Atkins has been commissioned Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to oversee the maintenance of 844km of Ireland's motorway and dual carriageway network, under the second generation of the Motorway Contracts Audit and Administration Services, MCAAS-2.

In the role, Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, will procure supervision, monitoring, audit, design, technical, advisory and asset management services for greater Dublin and the eastern seaboard area (Region East), and Cork and south/south-east Ireland. (Region South). Additional specialist support for the likes of sustainability, energy efficiency and pavement and road safety design will also be provided.

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Seán McDonnell, Technical Director at Atkins, said: "MCAAS-2 is a key step in protecting the future of Ireland's motorway network. Building on our vast experience in motorway maintenance in Ireland, we look forward to drawing on our expertise from across the country to support TII with the next phase of this project."

Kevin O'Rourke, Head of Network Operations at TII, said: "The operation of our motorway assets is one of our key focus areas and we are delighted with the contributions by the MCAAS commission since 2013 to date in delivering motorway operations and we look forward to continuing to work with the Atkins team in MCAAS-2."

The work in Ireland is being carried out under the second generation of the Motorway Contracts Audit and Administration Services (MCAAS-2) programme which focuses on asset management, asset repair and asset renewal. SNC-L also led the first generation of MCAAS, having been appointed in 2013 to support the management of the entire motorway network.