AMEC

AMEC plc - a civil construction business which was transformed into a supplier of consultancy, engineering, and project management services in around 40 countries, with focus on the natural resources and environmental sectors.

1982 Fairclough Construction acquired William Press Group, to form AMEC plc which was listed on the London Stock Exchange.

1988 Acquisition of Matthew Hall Group of companies, with 10000 employees worldwide.

1993 Subsidiaries included Amec Building and Amec Civil Engineering

1997 Acquisition of 41.65 per cent holding in SPIE, French electrical contracting and construction business

2000 Acquisition of AGRA Inc, North American environmental, engineering and construction services company which had its origins in the late 19th century.

2003 Lauren Kamtech's US operations acquired

2003 Acquisition of remainder of shares in SPIE

2005 Acquisition of NNC Holdings Limited, the UK’s leading private sector nuclear service business, and Paragon Engineering Services, Inc., oil and gas engineering services, based in Houston, Texas.

2007 AMEC sold its UK construction arm to Morgan Sindall

2008 AMEC sold its internal plant hire division to Speedy Hire

2008 Acquired Geomatrix Consultants Inc of California, Rider Hunt International Ltd, project services to the oil and gas sector, and Bower Damberger Rolseth Engineering Ltd; sold the wind developments business.

2009 Acquired GRD Ltd of Perth, Australia

2010 Purchased Entec UK for £61.2M

2011 Acquired MACTEC Inc and QED International Ltd

2012 Acquired Energy Safety and Risk Consultants (UK) Ltd and Unidel Group Pty Ltd

2013 Acquired Automated Engineering Services Corp.

2014 In January, AMEC provisionally agreed a £1.9bn takeover of Swiss (US) rival Foster Wheeler AG. AMEC completed its purchase of Foster Wheeler on 13 November 2014 and simultaneously changed its name to Amec Foster Wheeler

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