Leading mining EPCM and consulting group, SNC-Lavalin, has reinforced its mining environmental expertise with the acquisition of MDH Engineered Solutions, an engineering consulting and research firm based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In business since 1980, MDH Engineered Solutions provides geo-environmental, geotechnical, hydrogeological and environmental engineering consulting services to the mining sector and other heavy industries. The firm has approximately 175 permanent employees working in offices in Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert and Esterhazy in Saskatchewan; and in Edmonton and Fort McMurray, Alberta.

“MDH Engineered Solutions expands our offering into the Saskatchewan mining and oil & gas sectors and adds key resources that will help us achieve our strategic objectives” said Jim Burke, Executive Vice-President, SNC-Lavalin Group. “The synergies between our two companies will support our goal to supply a wide scope of environmental services to both external and internal clients. We are very impressed with the high calibre of expertise at MDH and are pleased to welcome them to the team.”

“We are excited about the greater possibilities that this transaction will open up, especially for our existing clients in the mining, oil & gas, and infrastructure markets, whom we have been serving for over 30 years,” said Dr Moir Haug, Founder and President, MDH Engineered Solutions. “Joining SNC-Lavalin will solidify our existing operations to make our whole team an even stronger force as we intensify our efforts to expand geographically into BC, northern Canada, and internationally.”