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Atkins' CEO Uwe Krueger delivers speech at Indonesia Investment Summit - 06 November 2012

Prof Dr Uwe Krueger, Atkins' CEO, spoke today in Jakarta at the Indonesia Investment Summit: Beyond Investment Grade organised by the International Herald Tribune in partnership with BKPM, the Investment Coordinating Board of the Republic of Indonesia.  The conference is aimed at highlighting recent updates in domestic policy and the trading and investment opportunities in the nation's growth areas.

Uwe focussed on opportunities for international investment in infrastructure development and highlighted Indonesia's current infrastructure projects, with specific emphasis on the needs and the planning investment required to create the right environment for economic growth and development.

Uwe told the delegates: "It's clear from the conference that there are tremendous opportunities for infrastructure growth. The Government has the political will and 15 year economic development plan in place which demonstrates its commitment. This presents solid opportunities for the engineering design sector as the region moves forward to create its cities of the future."

He joined a panel with Bruno Dupety, Vice President and COO of Vinci Construction and Stuart Dean, CEO of GE ASEAN. Delegates included H E Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, H E Minister Gita Wirjawan, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, and Bert Hofman, chief economist East Asia and Pacific, World Bank.

Current Atkins projects in the region include the South Quarter in Jakarta, a mixed-use development designed by Atkins which is part of a masterplan. It is one of the most sustainable developments in Jakarta, with strategies embedded to cut energy use and conserve water.

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*It is the largest engineering consultancy in the UK (New Civil Engineer Consultants File 2012) and the 13th largest global design firm (Engineering News-Record 2011).

Recent projects include:

  • Major infrastructure works, such as the design and programme management of the civil works for the Dubai Metro red and green lines in the UAE;
  • Key rail projects - providing architectural and engineering design services on Crossrail, Europe's biggest civil engineering project in London, UK, and designing stations, tunnelling and track systems for Gautrain, South Africa's first high speed line;
  • Renewable energy schemes - transformer platform design for the Thanet offshore wind park in the North Sea;
  • High profile transport planning and urban design - our innovative scheme to deliver a diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus in London, UK, has helped tackle the problem of pedestrian crowding;
  • Multidisciplinary building design - Northwood Primary School in Darlington, UK, is an exemplar project which raises standards for environmental design and community engagement.
  • Multi-year architecture-engineering construction management services for the US National Park Service, including projects such as rehabilitation of the Furnace Creek Visitor Center and Administrative Complex at California's Death Valley to meet the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification standards;
  • Water and environmental projects - critical programme management of storm protection works in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Southern Louisiana in North America, providing expertise in coastal restoration, engineering, environmental and GIS support to rebuild defenses and protect habitats;

Atkins was named among The Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work For 2011, won Consultancy of the Year in the CIBSE Low Carbon Performance Awards 2010, received the first ever certification of the Carbon Trust Standard awarded to an engineering consultancy in the construction sector, and was included in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2011 and The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2010. Atkins was also construction and civil engineering sector winner for the fifth consecutive year in the Target National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2010 and was awarded a RoSPA Gold Award 2011 for excellence in control of health and safety in the workplace.

Atkins is the official engineering design services provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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