a base of nearly 1 million. L & T is the core of a group of companies involved in building complexes, worksheets, offices and service outlets at different locations all over Malaysia and abroad. L & T has an incredible reputation for capabilities for executing engineering related projects. This has been enhanced by it long business history which date back in 1938 to present. It provides real and logical synergy in terms of executing turnkey projects for construction, engineering, supplying machinery and suppliers credit. Further, by the use of Total Quality Management (TQM) principles e.g. customer focused, reducing costs and wastage, and adding value at all stages for maximising customer satisfaction and emphasis on 'customer delight '. The company therefore delivers more value than expected by customer. It has ability to synthesise, incorporate and complement its diverse world-class engineering, manufacturing, procurement, construction and fabrication skills around turnkey projects and people. L & T has a world class vendor base and quality technological alliances, excellent IT
Social media is so popular that according to a recent article published by forbes.com, “72% of American adults are currently using social media sites; that figure has gone up 800% in just 8 years”(Olenski). Social networking was originally created to simply reconnect people with old high school pals, but in recent years it has evolved into a completely different operation. When social media first originated it was also intended for adult usage, which has in recent years expanded into the usage of all ages. Social media can create a negative affect on lives because it has been proven to be a dangerous addiction, for it takes away interpersonal relationships that are essential in life, and it has been proven to prevent people from being productive in life.
Imagine this! Being either a young girl or a woman forcefully bound against your will while elders perform a procedure called Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The young girls and women who are forced to have this procedure done not only loses their rights to sexual pleasure but their rights are sliced, chopped, punctured, and finally burnt away. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) otherwise known as Female Genital Circumcision (FGC) is also a controversial topic in Western societies. This paper will examine the history of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), hegemonic perspective on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), health consequences of having this procedure done, how Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) affects women’s sexual function, and women who have gotten genital reconstruction done on their vagina.
Cisco incorporated has grown significantly over the years, since its inception and has established itself as the number one technology company throughout the industry. Initially, Cisco started as manufacturers of modems and routers, and has expanded its scope over the years. This paper will attempt to address Cisco’s operations and strategies in foreign markets it will also delve into the strengths, weaknesses and threats in the political, legal and economic environment in which it operates.
Today's problems are more complex and the needs of current and future societies have created challenges for engineering unparalleled in our history. The use of electronic data collection methods and the application of computers has revolutionized the practice of Civil Engineering. To interpret and satisfy these needs, Civil Engineers currently direct the spending of more than one tenth of Canada's gross national product, more than any other professional group. The Civil Engineer must deal with the human impact of engineering. Social, moral and legal issues concern us to a far greater degree than ever before.