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Key Contacts

Atkins is one of the leading providers of professional, technologicallybased consultancy and support services in the world.

For further details regarding our capabilities please email:

geotechnicalengineering@atkinsglobal.com

We employ over 18,000 staff throughout our offices worldwide. We are

well positioned to undertake a diversity of projects, with a multidisciplinary
team spread across a network of offices throughout the UK and overseas
in the Americas, Asia and South East Asia, Western Europe, Central and
Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.

Engineering Hydrogeology

Geotechnical Skills & Services

engineering geology & geohazards

environmental geotechnics
engineering geomorphology
advanced geomechanics
rock & soil slope stabilisation
earthworks
foundations & substructure engineering
highways geotechnics
rail geotechnics
river & coastal geotechnics
offshore geotechnics
water supply & sewerage geotechnics
nuclear geotechnics
tunnel & shaft engineering
due dilligence & expert witness

Oce Locations
UK & Ireland

Our UK & Ireland offices include:

Aberdeen

Crewe

Haverfordwest

Northampton

St. Asaph

Altrincham

Croydon

Ipswich

Nottingham

Stockton-OnTees

Barking

Cumbria

Knutsford

Oxford

Belfast

Derby

Leeds

Peterborough

Birmingham

Dublin

London

Plymouth

Bristol

Edinburgh

Maidstone

Pontypridd

Cambridge

Epsom

Manchester

Reading

Cardiff

Exeter

Newcastleunder-Lyme

Sale

Chelmsford

Gillingham

Swansea
Swindon
Taunton
Telford
Warrington
Warwick
Scunthorpe

Chippenham

Glasgow

NewcastleUpon-Tyne

Colwyn Bay

Gloucester

Newport

Cork

Havant

Winchester
Sheffield
Southampton

York

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Project Experience

Project Experience

Project Experience

A13 Wennington to Mar Dyke, Essex

Abberton Dam, Essex

Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station, Somerset

Dual 3-lane road partly constructed through an area of landfill

containing domestic reuse up to 8m thick. Hydrogeological
assessment was undertaken to assist in the design of a multilayered containment system to prevent pollution migration,
especially to the adjacent Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

A combined geotechnical and hydrogeological investigation was

undertaken to assess the condition of Abberton Dam, which is
650m long, up to 16m high and some 70 years old. The dam
had been repaired following a major slip which occured during
its construction in 1937.

Hydrogeological investigation and modelling of the site and

environs of a proposed nuclear power station at a coastal site.

Cardiff Bay Barage, Gwent

Piezometers were used to establish the long-term hydraulic

behaviour of the dam. The reservoir and dams slope stability
were assessed, taking account of the hydrogeological conditions,
the evidence of historical instability and seismic activity.

Development of a hydrogeological model for a 100 hectare ash

disposal mound. The model was used to simulate the flows,
flow paths and flow rates through the mound and the effects on
the underlying natural ground water regime.

A3 Road Tunnels, Hindhead, Surrey

Burj al Arab Hotel, Dubai

A hydrogeological conceptual model of the site was developed,

with particular emphasis on short and long-term groundwater
level variations, to inform the tunnel design and the selection of
tunnelling methodologies.

Design of a major resort hotel to be built on a man-made offshore island required detailed seepage modelling to evaluate
pore-water pressures during proposed temporary works,
including a coffer-dam and cut-off grout curtain.

Hydrogeological assessment of a cut-off system to restrict

seepage beneath the barrage structure, as part of the tender
design. Hydrogeological modelling was undertaken of
temporary and permanent works under both steady-state and
transient conditions.

Reedness Flood Embankments, River Ouse, Yorkshire

Assessment of hydrogeological conditions was carried out as
part of an investigation into the stability of the embankments
during various potential flood events and extreme tides.

Barlow Ash Mound, Yorkshire