Atkins has launched a new advisory business to help clients manage uncertainty and complexity in infrastructure delivery.
The end-to-end consulting business – Atkins Acuity – will combine the company’s extensive engineering and master planning capability with new structuring, financing and project preparation expertise.
Initially the service will focus on the Middle East, South East Asia and Africa markets across Atkins’ core sectors of transportation, energy and infrastructure, the company said in a statement.
Atkins Acuity will support international finance institutions, governments, and large corporations through the delivery of engineering-led advisory solutions to target infrastructure development and funding opportunities around the world.
This is the first new business to be launched by Atkins, with an aspirational goal of generating approximately GBP 200mn ($283mn) in revenues in around a four to five year period.
Senior new hires have been made from organisations including McKinsey, KPMG, Arthur D Little, World Economic Forum, Standard Chartered Bank and the former executive director of the Philippines PPP Unit, adding structuring and financing skills to the deep technical engineering knowledge across the Atkins Group.
Uwe Krueger, Atkins’ chief executive officer, said: “Atkins Acuity is a direct response to our client’s needs to deliver more rewarding and higher-value partnerships for infrastructure and energy investments.
“We believe Governments, corporates and financial institutions alike are frustrated at bottle-necks in programmes and a lack of delivery – the Atkins Acuity end-to-end advisory service is designed to help change that.”