A group led by SNC-Lavalin International Inc., in partnership with Pingat Ingénierie s.a.s, Dubus-Richez Architectes s.a.r.l. and Atelier du Paysage s.a.s., is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a project management contract by the Orléans Val de Loire Urban Community for town planning and equipment related to the construction of a second tramway line called CLEO (Construct the East-West Line).

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.* is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned European subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin S.A.S., has acquired Ingénierie Studio, thereby extending its scope of general engineering capacities in France's Southwest and Île-de-France regions.

SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with state-owned Qatar Petroleum and Hydro Aluminium a.s. to carry out the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Services' Area and Potroom Building of a new aluminum smelter (Qatalum) in Mesaieed, Qatar.

SNC-Lavalin ProFac is pleased to announce that it has formed a company with its local partner, Nasser Bin Khaled Al-Thani & Sons Holding Company W.L.L. (NBK) of Doha, Qatar to develop business opportunities in the management of facilities, real estate, projects, and industrial and infrastructure operations in Qatar.

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results for the third quarter and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2006, with growth in net income, revenues and backlog.