Double success for Atkins at Subsea UK awards - 01 March 2010
Atkins’ achievements in subsea engineering over the past 12 months culminated in the company picking up a brace of awards at the Subsea Business Awards, an annual celebration of excellence across the sector.
Stephen Booth, subsea director for Atkins, collected the Subsea Innovation and Technology Award for the groundbreaking work achieved by Atkins’ Joint Industry Project SAFEBUCK. Led by consultants David Bruton and Malcolm Carr, SAFEBUCK has carried out research and development into the most challenging aspects of pipeline design for deepwater or high-pressure high-temperature fields, developing both design guidance and new tools to improve feasibility and reduce risk.
Commenting on the award for SAFEBUCK, Stephen said: “SAFEBUCK has been a great success on many levels, drawing on deep technical knowledge from across Atkins and some of the world’s foremost universities and research centres. We had fantastic support from our participants, including the sharing of valuable research and operating data in order to significantly improved our knowledge and ability to deliver challenging projects.”
Atkins oil and gas consultant Katy Wilson took home the award for Emerging Talent. Commended by the judges for her breadth of knowledge in subsea pipeline engineering, Katy was also praised for her work authoring a best practice guidance document on preserving the integrity of riser caissons.
She was also praised for her remarkable organisational and interpersonal skills and her clear vision for what is important both technically and commercially. Katy said: “I am surrounded by some of the best minds in our industry. The team at Atkins has given me a great deal of support and mentoring over the years, so this award is as much a credit to them as it is to me.”
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Notes to editors:
Atkins (www.atkinsglobal.com) is one of the world's leading engineering and design consultancies. We have the depth and breadth of technical expertise to respond both to the complex challenges of major infrastructure projects, and the urgent transition to a low-carbon economy. 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, we plan, design and enable solutions.
Recent projects include:
• Major infrastructure works, such as the design and programme management of the civil works for the Dubai Metro red and green lines;
• High profile transport planning and urban design – our innovative scheme to deliver a diagonal crossing at London’s Oxford Circus has helped tackle the problem of pedestrian crowding;
• Key rail projects – providing architectural and engineering design services on London’s Crossrail, Europe’s biggest civil engineering project, and designing stations, tunnelling and track systems on Gautrain, South Africa’s first high speed line.
• Multidisciplinary building design – North Wood Primary School in Darlington is an exemplar project which raises standards for environmental design and community engagement;
• Vital water and environmental projects – as part of a joint venture, Atkins is providing technical assistance to the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme in Nigeria, which will benefit up to three million people.
Atkins was named among the 20 Best Big Companies to Work For 2009 by The Sunday Times; The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2009; and The Times Top 50 Companies Where Women Want to Work 2009. The company was construction and civil engineering sector winner for the fourth consecutive year in the Target National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2009 and was named Consultancy of the Year in the CIBSE Low Carbon Performance Awards 2010.
Atkins is the official engineering design services provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.