Atkins appoints Rand Watkins as Client Director for the GPA

Atkins has appointed Rand Watkins as Client Director for the UK Government Property Agency (GPA).

In her new role, Rand will bring together Atkins’ different work streams for the GPA – which include Capital Projects, Net Zero and Digital Information Management services – into a single account.

Rand joined Atkins in 2018 from Transport for London (TfL) where she worked for nine years, leading the engineering team for TfL’s Future Stations Programme.

Prior to taking up the GPA Client Director role, Rand worked as part of Atkins’ Transport Oriented Development market, leading a number of projects including the Elephant & Castle Station Upgrade and Hounslow West Site Redevelopment.

Mike McNicholas, Managing Director – Infrastructure at Atkins, said: “Rand brings a wealth of experience with public sector clients and will help us continue to build our relationship with the GPA to deliver a future proofed government estate.”

Rand’s appointment follows the announcement that Atkins and Faithful+Gould have been selected as the GPA’s Net Zero and Lifecycle Replacement Programme Delivery Partner, tasked with ensuring over four million square feet of public sector office space is brought to enhanced sustainability standards over the next six years. 

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