Our Work

With more than 20 years’ of service provision into the international electricity community, the transmission and distribution (T&D) team within Atkins is a respected, authoritative player.

Our services encompass:

• Power Network design & development
• System and network analysis and modelling
• Performance and feasibility studies
• Detail design
• EPC substation delivery
• Asset management
• Risk assessment / risk management
• Commercial assessments / valuations
• Expert Witness


We have a penetrating knowledge based upon real field experience and delivered by professional, commercially minded engineers.

Supporting both clients and contractors, we deliver the complete service encompassing all aspects of feasibility, design and project delivery. Our services provide for many roles within the project development, covering tendering and procurement adjudication, design reviews and contractor progression. Design and field experience up to 400kV.

We have a strong international reputation for our work with subsea and underground cable installations, both AC and DC.

Interconnections concerning energy importation, embedded generation and network effects can be analysed and modelled using ERACS and other industry standard packages retained in our software library.

T&D operates in the competitive electricity utilities sector. We provide value-added engineering services and built solutions across the entire spectrum of electricity networks, from high voltage power transmission grids, to low voltage industrial power distribution and controls.

Operating from offices in Epsom, Leeds, London, Glasgow and Bangalore, the teams retain a core of professionally qualified staff specialising in heavy electrical engineering, drawn from across the electricity, manufacturing and construction industries. Alongside the Power projects, our engineers serve the traditional electrical engineering consultancy business, supporting both internal and external clients worldwide.

Our expertise in the power sector includes:

• Network planning and development.
• Power system modeling, protection studies and fault calculations
• New connection applications and scheme design
• High voltage substation design and build
• Automated controls for substation and process industries (PLC/DCS/SCADA)
• Power distribution and protection equipment (transformers, switchgear, cables, protection relays and metering)
• Construction management and commissioning

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