Atkins Danmark A/S Annual Profile 2012-13 Atkins Danmark A/S – Annual Profile Atkins Danmark A/S – Annual Profile Highlights Contents The way we work Foreword In Atkins, we continue to be 4 passionate about what we do Technical assistance from Page global Atkins office Inside Atkins Educating colleagues at the global A look inside Atkins. 9 6 design center in India provides 75 years of design, engineering and project management Atkins with a large pool of skilled resources. Rail Better, faster, stronger: 12 North West Rail Line Page Infrastructure on the move Atkins is part of the team behind the largest ongoing rail construction 15 Bridges work right now - a complex design Collaboration as the supporting 28 project delivered in a tight time construction of bridge engineering frame and to budget. Roads The Signalling Programme Page Only proper roads will 36 Up to 50 engineers and planners take you someplace new from Atkins are involved on the 21 programme. The Danish signalling Urban Planning programme is setting the agenda for Holistic thinking makes 44 the future ERTMS projects in Europe. cities stay on the move GIS Expansion of Page Smart thinking 52 Køge Bugt Motorway Photo: Stefan Kiel Nielsen, Atkins in the 2010s The motorway is one of the most 31 congested in Denmark with some Energy 100,000 daily users. Atkins is One of the leading consultan cies in 60 responsible for the design of bridges. oil and gas as well as in renewables Frederikssund Motorway Page Key performance In 2012, Atkins won the design on How Atkins performed 64 the second stage on Frederikssund 39 in 2012/13 Motorway in a design-and-build contract with E. Pihl & Søn A/S. Key knowledge Photo: Stefan Kiel Nielsen, Atkins and responsibility 66 Our knowledge, our people, our work Dangerous obstructions when Page and our responsibilities flying at low altitude Front page: Atkins has developed a system for Project Manager Torben 55 delivering user-friendly maps and Schmidt on site at Lejre Carbon footprint Our commitment to a sustainable information of known obstructions Station, which lies on 69 future: Achieving more with less directly to the pilot. the North West Rail Line. See p. 15 Photo: Stefan Kiel Nielsen, Atkins Plan Design Enable Atkins Danmark A/S Foreword In Atkins, we continue to be passionate about what we do – Annual Profile Foreword Atkins Danmark A/S – Annual Profile > Foreword Foreword Continuing improvement We are pleased to present you with Our work A stronger Atkins – Atkins has worked on several in Scandinavia and globally this year's annual profile which aims exciting projects during 2012/13. On a global scale, the Atkins group has not to provide you with an opportunity to We have continued our work on only been able to celebrate its 75th Anniversary look inside Atkins – an opportunity to the Signalling Programme, initiated this year, but has also been able to celebrate the work on Næstved by-pass road, an excellent result despite challenges in some read about our products, projects and and assisted on the design of the markets. In Scandinavia, the collaboration people, and to gain an understanding Danish Royal Air Force Obstruction between our countries has been increased by a Database. In the coming year, we greater management focus on shared strategy and of our organisation and its qualities. can look forward to commencing goals. The aim is to strengthen the relationship Each year brings new and exciting and continuing new and interesting between our three countries and to develop projects with it and each year we projects; both in connection with our individual and collective businesses through the double track on Vamdrup- mutual learning and collaboration. continue to challenge our current Vojens and Frederikssund Motorway. In the coming years, our clients will be best practices to guarantee continual Similarly, we can look forward to challenged as they will be required to continue technical and project delivery excellence. continuing our work on design- to improve. In Atkins, we will support their and-build projects – currently improvement by continuing to be passionate In Atkins, we continue to be passionate about the main way of organising projects within about what we do, and apply this passion to grow what we do. Thus in 2012/13, we experienced bridges, roads and rail. Up until now, this our skills, persistently improve our services, and The reception area of Atkins in Ørestad a positive development with an increase in our has meant closer collaboration with con- hereby invest in the future of engineering. Photo: Stefan Kiel Nielsen, Atkins revenue and a strong order book. In addition to tractors and we look forward to conti nuing this, our continuous environmental and employee this new type of collaboration in the future. initiatives resulted in a reduction of our carbon emission and a positive employee satisfaction. The combination of these elements ensure us that 2012/13 can indeed be considered a successful year. Eva Rindom Managing Director, Atkins Danmark A/S 4 5 Inside Atkins A look inside Atkins. Inside Atkins 75 years of design, engineering and project management Atkins Danmark A/S – Annual Profile > Inside Atkins Inside Atkins This year, Atkins celebrates 75 years of design, engineering and project Delivering the present essential for the delivery of results, which meets management excellence. Atkins was Our people are our business. As the requirements of better quality, less time and an engineering company, the low costs. To Atkins the project process with a founded in 1938 in the UK. During knowledge of our people is what good initial project start, team spirit and a clear the past 75 years, from post-war we offer our clients. In a world understanding of the overall objectives, roles and that moves faster than ever, we are responsibilities is key to delivering good results. regeneration and the advent of nuclear constantly challenged to be at the We do this while at the same time shaping our engineering to high speed rail and forefront of trends that move the projects to be in a consistent high quality without the inte grated sustain able cities of market and technical development. compromising innovation and creative thinking. This is why educating our people the future, our people’s drive to ask is an important task for Atkins. Inspiring the future why has delivered design, engineering Acknowledging that one size does In design and engineering we deliver 3D modeling not fit all, we tailor the education and complex calculations for a bridge structure, and project manage ment excellence offerings to fit our people and but we are also delivering technical excellence to on some of the world’s most complex the skills that we need to deliver shape the infrastructure network and ensure that excellence to our clients. society get the full benefits from an infrastructure projects. Our 75 year long experience Training graduates or transfers on the move. and the drive and commitment from other areas of the business At an international level, global knowledge delivered by our people enable us in various technical disciplines is expanding our deliveries. We are constantly are one of our main education exchanging know-how across the Atkins group to learn from the past, deliver in streams. We employ some of the with a vast pool of knowledge represented by the present and inspire the future. best experts in the field. Benefitting our 18,000 people around the world. In Denmark from having experts internally, we are importing knowledge and experts on Learning from the past enables us to train our people in-house. We rolling stock, financial analysis and oil and gas. Strong expertise and high professionalism has arrange study trips with the aim of lear ning On the other hand, we are exporting enhanced always been part of our dna. Our people's drive new skills, understanding technical chal lenging expertise on all rail disciplines to our rail colleagues to ask why and continuously build on each other's issues or to be inspired by the learning of others. in Norway and in the UK and architecture to our experience is what forms the foundation for colleagues in the Middle East. delivering technical excellence to our clients. Working smarter “When looking at our rail capabilities in a A big part of our Danish business builds its Working smarter is something we encourage every global perspective, we are able to enhance strong rail expertise on decades of design and day; we have committed ourselves to improve the the consultancy services offered to our clients engineering to the rail sector. Having a long way we work by thinking holistically across the by sharing knowledge on rail expertise and tradition of working with rail, we are proud to business and by introducing tools that meet the hereby ensure that our clients benefit from the have retained some of the best rail engineers and requirements of our clients and ease the everyday wide range of experience represented by our experts. work for our people. worldwide pool of rail experts”, says Douglas Today our business is more than rail. Our Knowledge sharing enhancing the understanding McCormick, Group Managing Director of Rail, acquisition of a bridge engineering company in of the different disciplines, their interaction and Atkins UK 2010 has expanded our offerings to our existing dependency are something that we work with As consultants, we are involved in every Our employee clients and we have welcomed new clients. With on a day to day basis. In Atkins, we formally aspect of a project from analysis, strategies our growth strategy in place, we have taken a arranged for the engineers and project managers and feasibility studies, conceptual and detailed satisfaction step into a new area; roads.