M&A Deal Summary

URS Acquires Washington Group International

On May 31, 2007, URS acquired construction company Washington Group International for 2.6B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is URS’s 2nd transaction in the Construction sector.
  • This is URS’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is URS’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is URS’s 1st transaction in Idaho.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-05-31
Target Washington Group International
Sector Construction
Buyer(s) URS
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 2.6B USD
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs (Financial)
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Jones Day (Legal)

Target

Washington Group International

Boise, Idaho, United States
Washington Group International, Inc., provides the talent, innovation, and proven performance to deliver integrated engineering, construction, and management solutions for businesses and governments worldwide. Washington Group providing solutions in power, environmental management, defense, oil and gas processing, mining, industrial facilities, transportation, and water resources.

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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 5 of 10
Sector (Construction) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 10
State (Idaho) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 7
Year (2007) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS 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
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-06 ForeRunner

Lakewood, Colorado, United States

ForeRunner Corp., provides project management, engineering and design, and construction management services, primarily for the development of oil and gas pipelines and compression, storage and processing facilities.

Buy -
Mergr

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