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News and analysis
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Technology
Seeing is believing - using digital technology to protect your assets
How digital image correlation technology can protect your assets.Read more -
Digital railway
Game-changing lessons from Denmark
Denmark's national rail signalling programme offers some key lessons for the global rail sector.Read more -
Design
Better building design worth £20bn to GDP
New research carried out by Atkins and Imperial College has found buildings more thoughtfully designed around people's needs could improve performance and help to tackle the UK's productivity gap.Read more -
Company news
Atkins’ turnover breaks through the £2bn mark
Atkins records strong set of results ahead of its takeover next month.Read more -
Middle East
Atkins works with US Army Corps of Engineers on Middle East infrastructure
Atkins is assisting the US Army Corps of Engineers on a range of infrastructure projects around the Arabian Gulf.Read more -
Company news
Atkins agrees £2.1bn takeover by SNC-Lavalin
Canadian firm buys Atkins for £2.1bn to create mega-firm with 53,000 staff.Read more -
Business
SNC-Lavalin in line to buy Atkins for £2.1bn
The Atkins board has indicated it will recommend its shareholders accept an offer from Canada's SNC-Lavalin, subject to conditions.Read more -
Budget
Budget reaction: Low expectations and not much to get excited about
Phillip Hammond's Budget has been greeted with disappointment by industry leaders.Read more -
Electric vehicles: pointless without green energy
A new report by Atkins is calling on joined up thinking in green transport and energy policiesRead more -
Skills
Designing playgrounds to inspire STEM careers
Atkins has teamed up with Dream Networks to inspire school children through the task of designing playgrounds for disadvantaged communitiesRead more -
Cyber security
Cyber security in a nuclear world
A cyber-attack on a nuclear facility could have devastating effects and increasing digitisation of facilities makes such an attack more likely.Read more -
Water
Water sector exuding a more secure hue
The regulated water companies and their suppliers are now delivering a sixth five-year cycle of capital investment. For a health check on the sector, Jon Masters grabbed 10 minutes with Atkins’ market director for water Graham Hunt.Read more -
Autumn Statement
A lot to interest the infrastructure sector
Notwithstanding difficult economic headwinds, there was still a lot to interest the infrastructure sector in the Autumn Statement.Read more -
Northern transport
We need a transport funding revolution, say northern businesses
Northern businesses call on the government to use the Autumn Statement to unleash a revolution in transport spending.Read more -
Autonomous vehicles
Urgent action needed to make cities ready for autonomous vehicles
Atkins calls for urgent action to make cities ready for connected and autonomous vehicles.Read more -
Intelligent Mobility
Atkins takes to the technological road with iM week
Atkins is drawing attention to urban traffic, pollution and transport issues, to mark a week of activity launching the company's technological approach of Intelligent MobilityRead more -
Airports
Atkins’ Graham Bolton takes up chair of British Aviation Group
Atkins' director takes over as chair of aviation sector body.Read more -
People & Careers
Atkins opens doors to new wave of graduates and apprentices
Atkins recruits more than 300 graduates and apprenticeships in new intake.Read more -
Brexit aftermath
Collaboration to trump competition to meet the Brexit challenge
Nick Roberts looks at collaboration v competition in the context of Brexit.Read more -
Infrastructure politics
Going for gold in London infrastructure
Learning the lessons for infrastructure from the last Olympic Games.Read more