AUSTIN, Texas, USA: Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, was awarded a four-year $10 million contract by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to provide Right-of-Way Acquisition Professional Services (ROWAPS). The Company has maintained a TxDOT ROWAPS contract since 2000, when Right-of-Way (ROW) services was initially expanded to Texas.
“We are proud to have established ourselves as a trusted partner, meeting the State of Texas’ ROW needs for more than two decades years,” said Steve Morriss, President, Engineering Services, U.S., Atkins. “Our vast experience has prepared us to handle tough challenges, while maintaining TxDOT’s production goals and fulfilling its commitment to customer service.”
Under the Indefinite Deliverable contract, the company will provide project management, real estate appraisal review, title review, negotiation, acquisition, relocation assistance, condemnation and property management services. The project staff averages 20 years’ experience delivering prompt, professional and accurate information to affected property owners.
“Our client focused staff have an established track record of completing projects on time and within budget and an extensive working knowledge of TxDOT’s preferences, policies and procedures,” said Brad Dennard, Sr. VP, Director of Department of Transportation Business Unit, Atkins. “We understand the challenges our clients face, from resource limitations to increasingly complicated projects. Our proficient team is adept at meeting stakeholder expectations and delivering successful resolutions.”
Atkins has provided ROWAPS on a wide range of TxDOT projects, helping relieve congestion on some of the state’s most heavily traveled highways including U.S. 190, Interstate Highway 35 Nex in San Antonio and the Grand Parkway/State Highway 99 beltway around Houston. Additionally, Atkins staff provides ROW services in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina and Nevada.
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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.
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