Atkins scoops three more awards to cap incredible fortnight - 17 November 2008
Atkins has capped an extraordinary fortnight of achievement after winning three major industry awards at two events – taking its tally of awards won in the last two weeks to seven.
The company was named Engineering Consultant of the Year in the Middle East at the inaugural Gulf States Building Awards in Dubai, while picking up the Best Consultancy 2008 and Best Consultancy for Water and Wastewater 2008 at the prestigious edie Awards for Environmental Excellence in London.
The successes come hot on the heels of Atkins’ three award wins in early November at the Highways Magazine Excellence Awards and Elspeth Duxbury’s triumph at the Woman of the Future Awards, in which she was named Entrepreneurial Woman of the Future.
Atkins’ success at the Gulf States Building Awards was recognition of its outstanding work on a number of high profile projects in the region, including the Bahrain World Trade Center, Burj Al Arab and Dubai Metro.
The competition was open to entries from companies working in the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates). Organised by Building (magazine), BD (Building Design) and PWGlobal (Property Week, Global Edition) publications, the awards were set up to celebrate the work of top contractors, engineers, consultants, architects and the most outstanding projects in the region.
The judges praised Atkins’ work in the region, saying: “Atkins is fast installing itself as the pre-eminent engineering consultancy in the Middle East. It has its fingers in almost every major piece of construction you can think of in the UAE - from the landmark Burj Al Arab tower to the rapidly-emerging Dubai Metro.
Current projects such as the recently-completed Bahrain World Trade Centre and the low-carbon Dubai International Financial Centre Lighthouse show that Atkins is ahead of the game when it comes to its sustainability ambitions and iconic concepts.”
Now in their second year, edie's Awards for Environmental Excellence reward companies for pushing the envelope when it comes to making practical improvements to the environment and the way they do business.
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For more information:
Ben Thompson
Head of PR 01372 752154
ben.thompson@atkinsglobal.com
Notes to editors:
Atkins (www.atkinsglobal.com) is a multinational engineering and design consultancy, providing expertise to help resolve complex challenges presented by the built and natural environment. Atkins is the largest multidisciplinary consultancy in Europe, the largest engineering consultancy in both the UK and the Middle East, and the UK's second largest architecture firm.
Atkins’ current projects include:
• Major infrastructure works, such as design and programme management of the civil works for the Dubai Metro red and green lines;
• In the defence sector, the MoD’s Future Rapid Effects System (FRES) programme – overseeing the development of the next generation of medium weight armoured vehicles for the military;
• Significant road contracts, such as a £150 million, five-year integrated contract for Gloucestershire County Council, delivering highway maintenance, design, emergency response, winter maintenance, re-surfacing and recycling;
• Key rail projects, including a £65 million, three-year resignalling contract in Basingstoke; and
• High profile designs, such as Durrat Al Bahrain, a spectacular 20 sq km resort for 45,000 people on the south coast of Bahrain, comprising 13 man-made islands.
Atkins won Engineering Consultant of the Year 2008 at the prestigious Building Awards. The company was named among the “20 Best Big Companies to Work For 2008’ by The Sunday Times; The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2008; and The Times Top 50 Companies Where Women Want to Work 2008. The company was construction sector winner for the third consecutive year in the Target National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2008.