Looking both east and west to promote the UK's PPP expertise

Atkins is looking both to eastern Europe and the USA as potentially fertile markets for its expertise on public private partnership arrangements to build and maintain transport infrastructure

11 July 2008

Amongst other PPP work, Atkins has advised on a project in Zagreb, Croatia

Eastern Europe is viewed by Atkins as potentially ideal for PPP-funded projects

Peter Snelson, Atkins Director

The latest international news from consultant Atkins is that, as part of a consortium, it has won a €1.2m contract from the Romanian National Company for Motorways and National Roads (RNCMNR) to develop and implement a pilot ‘area-wide’ road performance-based operation and maintenance contract. Funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the project will assist in the re-launch of the Bucharest to Constanta motorway operation and maintenance...