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NCE/ACE Consultants of the Year
Our team who worked on Gautrain, South Africa’s first high speed modern rail line, won the Outstanding Achievement award for their role on the project.

CIBSE Low Carbon Performance Awards
Atkins was named Consultancy of the Year for its commitment to carbon reduction.

Edie Awards for Environmental Excellence
Atkins was named the UK’s Best Environmental Consultancy for the sixth year running.

Construction Week Awards
Atkins won the GCC Consultancy of the Year award for innovative, original and consistent expertise on projects.

MEP Middle East Awards
Atkins won Middle East MEP Consultancy of the Year for the second year running.

Midlands Excellence Awards
Atkins' H&T business received Investor in Excellence accreditation at the Midlands Excellence Awards.

The Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work For
Atkins ranked as one of The Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2011.

The Times Top 50 Employers For Women
Atkins has been named in the new Times Top 50 Employers for Women listing which recognises UK organisations that make the most of women in their workforce.

Recruiter Awards
The award for Best Recruitment Team went to Atkins for the second year in a row.

Europe: Consulting Firms Rankings 2011
Vault.com's survey put Atkins at the top of the Best to Work For: Green Initiatives category of its European Consulting Rankings. Atkins also achieved No.7 for Formal Training and No.9 for Interaction with Clients.

Professional Women's Magazine Best of the Best 2010
Atkins, formerly PBS&J, won the Best of the Best Top Diversity Employers for Women.

South Florida Business Journal Top 25 Engineering Firms
Up from number 5 in 2010, Atkins in South Florida gross billings of $31.7 million ranked at number 4 for 2011.

FHWA 2011 Environmental Excellence Awards
Atkins received this award for Excellence in Ecosystems, Habitat and Wildlife for the North Carolina Wetland Assessment Method.

Florida Stormwater Association Awards
Atkins was recognised for their work on Collier County Freedom Park for outstanding commitment to stormwater management practices.

CEEQUAL Awards 2011
Rated Excellent for the Wetland Area Bridges on the Olympic Park.

CEEQUAL Outstanding Achievement Awards 2011
Atkins designed and project managed the Parc Cybi project which won the Historic Environment Award.

CEEQUAL Outstanding Achievement Awards 2011
The Atkins' designed Olympic Park Enabling Works project won the Land Use Award.

Carbon Trust Standard
Atkins received the first ever certification of the Carbon Trust Standard to an engineering consultancy in the construction and building sector.

Edie Awards for Environmental Excellence
The Best for Corporate Social Responsibility award went to Atkins.

Edie Awards for Environmental Excellence
Atkins took away the Best for EIA/SEA (environmental impact assessment/ strategic environmental assessment) award.

FICE Engineering Excellence Awards
Atkins, formerly PBS&J, received the Grand Award for the Robinson Preserve Habitat Restoration project in Bradenton, Florida, and the USA

RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Awards
Our asset management business achieved an Order of Distinction for the 24th year running.

RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Awards
Atkins Limited received a Group-wide Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold award for the second year in a row.

MEED Quality Awards 2011
The Building Projects Award for Oman went to Bank Muscat Corporate Headquarters Building which was designed by Atkins.

MEED Quality Awards 2011
The Building Projects Award for UAE went to The Address in Downtown Dubai which was designed by Atkins.

MEED Quality Awards 2011
The Tourism & Leisure Award for Oman went to Atkins' designed Asian Beach Games.

ICE North East Awards 2011
Faithful+Gould project managed the Temenos installation in Middlesborough which won the Robert Stephenson Award.

Landscape Institute Awards
Atkins was Highly Commended in the Urban Design & Masterplanning category for its Oxford Circus crossing.

FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Awards
The Bali Congress Award was won by the Atkins-designed Regatta Apartments in Jakarta, Indonesia.

LABC Building Excellence Awards - South East
Best Educational Building went to Augustine House, Canterbury for which Atkins provided structural engineering design services.

SCALA Civic Building of the Year Awards
An architecture team led by Atkins was Highly Commended for the Wharton Community Library project.

PALME Middle East Awards
The Bahrain World Trade Center, designed and engineered by Atkins, won the award for Best Use of Exterior Lighting.

Arabian Commercial Property Awards
Atkins was Highly Commended in the Best Hotel Construction & Design category for The Address Hotel, Downtown Dubai.

Arabian Commercial Property Awards
Atkins was again Highly Commended in the Architecture Award (Leisure & Hospitality) category for the Sports Hotel in Abu Dhabi.

2011 Excellence in Construction
Atkins was recognised for architectural design-build services on the $25-million San Marcos Armed Forces Reserve Center. The project is pending LEED Gold certification.

British Council for School Environment Awards
Atkins' designed Northwood Primary School won the sustainable school of the year award.

RICS North East Renaissance Awards 2011
Northumbria University's Sport Central Facility won project of the year.

LABC Building Excellence Awards - South West
The Atkins-designed Dr Glaz Library at Plymouth High School for Girls won Best Technical Development.

Government Computing Awards
The Online Free School Meals project, which Atkins project-managed as part of the Connect Digitally Programme, was named Overall Winner as well as winning the Collaborative Working award.

Subsea Business Awards
Atkins won the Subsea Innovation & Technology award for groundbreaking work on the SAFEBUCK project.

CMG Building & Design Awards
Atkins in Ireland won the Renewable Energy award for projects such as Ballybofey Leisure Centre and Kill Hill Wind Farm.

MEED Quality Awards 2011
The Transport Award for UAE and Overall Transport Project of the Year was awarded to the Dubai Metro Red Line which was designed by Atkins.

Ground Engineering Awards 2011
The Atkins/Arup design team and Crossrail were highly commended for technical excellence on the data management for a section of Crossrail.

CEEQUAL Awards 2011
Rated Excellent for the Thameslink Programme - New Borough Viaduct.

CEEQUAL Awards 2011
Rated Excellent for the M74 Completion Scheme.

London Planning Awards
The Regent Street Vision project was awarded the Mayor's Award for Excellence at the London Planning Awards. Atkins has been heavily involved in the public realm design.

IStructE Structural Awards
Atkins received a Commendation in the Transportation Structures award category for the Dubai Metro Red Line.

MTR Project Quality, Safety & Environmental Awards
Atkins in China was presented with the Gold Quality Award for the Express Rail Link project as part of MTR's expansion of Hong Kong's rail network.

MTR Project Quality, Safety & Environmental Awards
The Atkins Arup Joint Venture won the Gold Quality Award for outstanding quality performance on the West Island Line of Hong Kong's railway.

Utah Department of Transportation Awards
Atkins, formerly PBS&J, was recognised by UDOT as Consultant of the Year for work on the I-15 Express Lanes project.

FICE Engineering Excellence Awards
Atkins, formerly PBS&J, received the Honor Award for the Florida Department of Transportation District 5 State Road Interchange project in Orlando, Florida.

Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association 2011 Best Overall Quality Special Use Pavement
The Bakerville to Loveland Basin Recreational Trail, for which Atkins provided design and construction, received this award.

East Central Florida Branch 2011 Outstanding Project of the Year
SR 50/SR 436 interchange overpass was recognized for the complex category 2 build that included the longest, widest simply supported dual box girders in Florida.

Central Florida Section National Engineers Week 2011 Outstanding Project of the Year
SR 50/SR 436 interchange overpass was recognized for completing 6 months ahead of schedule and over $2M under budget.

Highways Magazine Excellence Awards
Atkins and Somerset Council won the Most Innovative Highway Authority Project/Scheme of the Year Award for their Somerset Defect Repairs / Inform Mobile.

CMG Building & Design Awards 2011
The Belfast Sewers Project won Water Infrastructure Project of the Year.

UK Society for Trenchless Technology Awards
The UK Major Project award went to the Atkins-designed Belfast Sewers project.

Considerate Constructors National Site Awards
The Belfast Sewers project won a Gold Award for excellent standards of consideration to workforce, neighbours and the environment.

WCCC Distinguished Project Awards
Faithful+Gould USA won the Distinguished Project award in the infrastructure category for the Tulare Industrial Wastewater Treatment Expansion project.

Edie Awards for Environmental Excellence
Atkins was awarded Best for Water at the Edie Awards.

Apex Awards for Publication Excellence
Tom Singleton and Norma Villafaña received the Overall Communications Effectiveness and Excellence Award for their restoration and protection plan for the Peace Creek Watershed and Winter Haven, Florida.

Florida Engineering Society Awards
Atkins' own Mike Davis received the K-12 Volunteer of the Year for Engineering Award for his outstanding support of FES's K-12 programme.

ICE John Mitchell Medal 2011
The medal was awarded to Chris Mundel in Atkins' Highways and Transportation business.

ICE Jean Venables Medal 2011
The medal was awarded to Matt Taylor in recognition of his performance as a newly qualified technician at a Technical Professional Review.

Power 100 List
Richard Barrett, managing director of Atkins Middle East & India, was named in Construction Week's Power 100 list, a collection of the most influential people working in the region’s construction sector.

NCE/ACE Consultants of the Year
Atkins’ mechanical engineer Peter Brown was named Young Consultant of the Year.

Ground Engineering Awards
Atkins' own Benoit Latapie was named Young Geotechnical/ Geoenvironmental Engineer of the Year.

apa California Northern Awards 2011
The Hard Won Victory Award was presented to Atkins for The Candlestick Point – Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Phase II Project EIR.

apa California Northern Awards 2011
The Focus Issue Planning Award was presented to Atkins for helping to implement California flood legislation into local land use planning.

Hermes Creative Awards 2011
Atkins received a gold award for RISK MAP, the Game. The awards exemplifies excellence in concept, writing, and design of marketing materials and programs.

CIPS Certification
Atkins has been re-accredited with the CIPS certification, recognising excellence in organisational procurement competence.