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Atkins secures aviation contract in Puerto Rico - 11 June 2014

Atkins will play a major role in developing Puerto Rico's airport infrastructure over the next five years following the award of a contract to serve as an engineering advisor to the island's port authority.

The award of a general engineering consultant contract by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA) will see Atkins serve as an architectural, engineering and planning advisor for PRPA airport grant projects throughout the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Atkins will help PRPA engineers, planners and operations staff plan, design, procure and supervise infrastructure projects.

L. Joe Boyer, Atkins' CEO for North America, said: "We have a long-term professional relationship with the PRPA, having designed and planned projects at 9 out of the 10 PRPA-owned airports in Puerto Rico over the last 16 years. The award of this new contract will further strengthen our relationship with the PRPA and enable us to bring a world-class team of experts to its grant projects."

The PRPA is the governmental agency that develops, operates and oversees all seaports and airports in Puerto Rico. The PRPA first selected Atkins' Puerto Rico-based business unit, Atkins Caribe, as general engineering consultant in 1997 and since then has selected Atkins multiple times to provide comprehensive airport planning, engineering and construction management services for both commercial and general aviation airports.

In 2008 Atkins played a key role in helping the PRPA transform the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station (a US Navy base) into the José Aponte de la Torre Airport, a civilian airport located in the town of Ceiba on the eastern tip of the island. Atkins has also completed numerous projects to help the PRPA's engineering bureau execute its capital improvement programme and develop airfields and maritime transportation facilities.

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Jeff Berg
PR manager, North America

+1 (407) 647 7275
jeff.berg@atkinsglobal.com

Jane Sheils
Group PR manager

 +44 1372 75 2350
jane.sheils@atkinsglobal.com

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  • - designing the Central London twin tunnels and station architecture for Europe's biggest civil engineering scheme which will see tunnels passing beneath 470 listed buildings and critical infrastructure;
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  • Hong Kong-- Bridge - lead consultant on this integral part of the new Hong Kong link road scheme which will significantly boost land connectivity in the region;
  • Sixth Form College - design of the energy consumption College in the UK which aims to reduce operational energy use by more than 60% compared to previous designs;
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