M&A Deal Summary

URS Acquires Dames & Moore Group

On June 23, 1999, URS acquired business services company Dames & Moore Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is URS’s 2nd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is URS’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is URS’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1999-06-23
Target Dames & Moore Group
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) URS
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Dames & Moore Group

Los Angeles, California, United States
Dames & Moore Group, is a network of professional services companies that specializes in: general engineering and consulting; process and chemical engineering; transportation; construction and program management.

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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 3 of 10
Sector: Business Services M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 10
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 7
Year: 1999 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-02-01 Thorburn Colquhoun Holdings

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Thorburn Colquhoun Holdings Plc, is a full-service, international consulting engineering consulting firm. Thorburn provides services for transportation, buildings, facility management, public health, water, and environmental programs. It serves national and local government agencies, financial institutions, development banks, and multinational companies.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-07-18 EG&G Technical Services

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

EG&G Technical Services, Inc. is a provider of management, engineering, scientific, logistics and technical services primarily to agencies of the U.S. government.

Buy $335M