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Atkins wins second consecutive 5-year contract as statewide ITS communications general consultant for FDOT

Atkins wins second consecutive 5-year contract as statewide ITS communications general consultant for FDOT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., USAAtkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has been selected for a second term as the statewide Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Communications General Consultant for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The Company has provided this service for the FDOT Central Office Traffic Engineering and Operations Office since 2017.

“Delivering consistent, reliable solutions to address our client’s challenges demonstrates our value and creates long-term relationships,” said George Nash, CEO, Atkins North America. “We have been providing professional services to FDOT for more than 30 years and we will continue offering expertise and technical innovation for safer, more efficient travel.”

Under the five-year, $22 million contract, with a $25 million budget ceiling, the team will continue providing engineering, operations and maintenance services for the statewide network of 113 microwave towers, tower shelters, generators, land mobile radio systems and fiber optic network. These state-wide systems are used to support FDOT districts and executive management emergency operations during hurricane seasons using video monitoring and emergency route assignments. Each district also uses the systems to support daily traffic management center operations.

“Our team is future focused, with an unwavering commitment to responsiveness and innovation that allows us to successfully deliver engineering, operations and maintenance services to the Florida ITS Operations Network,” said Brad Dennard, Atkins Department of Transportation Business Unit Director.

About Atkins

Atkins (www.atkinsglobal.com) is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, employing over 18,300 people across the UK, North America, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Europe. We build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives are enriched through the implementation of our ideas. You can view Atkins’ recent projects here.

About SNC-Lavalin

Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, technology and data to design, deliver and operate the most complex projects. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital – and delivered to clients in key strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations & Maintenance and Capital. News and information are available at snclavalin.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.