Atkins has been ordered to pay £500,000 in legal costs and interest on damages to a Hochtief/VolkerFitzpatrick joint venture, following a dispute over design flaws on a Kent bridge. This latest ruling in the Technology and Construction Court comes after the consultant was ordered to pay over £800,000 in damages in respect of remedial works to Cottington Road Bridge – part of the A256 dual carriageway.
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