AtkinsRéalis
A global engineering and project management firm with a nuclear division supporting reactor design, decommissioning, and waste management projects.
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Contracts & ProcurementCanada Probe of SNC-Lavalin Not Sure Red Light on U.S. Business
By John Stang and Wayne Barber While it faces a potential 10-year ban on contracts with the Canadian government, SNC-Lavalin’s legal woes north of the border do not appear to automatically translate to similar troubles in the United States. The Montreal-based engineering and construction multinational is the parent company to Department of Energy contractor Atkins […]
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DecommissioningSNC-Lavalin Legal Woes in Canada Not a Sure Red Light to U.S. Business
By John Stang and Wayne Barber While it faces a potential 10-year ban on contracts with the Canadian government, SNC-Lavalin’s legal woes north of the border do not appear to automatically translate to similar troubles in the United States. The Montreal-based engineering and construction multinational is the parent company to Department of Energy contractor Atkins […]
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Cleanup & RemediationAECOM, BWXT Teams Keep Eyes on SRS Waste Contract Prize
Top executives at AECOM and BWX Technologies this week made clear their companies still aim to come out on top in the extended contest for a multibillion-dollar contract at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. David Black, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Virginia-based BWXT, addressed the situation in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Former Top Fed at Savannah River Joins Atkins
About two months after he left the federal ranks, the former top Department of Energy official at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., joined Atkins in a new role created for him. Jack Craig, who in February retired as manager of DOE’s Savannah River Site office after three years in that role and over […]
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DecommissioningDeclining Profit Margins Drive Mergers for DOE Contractors, Executive Says
Declining profit margins, in some cases just 2 to 4 percent, are a major reason for the wave of mergers and acquisitions by companies that do business in the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup sector, a senior executive with one contractor said Thursday. The reduced margins are due in part to regulatory responsibilities and “claw-back” […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Longtime DOE Procurement Hand Holland Joins Atkins as VP
SNC-Lavalin Group subsidiary Atkins has hired longtime Energy Department procurement chief Ralph Holland as vice president for commercial development in Atkins Nuclear Secured Holdings Corp. Holland will support Atkins senior leaders in areas including strategy, contract management, and contract assurance. The announcement did not specify if he is replacing another manager or filling a newly […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Procurement Veteran Holland Joins Atkins as VP
SNC-Lavalin subsidiary Atkins has hired longtime Energy Department procurement chief Ralph Holland as vice president for commercial development in Atkins Nuclear Secured Holdings Corp. Holland will support Atkins management in areas including strategy, contract management, and contract assurance, according to a press release. The announcement did not specify if Holland was replacing another manager or […]
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Contracts & Procurement
SNC-Lavalin Consolidates Nuclear Business After Atkins Acquisition
SNC-Lavalin President and CEO Neil Bruce on Thursday praised the early benefits of his company’s acquisition of British engineering rival Atkins, which he called “the largest and most transformative in our history.” The Montreal-based infrastructure and engineering company in July 2017 completed its $3.6 billion (CAN) deal for Atkins, a significant player in cleanup of […]