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| URS completes acquisition of Scott Wilson American engineering giant URS Corp has completed its acquisition of Scott Wilson Group plc, a London-based infrastructure engineering and construction company. The addition of Scott Wilson expands URS' international presence by adding a network of 80 offices around the world, including offices in key regional centers such as London, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Warsaw and Dubai, and more than 5,500 employees. In the U.K., the combination of Scott Wilson with URS' existing operations will create a business with infrastructure expertise across a range of attractive long-term markets, including rail and transit, roads and bridges, and ports and harbors. Current major contracts include the U.K. Crossrail Project and Thames Tideway Tunnel in the U.K. URS also is the lead partner in the Nuclear Management Partners consortium, which is responsible for managing and operating decommissioning activities at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria in North West England. With the completion of the Scott Wilson transaction, URS also will add significant international projects outside of the U.K., including the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development in India, Haramain High Speed Rail in Saudi Arabia, and MTR Shatin to Central Link in Hong Kong. Hugh Blackwood, former Group Chief Executive of Scott Wilson, has joined URS as a Vice President of URS Corporation and Senior Vice President, International Operations. He will oversee from London URS' Infrastructure & Environment business for the U.K./Ireland, Europe, Middle East, India and China. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |