Atkins is providing project management, aviation, civil and geotechnical engineering, business case and risk consultancy, market research and demographic consultancy to develop a solution for air access to St Helena.

Atkins was the first consultant to devise a technically feasible airport solution that meets international safety standards. Based on 162-passenger aircraft, such as a Boeing 737-800, it requires a 1950m runway on the only relatively flat area of land on this tiny, mountainous volcanic island situated in the Atlantic Ocean. This was supported by a wide-ranging study which produced integrated technical and economic arguments.

• Civil engineering
• Geotechnical engineering
• Project & programme management

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