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Up until 1982, the year in which he retired, William Akins served as the company's chairman.<ref name = "founder75"/><ref name = "official history">{{cite web |url = https://www.atkinsglobal.com/en-gb/about-the-group/our-history |title = Our history = |publisher = Atkins |access-date = 30 April 2020}}</ref> In 1996, WS Atkins was admitted to the [[London Stock Exchange]] and began trading as WS Atkins plc. That same year, it also acquired [[Faithful+Gould]], a cost and project management consultancy firm.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/archive/atkins-to-buy-out-faithful-gould-25-01-1996/ |title = Atkins to buy out Faithful+Gould |publisher = Construction News |date = 25 January 1996}}</ref> Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Atkins played a key role in the engineering of the [[Channel Tunnel]]; completed in 1994, it possesses the longest underwater section of any tunnel in the world.<ref name="Daily Post 2006">{{cite news | first = Jane | last = Gilbert | title = 'Chunnel' workers link France and Britain |work=[[The Daily Post (New Zealand)]]| publisher=APN New Zealand Ltd | date = 1 December 2006 }}</ref><ref name = "founder75"/> During the late 1990s, WS Atkins performed work on the [[Burj al Arab]] hotel, which was completed in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archrecord.construction.com/resources/conteduc/archives/research/9_00_1.asp |title=September 2000 CE Article & Questions – Designing with structural fabrics |work=construction.com |access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref>
In 2002, the company begun trading under the Atkins name. That same year, it also bought Hanscomb, construction consultants.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2002/05/27/daily6.html |title = Hanscomb recommends shareholders accept W.S. Atkins offer |publisher = [[Orlando Business Journal]] |date = 28 May 2002}}</ref> During the early 2000s, the company experienced a period financial difficulties, resulting in the share price falling to 50p in
Atkins was one of the five shareholders in [[Metronet]], the [[London Underground]] maintenance company that failed in 2007, after which Atkins was forced to write off its investment in the venture.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/jun/26/wsatkinsbusiness |title=Metronet woes cost WS Atkins dear |author=Terry Macalister |work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref> During 2009, Atkins was selected as the official engineering design services provider for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]; the company provided [[building services]] design, [[civil engineering]] and [[structural engineering]], acoustics, [[fire|fire protection engineering]], and accessibility services.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://en.sourcews.com/locog-appoints-atkins-official |title = LOCOG appoints Atkins |publisher = sourcews.com |date = 2009}}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name = "akinsflight 2011">{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/atkins-is-engineering-aerospace-too/101986.article |title = Atkins is engineering aerospace, too |publisher = [[Flight International]] |first = Dominic |last = Perry |date = 20 September 2011}}</ref>
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