SNC-Lavalin
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SNC-Lavalin is a major Canadian engineering and construction group known for providing infrastructure, engineering, and project management services worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SNC-Lavalin canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4412468 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SNC-Lavalin Context triple: [WS Atkins, parentOrganization, SNC-Lavalin]
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A.
Tractebel
Tractebel is an international engineering and consulting company specializing in energy, water, and infrastructure projects.
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B.
Unocal Corporation
Unocal Corporation was a major American oil and gas company, historically known for its exploration and production activities in the United States and Asia, before being acquired by Chevron.
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C.
Murray & Roberts
Murray & Roberts is a major South African engineering and construction group known for delivering large, complex infrastructure and building projects worldwide.
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D.
Bechtel Corporation
Bechtel Corporation is a major American engineering, construction, and project management company known for large-scale infrastructure and energy projects worldwide.
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E.
BESIX
BESIX is a major Belgian construction and engineering company known for delivering large-scale, high-profile projects worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SNC-Lavalin Target entity description: SNC-Lavalin is a major Canadian engineering and construction group known for providing infrastructure, engineering, and project management services worldwide.
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A.
Tractebel
Tractebel is an international engineering and consulting company specializing in energy, water, and infrastructure projects.
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B.
Unocal Corporation
Unocal Corporation was a major American oil and gas company, historically known for its exploration and production activities in the United States and Asia, before being acquired by Chevron.
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C.
Murray & Roberts
Murray & Roberts is a major South African engineering and construction group known for delivering large, complex infrastructure and building projects worldwide.
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D.
Bechtel Corporation
Bechtel Corporation is a major American engineering, construction, and project management company known for large-scale infrastructure and energy projects worldwide.
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E.
BESIX
BESIX is a major Belgian construction and engineering company known for delivering large-scale, high-profile projects worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineering and construction company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| businessDivision |
engineering, design and project management
ⓘ
infrastructure ⓘ nuclear ⓘ power ⓘ resources ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| formerName |
Lavalin
ⓘ
SNC ⓘ Surveyer, Nenniger & Chenevert ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Alfred Lambert
ⓘ
Arthur Surveyer ⓘ Ernest Lavergne ⓘ |
| hasClientSector |
mining and metallurgy
ⓘ
nuclear energy ⓘ oil and gas ⓘ power generation ⓘ transportation infrastructure ⓘ water and environment ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Montreal, Quebec, Canada ⓘ |
| inception | 1911 ⓘ |
| industry |
construction
ⓘ
engineering ⓘ infrastructure services ⓘ project management ⓘ |
| keyProject |
Canada Line (Vancouver)
ⓘ
linked to:
Canada Line
Highway 407 ETR (engineering role) ⓘ
linked to:
Ontario Highway 407
James Bay hydroelectric project ⓘ
linked to:
Hydro-Québec James Bay Project
London power and infrastructure projects ⓘ Montreal Metro ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
faced criminal charges in Canada related to fraud and corruption
ⓘ
involved in corruption and bribery scandals related to Libya ⓘ subject of political controversy in Canada regarding prosecution handling ⓘ |
| parentCompany | none ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody |
Autorité des marchés financiers (Quebec)
ⓘ
Ontario Securities Commission ⓘ |
| service |
construction management
ⓘ
engineering consulting ⓘ infrastructure development ⓘ operations and maintenance ⓘ procurement ⓘ project management ⓘ |
| stockExchange | Toronto Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Atkins
ⓘ
Candu Energy ⓘ
linked to:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Kentz ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | SNC ⓘ |
| website | https://www.snclavalin.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SNC-Lavalin Description of subject: SNC-Lavalin is a major Canadian engineering and construction group known for providing infrastructure, engineering, and project management services worldwide.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.