Highways Heroes: Behavioural science for highways07/01/2021 Dr Claire Williams, technical director, human sciences, intelligent mobility and smart technology at Atkins, looks at the Government’s response to COVID and finds three behavioural and human factors lessons we can apply to highways. |
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Analysis: What drives an industry to take a systems approach?20/11/2020 Atkins' MD Highways, Peter Baynham, and chief engineer Ian Gibson explore the benefits that systems thinking would bring and what happens if we don’t do it. |
The A14 story part 3: From two wheels to four legs02/10/2020 The third in our series of exclusive behind-the-scenes briefings on the award winning A14 scheme from the team at Atkins tells how motorists, walkers, cyclists and horse-riders are all benefiting from the upgrade. |
The A14 story part 2: Economy plus ecology23/09/2020 The second in our series of exclusive behind-the-scenes briefings on the award winning A14 scheme from the team at Atkins. This week Highways hears about how a legacy of wildlife habitat innovations was achieved. |
The A14 story: The team moves digital forward16/09/2020 In the first of a series of articles from Atkins on its role in the award winning Highways England A14 scheme, the team discuss how their pioneering approach to digital technologies is a further legacy of the project. |
The COVID acceleration?06/07/2020 Necessity and great invention often go hand in hand. Peter Baynham, Atkins UK’s head of strategic highways, talks to Dominic Browne about remembering the lessons of the last few months and the positive changes for business. |
Atkins in Wiltshire for the long-term with new deal11/12/2019 Atkins has won a five-year highways consultancy framework contract to support Wiltshire Council’s long-term transport strategy. |
Atkins sets out on the path to be a digital pioneer18/06/2019 Emma Greedy reports from the Atkins’ new London headquarters near Victoria Station, where the global consultancy’s new president, Philip Hoare, said it is looking to ‘jump off the kerb’ and make a difference with its technology. |
Stewart is the new queen at Atkins10/01/2019 Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has appointed Lizi Stewart as managing director of its UK and Europe transportation division. |
Hear all about the FLOURISH CAV project on Talking Transport25/10/2018 The latest in the series of popular Talking Transport podcasts discusses the human side of driverless cars by talking to key members of the FLOURISH |
Talking Transport counts down to Copenhagen discussing future mobility06/09/2018 With only a few days to go before the biggest ITS World Congress ever, taking place in Copenhagen from 17 to 21 September, this Talking Transport podcast looks ahead to some of the things going on and some of the main topics of debate and talks about an ITS success story. |
Talking Transport hears about VENTURER and World Congress18/07/2018 The lessons learned from the three years of the VENTURER driverless car project in southwest England are the main topic of conversation in the latest Talking Transport podcast, along with a look ahead to the forthcoming ITS World Congress. |
Acquisitions and MaaS on Wednesday’s World Congress podcast03/11/2017 Day three of the ITS World Congress and the on the official World Congress podcast we talk to global industry leader SNC Lavalin about their |
Mouchel/Atkins JV wins £4m HE spatial planning contract23/05/2016 Mouchel Consulting, which is part of the Kier Group, has been awarded a £4 million four-year Highways England spatial planning contract in partnership with Atkins. |
JV awarded £17.5m design contract for A30314/01/2016 An Atkins/Arup joint venture has been appointed as design consultant for the A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down in Wiltshire. |
Smart motorways investment for England announced22/07/2015 Highways England has today appointed six joint-venture companies to design and build 10 smart motorways across England as part of a £1.5 billion investment. |
Atkins and Hyder land Highways Agency tech deal28/08/2014 Atkins, in partnership with Hyder, have been awarded a three-year contract by the Highways Agency to deliver specialist technical support to the seven Regional Control Centres (RCCs) across England. |
Atkins launches "next generation" of composite bridges27/08/2014 Atkins believes technology used to build the latest aircraft can save millions by being adapted to construct a new generation of bridges. |
Atkins wants more apprentices07/03/2014 Atkins is seeking 15 apprentices to work on a range of projects in its highways and transportation business. |
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