Established in 1938, Atkins is one of the world’s leading engineering and design consultancies. Atkins has over 300 offices around the world and employ over 17000 people across the globe.
What Atkins Does
Whether it’s the concept for a new skyscraper, the upgrade of a rail network, the modelling of a flood defence system or the improvement of a management process, Atkins plans, designs and enable solutions.
Plan - From cost and risk planning, feasibility studies and logistics to impact assessments and stakeholder engagement activity, Atkins plans every aspect of the clients’ projects.
Design - Atkins designs intellectual capital such as management systems and business processes. Atkins also designs physical structures such as office towers, schools, bridges and highways.
Enable - The clients entrust us with the management of projects, people and issues – ensuring that deadlines are met, costs are controlled and success is delivered. The skills lie in the expansive area of infrastructure – the wiring of society – encompassing buildings, transport and utilities (including energy and water) as well as work for national and local governments and other industrial clients. The social and environmental framework is crucial and Atkins view all the projects in the context of the communities and in which they will be undertaken.
Sectors & Services
Aerospace
Atkins has been delivering high quality aerospace engineering solutions for over 10 years. Atkins offer broad capability, extensive experience and technical excellence to clients that shape the aerospace industry.
Avitaion
Atkins is helping to shape the future of aviation around the world, ensuring they meet the needs of airport authorities, operators, airlines and passengers alike.
Buildings
From building planning and design, to enabling effective estates strategies for existing property portfolios, Atkins has unrivalled experience in delivering professional services for the built environment.
Defence
As the largest consultant engineer to the uk defence market, Atkins work in partnership with the clients to provide independent and objective advice and support across all stages of the lifecycle from concept through to disposal.
Education
Atkins recognises the changing needs of the education market and have developed tailored services in response.
Environment
Atkins focuses on improving environmental management performance, risk and liability management and competitiveness for its clients, helping to deliver savings and efficiencies in time, cost and resources.
Healthcare
For over 30 years, the dedicated healthcare teams have delivered design expertise to both public and private health providers.
Information Communications
Ensuring information is communicated efficiently and with adequate security is vital to the success of business activities. Atkins plays a leading role in planning, designing and enabling these fast changing systems.
Marine & Coastal
The specialists provide an integrated approach to the planning and management of coastal and marine environments to ensure their sustainable use and protection.
Mass Transit
Atkins provides complete solutions to clients operating in the metro and light rail markets. From the dubai metro to the london underground, Atkins plans, designs and enables surface and sub-surface transit systems.
Nuclear
Atkins is at the forefront of the worldwide nuclear renaissance, having successfully provided business critical engineering solutions to the nuclear sector for more than four decades.
Oil & Gas
Atkins has provided unrivalled technical expertise and support to the oil and gas industry for more than three decades. The highly skilled teams are leading technical developments across the globe and, with the input, problems are solved and critical decisions are made with confidence.
Power
Atkins has been delivering electrical, civil and structural engineering services to the global power sector for over 20 years.
Rail
With an extensive team of railway professionals Atkins are committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of rail design and engineering.
Renewables
Atkins is at the forefront of the offshore renewables revolution, providing robust concept and detailed engineering design and owner’s engineer services in the wind, wave and tidal energy sectors.
Roads
Delivering an appropriate and sustainable transportation network for the 21st century is an exciting challenge. Atkins is committed to planning, designing and enabling the clients’ transportation programmes.
Urban Development
Atkins is a major force in urban development. Atkins designs cities throughout the world, delivering sustainable solutions to best meet the needs of modern populations.
Water
Water is an increasingly important but unevenly distributed resource globally. Atkins supports the water, wastewater and water-related environmental sectors with services from water strategy planning and flood management to infrastructure design and maintenance.
Clients
The clients range across the public, regulated and private sectors. They include central and local government, major financial and retail companies, developers, manufacturers, utilities, and other blue chip companies.