AtkinsRéalis has appointed Darren Martin to the new position of chief digital officer.

Engineering and design consultant Atkins has generated layout plans for 170km of new water pipework in Nepal using its NetCreate digital tool.

Atkins has teamed up with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to create digital tools for airports to estimate the embodied carbon in new structures.

Balfour Beatty Atkins won Digital Innovation in Asset Management, sponsored by the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (4 July) for their work on the A19 Norton to Wynyard project in the North East. 

An Atkins-Jacobs JV will lead trials this summer of new technology to enable the development of self-monitoring and self-maintaining bridges. Technologies likely to be tested include AI and machine learning.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted more than 140 entries this year, 62 of which have been shortlisted. Here we detail the shortlist for the Digital Innovation in Asset Management category.

The first trials of the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) are set to go ahead next year.

Atkins, Cardiff University and Network Rail have developed a digital twin of Reading station in a bid to cut emissions and improve its energy performance.

Clients, the government and the wider change debate were all highlighted as key to the increased adoption of information management by expert panellists at the opening session of the Digital Construction Summit 2021.

Network Rail has been working with Atkins’ digital team to keep vegetation off the rails, reducing the need for the workforce to undertake on-foot inspections in the hazardous live railway environment. Denise Chevin reports.

Atkins has been given the green light to start building the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) for the Geospatial Commission.

Atkins’ parent SNC-Lavalin plans to open technology hubs in London, Montreal and Bangalore this autumn.