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| Atkins appointed as client’s engineer on world-first tidal lagoon project  Atkins has been appointed by Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc to act as the client's engineer for its Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project in Wales, UK, the first renewable energy scheme of its type in the world.Under the contract, Atkins will provide specialist design and engineering support acting on behalf of the client, including producing outline designs for the breakwater, turbine house and ancillary works and supporting the tender process by helping develop documents and reviewing responses and detailed designs. Once a design and build contractor is appointed and construction work starts, scheduled for Spring 2015, Atkins will also provide a range of site supervision, auditing and technical checking services. The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon is a 320MW installed capacity project that has been accepted for consideration as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project and seeks to establish a blueprint for the rapid roll-out of a new form of home-grown and built, low carbon energy infrastructure in the UK. write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Construction News :: home page |