WS Atkins & Partners Overseas opens new Middle East (Dubai) HQ

The office, which is in a new Atkins designed building, represents not only the heart of the regional business, but also the location of the thriving Dubai operations in their own right.

ATKINS has developed a reputation for its iconic design and consultancy in the Gulf region over the last three decades. Since 1999 the total number of staff has risen from around 200 to the current total of some 1,200 professionals.

Operating from seven thriving hubs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Muscat, Doha, Bahrain and Bangalore, Atkins staff includes Architects; Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical, Process, Marine, Piping and Instrumentation Engineers; Project Managers; Environmentalists; Aviation and Oil & Gas industry specialists as well as the largest Railway consultancy in the Middle East.

"Excellence and Identity are everything," explains Managing Director Tim Askew. "The uncompromising quality of our services is the bedrock of our reputation in the region and our relocation mirrors this ideal. As a major component in the company's worldwide organisation, we continue to expand our locally provided design services but to the highest international standards. Our new office expresses this status and vision."

ATKINS' name was firmly established in the city with the design of the Burj Al Arab Hotel and the Jumeirah Beach Resort and Wild Wadi Development complex. Its multidisciplinary approach provides unrivalled, high quality professional services across the full spectrum of the built environment - all under one roof. This ability to bring to projects a highly talented locally based team of creative and experienced professionals facilitates the firm's working with a wide range of government bodies and private sector companies across a diverse range of landmark buildings and complex developments throughout the region.

The current regional project portfolio includes - Dubai's Al Mas Tower; the Burj Dubai Lake Hotel; the Palm Gateway Towers in Dubai, the Barr Al Jissah Hotel & Spa in Oman; the Bahrain World Trade Center; Qatar Education City; the Durrat Al Bahrain project; the Wave and Blue City developments in Oman; road maintenance projects in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain and the design and supervision of 66 kms of 8 lane super highway between Doha and Dukhan in Qatar.
Speaking on behalf of all his colleagues Tim notes, "We all feel this move takes us to a new level of quality and performance from which we can make the next seven years as successful as the last."