Work in the pipeline includes 拢350m highways contract

Atkins has issued an optimistic trading update, highlighting a number of recent major contract wins.

The engineering consultancy said it continues to 鈥減erform strongly鈥 and will report results slightly ahead of market expectations on 17 June 2010.

It said its pipeline of work continues to be strong, including a 拢350m 10-year contract with Oxfordshire council for highways maintenance, design and construction.

Atkins has also been appointed architect engineer for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor as part of a consortium project worth 鈧150m (拢132m).