Valard Completes Historic Churchill Falls Project

Valard

November 24, 2017

Valard Construction LP, a Quanta Services company and head of the Valard Group of Companies, announced today the successful completion of construction on the Churchill Falls-Muskrat Falls and Labrador-Island Transmission Link transmission lines for the Lower Churchill Project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

For four years, between 2013 and 2017, employees from Valard and its sister companies worked with the client, Nalcor Energy, to build a historically significant and geographically demanding high-voltage power line through some extremely challenging terrain.  The full release is available here and Nalcor’s video/release here

http://www.valard.com/about/newsroom/valard-completes-historic-churchill-falls-project/

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