The contract is to provide support in the delivery of Qatar’s multi-billion-dollar transport and infrastructure programmes, which underpin Qatar's 2030 vision for infrastructure development.
Under the contract, Atkins will establish a central planning office to co-ordinate current and planned road, rail, metro and other major transport and infrastructure projects, including elements associated with the FIFA 2022 World Cup.
Uwe Krueger, Atkins' chief executive said: "This latest contract win in Qatar strengthens our position in the region even further as we are working with government stakeholders to help them to deliver the most comprehensive and integrated infrastructure investment programme in the region's history."
Qatar's 2030 vision includes programmes for education, health, science and sport, all of which must be connected by multimodal transport infrastructure. The central planning office will be a single co-ordinating body which will be responsible for ensuring all works are planned in an integrated and efficient way to minimise disruption and maximise cost effectiveness. Atkins' project team draws upon a wide range of skills from rail to tunnelling, traffic planning to environment, urban design to cost estimating.
This contract follows Atkins' announcement in November 2011 of a five-year contract worth circa £65m to help transform the roads and drainage systems in the Qatari capital, Doha.
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