M&A Deal Summary

URS Acquires BP Barber & Associates

On April 18, 2011, URS acquired engineering company BP Barber & Associates

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is URS’s 1st transaction in the Engineering sector.
  • This is URS’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is URS’s 1st transaction in South Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-04-18
Target BP Barber & Associates
Sector Engineering
Buyer(s) URS
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

BP Barber & Associates

Columbia, South Carolina, United States
BP Barber & Associates, Inc., a civil engineering firm specializing in water and wastewater infrastructure. Barber primarily serves the water/wastewater market. It also provides environmental, urban development, surveying and geographic information system services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

URS

San Francisco, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1904
Sector Construction
Employees50,000
Revenue 11.0B USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

URS provider of engineering, construction, and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The company offers a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 10
Sector (Engineering) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 10
State (South Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 7
Year (2011) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-14 Scott Wilson Group

London, United Kingdom

Scott Wilson Group Plc, is a provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Chantilly, Virginia, United States

Apptis, Inc., is a privately held company in the federal information technology services sector. Apptis provides end-to-end enterprise solutions (both products and services) to a wide range of federal government agencies, with low perceived risk of budgetary cutbacks.

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