Construction project management (PM) specialty corporations HanmiGlobal said on the 11th that it signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA) with AtkinsRealis, a Canadian integrated engineering corporations, to jointly pursue projects in U.S. industrial plants, renewable energy, and nuclear power.
AtkinsRealis is a global engineering and nuclear power specialty corporations headquartered in Canada, with more than 40,000 personnel in over 50 countries.
Through this agreement, the two companies agreed to cooperate throughout the entire process from project identification to proposal, contract award, and execution. The scope of cooperation includes construction project management (PM), design and engineering, design review, local permitting consulting, and environmental impact assessments. For each project, they will agree on a lead and participating firms and provide client-tailored integrated construction engineering services.
The two companies will first launch joint bidding activities targeting major energy projects, including large-scale industrial facility construction projects in the United States being pursued by Korean corporations, as well as U.S. nuclear power generation and renewable energy complex developments. They also plan to form a working-level consultative body to flesh out project-specific cooperation plans and continue regular information exchanges to identify new promising projects in the U.S. market.
Kim Yong-sik, head of business at HanmiGlobal, said, "We expect opportunities to win new projects in the U.S. market to expand through cooperation with a global PM corporations."