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The company was founded ''WS Atkins & Partners'' by [[William Sydney Atkins|Sir William Atkins]] in 1938. It experienced rapid growth following the [[World War II|Second World War]], performing specialist services in [[urban planning|town planning]], engineering sciences, [[architecture]] and [[project management]]. The firm was admitted to the [[London Stock Exchange]] in 1996, trading under the name ''WS Atkins plc'' for a time before rebranding as ''Atkins'' during 2002. While Atkins largely focused on the UK market during its formative years, it has grown into an international firm with a global presence, as well as expanded into a wide range of sectors, including [[aerospace]] and [[high speed railway]]s.
By 2016, Atkins had become the UK's largest engineering consultancy, as well as the world's 11th largest global design firm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atkinsglobal.com/en-GB/about-the-group/atkins-at-a-glance |title=Atkins at a glance |work=atkinsglobal.com |access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> It employed approximately 18,000 staff based in 300 offices across 29 countries and had undertaken projects in over 150 countries. The firm's motto is "Plan, Design, Enable". During July 2017, Atkins was acquired by the Canadian construction firm [[SNC-Lavalin]] as a result of a £2.1 billion deal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lampert|first=Allison|date=20 April 2017|title=Canada's SNC-Lavalin to buy WS Atkins in C$3.6 billion deal|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ws-atkins-m-a-snc-lavalin-idUSKBN17M2OU|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 January 2021|website=reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=5 July 2017|title=SNC-Lavalin closes WS Atkins acquisition|url=https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/companies-people/snc-lavalin-closes-ws-atkins-acquisition/1003405657/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 January 2021|website=Canadian Consulting Engineer}}</ref>
==History==
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