Trade Arabia reported that Atkins has won the coveted 'Engineering Firm of the Year' award at the 2009 Middle East Architect Awards.

Atkins was short listed as a finalist in 3 categories, Engineering Firm of the Year, Young Architect of the Year and Best Completed Project. In addition, Atkins’ work on the Dubai Metro Red Line was recognized with the RTA winning the Infrastructure Project of the Year category which acknowledges projects that effectively connect people within urban centers and offer the best options for sustainable, efficient transportation.

The winners were judged by a panel of experts, consisting of industry leading academics, architects and engineers from around the Middle East who were particularly impressed by Atkins commitment to sustainability and research into reducing energy consumption in high rise towers.

Mr Bruce Maney project director of Rail Projects for Atkins in the Middle East said that “It is a rare honor to receive an 'Engineering' award at an Architectural Awards event. It is relatively easier to deliver sustainable solutions on small boutique projects but Atkins has excelled in delivering the much more challenging task of viable sustainability in high rise structures such as the Bahrain World Trade Center and the Dubai International Financial Centre Lighthouse Tower.”

He said that “Atkins’ key involvement as lead designer of the Dubai Metro Red & Green Lines is contributing to the reshaping of Dubai as a sustainable city with realistic choices of available transportation modes to reduce its dependence on private cars.”
(Sourced from Trade Arabia)