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Amec is planning to expand the 12-strong workforce at its Tyneside-based nuclear engineering division to 26 over the next year, and is moving to a new office in North Shields. 02-Dec-2009 Amec has acquired GRD, the Australian mining and waste engineering firm with 850 staff, for £52m. 21-Jul-2009 Amec is to acquire JBA, the Canadian mining engineering consultancy with 20 staff, for £2m. 04-Jun-2009 Amec is to acquire the assets and ongoing operations of Philips Engineering, the Canadian civil engineering consultancy with 70 staff, for £4.8m. 25-Mar-2009 Amec has acquired Performance Improvements Group, the Aberdeen-based asset optimisation consultancy with 120 staff, for £19m. 27-Jan-2009 Amec has acquired OEST Associates, the US engineering and architecture services firm with 102 staff, for £5.9m. 06-Nov-2008 Amec has sold its UK wind energy development business to Vattenfall of Sweden for £127m, including eight sites with a total potential generating capacity of 540MW. 07-Oct-2008 Amec has acquired AllDeco, the Slovak nuclear services company with 112 staff, for £11m. 23-Jul-2008 Amec is planning to create up to 200 jobs at its oil and gas operations in Darlington and Wynyard over the next six months, and is currently seeking 100 design and engineering staff. 08-Jul-2008 Amec is to acquire Geomatrix Consultants, the US environmental consultancy with 500 staff, for £43m. 05-Jun-2008 Amec is to acquire Bower Damberger Rolseth Engineering, the Canadian oil sands engineering firm with 85 staff, for £22m. 07-May-2008 Amec is to acquire Smith Williams Consultants, the US environmental and geotechnical mining consultancy with 36 staff, for £3.2m. 09-Apr-2008 Amec has acquired Rider Hunt International, the Surrey-based project services firm, for £25m. 03-Apr-2008 Speedy Hire is to acquire LSS, the Darlington-based tool and equipment hire firm with 250 staff at ten depots, from Amec for £13m. 10-Jan-2008 Amec has acquired Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, the US water resources planning company with 27 staff, for £1.4m. 28-Nov-2007 Amec has acquired Young Associates, the environmental consultancy with 18 staff in Chester and Edinburgh, for £0.5m. 05-Nov-2007 Amec is to acquire Cade-Idepe, the Chilean engineering services company with 540 staff, for £12m. 17-Sep-2007 Amec is planning to double the 150-strong workforce at its new project management design and engineering centre at Wynyard Park on Teesside over the next year. 15-Aug-2007 Amec is to sell its Project Investments business to Land Securities Trillium for £163m, with the transfer of nine PPP projects focused on transport, healthcare and education. 13-Jul-2007 Amec has sold its Midwest Pipelines business in Canada to a subsidiary of Willbros Group of Panama for £12m. 05-Jul-2007 Morgan Sindall is to acquire two businesses from Amec for £26m - ADL, the Manchester-based urban regeneration unit with 65 staff, and DPS, the construction company with 2,800 staff. 05-Jun-2007 Amec is to sell Buchan Concrete Solutions, the Cheshire-based precast concrete company with 170 staff, to the Roger Bullivant Group of Companies for undisclosed terms. 13-Apr-2007 Amec has acquired Applied Environmental Research Centre, the Colchester-based environmental consultancy with 45 staff and annual revenue of £2.3m. 04-Apr-2007 Amec is to shed up to 30 jobs at its logistics and support services division in Darlington. 06-Mar-2007 Amec is planning to recruit and train 150 workers at the Haughton Road Training School in Darlington over the next three years, having won a share of a £500m contract to upgrade National Grid power lines. 05-Mar-2007 Amec is to sell its 50% stake in SPIE Rail Systems, the London-based railway maintenance company with 500 staff, to Colas of France for undisclosed terms. 20-Feb-2007 Western Isles Council has approved plans from Amec and British Energy for the development of a £500m wind farm with 176 turbines on the Isle of Lewis. 19-Feb-2007 Amec is looking to sell businesses involved in building and facilities services, in order to focus on core areas such as oil, gas, minerals, metals, nuclear and wind energy. 15-Dec-2006 Amec is planning to relocate about 20 staff and 100 contractors from Wallsend, North Tyneside, to a new office in Darlington by March 2007. 13-Dec-2006 Amec is to sell Spie, its French engineering services business, to private equity firm PAI for £708m, as part of a strategy to focus on project management. 23-May-2006 Amec is to create more than 250 jobs in Greenock, having won a Ministry of Defence contract to build a £130m floating jetty for the nuclear submarine base at Faslane. 18-Apr-2006 Amec has acquired ATM Enterprise, the French nuclear engineering company with 620 staff, for £14m. 12-Apr-2006 Amec is looking to recruit up to 200 new staff at its oil and gas engineering operations in Newcastle, Darlington and Humberside, with vacancies for electrical, project, contract and maintenance engineers. 14-Mar-2006 UK Atomic Energy Authority is forming a partnership with Amec and CH2M Hill to compete for the decommissioning of 20 civil nuclear sites, in preparation for the liberalisation of the £56bn market later this year. 17-Jan-2006 Amec has acquired Domec, the French heating, ventilation and air conditioning services company with 60 staff, for £0.4m. 19-Dec-2005 Amec is looking to restructure its engineering services business, including the sale of its Spie division in France for up to £500m and the separation of the two remaining businesses. 28-Nov-2005 Amec and Alstom have won a £108m contract from RWE Npower to reduce sulphur emissions at the Aberthaw coal-fired power station in South Wales, which will involve the creation of 50 new jobs. 16-Nov-2005 Amec is to merge its UK design and construction operations into a new division, and the consolidation of 200 north-west staff from Adlington to Birchwood is expected to lead to job losses. 02-Nov-2005 Amec has acquired Compagnie Industrielle de Montage et d'Entretien, the French nuclear technical services company with 160 staff. 31-Oct-2005 Amec has acquired PK SAS, the French electrical engineering company with 35 staff. 05-Jul-2005 Amec is to cease offshore fabrication work at its Wallsend yard, but more than 100 design engineers will be retained. 04-Jul-2005 Amec is to acquire NNC Holdings, the nuclear services group with about 1,000 staff, from British Nuclear Fuels and 3i for £25m. 22-Jun-2005 Amec has shed 74 civil engineering jobs at Sellafield, following the completion of a contract for BNFL. 06-May-2005 Amec has acquired Game Nucleaire, the French nuclear engineering company with 620 staff, for £14m. 08-Apr-2005 Amec has acquired Environmental Advice Centre, the ecological surveys company with 25 staff in Mold, Flintshire and Richmond, Yorkshire, for £1.4m. 08-Mar-2005 Amec has acquired FAST Maintenance Informatique, the French IT management company with 480 staff. 21-Feb-2005 Amec is to acquire Paragon Engineering Services, the US-based oil and gas engineering services company, with the £20m purchase price coming from a £90m share placing. 24-Jan-2005 Amec and Royal Bank of Scotland have won a £200m contract to extend the Docklands Light Railway to Woolwich by 2008. 21-Dec-2004 Amec has unveiled plans for a 100-turbine wind farm near Dalmellington in East Ayrshire, and hopes to start construction in 2007. 03-Nov-2004 Amec has formed a five-year alliance with Bristol-based Compact Power to set up a series of environmentally-friendly power plants that will generate electricity from waste and biomass. 13-Aug-2004 Amec has acquired Generale Maintenance Services, the French maintenance and mechanical engineering company with 40 staff, for £0.3m. 12-Aug-2004 Amec and British Energy are to unveil plans to build the world's largest wind farm on Lewis in the Western Isles, at a cost of £600m. 02-Jun-2004 Amec has reached agreement with Scottish Power and Ocean Power Developments to conduct a large-scale feasibility study of wave power off the coast of Scotland, using OPD's floating Pelamis generator. 28-May-2004 Amec has won a £50m contract from Star Energy HG Gas Storage to build a gas storage plant and pipeline at Humbly Grove in Hampshire. 14-May-2004 Amec has begun to shed almost 500 jobs at its Wallsend offshore engineering yard, which will mainly affect riggers, welders and pipe fitters. 28-Apr-2004 Amec has won contracts totalling £33m from North Kirklees Primary Care Trust and Mercury Health to build ten health centres in Yorkshire and the south-east. 28-Apr-2004 Amec is considering plans to build a wind farm near Durness in Sutherland, with up to 160 turbines. 20-Feb-2004 Amec has won a £7m contract from Chiltern Securities to build new hospital facilities in Marlborough for North Wiltshire NHS Primary Care Trust. 12-Jan-2004 Centrica has acquired two adjacent offshore wind farm sites in south Lincolnshire from AMEC Investment and Offshore Wind Power for an initial £7m. 24-Dec-2003 Amec has won a £5m contract from Defence Estates to refurbish a leisure centre at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. 04-Dec-2003 Amec has submitted plans to the Scottish Executive to develop a wind farm with 31 turbines at Aultmore Forest in Moray. 30-Oct-2003 Amec has acquired certain assets of Lauren Kamtech, the US provider of construction and maintenance services for pulp, paper and power plants, for £4m. 03-Oct-2003 Amec has acquired Wrights Engineering, the Ellesmere Port-based provider of repair services for bulk storage tanks with 130 staff, for undisclosed terms. 07-Aug-2003 Amec, in a joint venture with Jacobs Engineering and Stork, has won a £238m contract from Shell to provide maintenance and logistical support services for offshore platforms across the Southern North Sea. 17-Jul-2003 Amec has formed a joint venture with Fluor of the US to bid for work to rebuild the oil industry infrastructure in Iraq. 25-Apr-2003 Amec is expected to win a £20m contract to build a new headquarters for 400 staff of the Government Office for the North East in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. 06-Feb-2003 Amec has won a £800m contract to provide infrastructure services at BAA's seven UK airports over the next ten years. 30-Jan-2003 Amec and Cogifer have won a £200m track renewal contract from Network Rail, including lines from Paddington to west Wales and Cornwall. 20-Jan-2003 Highland Council has approved plans from Amec to build a £30m 27-turbine onshore wind farm in Skye. 04-Dec-2002 Amec has won a £48m contract from Transco to build a gas compression facility at Bathgate, near Edinburgh. 12-Sep-2002 Amec has won a £460m seven-year contract to provide maintenance services at 400 Ministry of Defence properties in Scotland. 03-Sep-2002 Amec has been selected as preferred bidder for the £300m 30-year concession to extend the Docklands Light Railway to London City Airport, and its investment partner is Royal Bank of Scotland. 28-Aug-2002 British Waterways is forming an alliance with Amec and the Igloo Regeneration Fund to develop canal and riverside properties across the country. 19-Jul-2002 Redcar Council has approved plans from Amec and Corus for the development of a £30m wind farm with 18 turbines at the former Corus steelworks site at Redcar, and similar projects may be started on nine other Corus sites in the UK and Europe. 18-Jul-2002 Amec has won a £50m oil rig contract for BP's Clair offshore project, securing the future of about 500 jobs at its Wallsend yard. 12-Jun-2002 Amec has won a £40m contract from a BP-led consortium for the construction of a £1.9bn petrochemical plant near Shanghai in China. 11-Jan-2002 British Energy and Amec are discussing plans for a £500m wind farm in the Outer Hebrides. 29-Nov-2001 Amec Developments has won a contract from Bournemouth-based Bowlplex to build a £2.6m indoor bowling centre in Dudley, which will create up to 100 new jobs by next summer. 27-Nov-2001 Reading Borough Council has selected Amec to redevelop an area around the town's inner distribution road, in a £175m project that will include a new park, two hotels, 300 homes, offices, a swimming pool and a theatre. 14-Sep-2001 Amec has won a contract to build a regional distribution centre at Wakefield Europort for Scottish & Newcastle, which will employ up to 350 staff from next year. 04-Jul-2001 Amec is to create about 1,000 jobs at yards in Wallsend and Hartlepool having won a £300m contract from Shell to build equipment for an oil platform destined for Nigeria. 15-Mar-2001 Amec Developments is in discussions with Cine UK about plans for a new 14-screen cinema at Ashton Moss in Manchester. 22-Nov-2000 Amec has acquired Ogden Environmental & Energy Services for £11m, which will expand its geotechnical engineering operations in the US. 03-Nov-2000 Amec's Agra-Birwelco subsidiary has won a £45m contract from Sita Holdings to build a waste-burning energy plant in Sittingbourne. 05-Oct-2000 Amec, Balfour Beatty and Building & Property Group have won a £225m private finance initiative contract to redevelop University College Hospital in London, which will involve 669 beds and a 40-year contract to supply support services. 13-Jul-2000 Amec and Carillion are competing for a £100m contract to build a 10-storey telecoms centre at East India Dock in London for Global Switch International. 06-Jul-2000 Amec has reached agreement with Durham City Council for the £21m transformation of a city centre site into an entertainment and leisure area. 24-May-2000 Amec and Alfred McAlpine have held discussions with the Liverpool Electric Tram System consortium about plans to build a £45m tram link between Liverpool Airport and the city centre. 11-May-2000 Amec is to acquire the windfarm developer Border Wind, in response to the government's recently-announced commitment to both onshore and offshore wind-energy projects. 12-Apr-2000 Amec has won planning consent for a 40 acre business park and B&Q Warehouse at Lostock near Preston. 28-Feb-2000 Amec has launched an agreed £221m takeover bid for Agra, the Canadian environmental and engineering business. 17-Feb-2000 Amec has won the contract to build the £70m Wales Millennium Centre project in Cardiff Bay, which will become the new home for the Welsh National Opera by the end of 2002. 20-Dec-1999 Amec Developments has awarded a £10m contract to Shepherd for the construction of a leisure complex at The Circus in Manchester, including hotel, nightclub and bars. 02-Sep-1999 Amec has applied for planning permission to build a warehouse and truck-washing facility at the Wakefield Europort Channel Tunnel railfreight terminal, on behalf of an unnamed company. 01-Jul-1999 AstraZeneca has awarded a contract to Amec for the construction of a £29m 10,000 sq ft R&D laboratory at its Loughborough base, due for completion in July 2001. 25-Jun-1999 Amec has won a £10m contract to revamp Workington town centre, and the project is expected to take two years. 06-May-1999 Birmingham City Council is supporting plans from Amec for the construction of a £3m coach station in Great Charles Street. 23-Apr-1999 Amec has completed the sale of its Fairclough Homes division to Centex of the US for £109m. 17-Apr-1999 Amec Process & Energy has warned that it may have to close its Wallsend yard with the loss of 500 jobs unless offshore workers withdraw their threat of strike action. 18-Mar-1999 Amec is to consider the future of its Morse Diesel construction business in the US, and may decide to sell it unless margins can be improved. 12-Mar-1999 Amec is in discussions to sell its Fairclough Homes division to Centex, the US company that is looking to build up a pan-European housebuilding group. 10-Mar-1999 Amec Construction has opened an office in Wakefield in order to win more work in the fine chemical and industrial sectors. 25-Feb-1999 Amec has set up a new London-based consultancy division called Amec Consult to enable it to provide a wider range of services to clients. 07-Jan-1999 Alfred McAlpine and Amec have jointly won an £80m contract to build a 30km section of the Channel tunnel rail link between the Medway and Fawkham junction. 31-Dec-1998 Bristol International Airport has awarded a £22m contract to Amec for the construction of a new passenger terminal building. 27-Nov-1998 Akcros Chemicals has awarded a £3.6m contract to Amec for the upgrading of its phosphite plant at Eccles, Manchester. 22-Oct-1998 Amec is planning to build a hotel, bowling alley and cinema complex at a 43-acre leisure park in Dudley, creating about 340 jobs. 09-Oct-1998 Amec has won a £5m contract to build a millennium exhibition centre and theatre in Ardeer, Ayrshire. 24-Sep-1998 Amec Developments is planning a £30m retail and leisure development at Eastlands in Manchester, including hotel, entertainment centre, shops and dock facilities. 17-Sep-1998 London & Continental has revealed the preferred contractors for the first phase of the Channel tunnel rail link, with contracts going to the Eurolink consortium, Kvaerner and a joint venture between Amec and Alfred McAlpine. 11-Sep-1998 Amec is restructuring its Fairclough Homes subsidiary to improve profitability, with the creation of a new south east regional division and the strengthening of its Midlands division. 25-Feb-1998 Brown & Root and Amec are in discussions with the government about the possibility of investing in London Underground, which could result in the two companies bidding for a concession to operate part of the infrastructure. 02-Feb-1998 A joint venture of Amec and the Building and Property Group has won a £160m contract to supply and manage the Department of Social Security's accommodation requirements in Newcastle. 20-Jan-1998 Amec is forming a joint venture with Spie Batignolles of France to target the growing world railway market, which will be able to offer a comprehensive service in the construction of modern high-speed railway networks. 12-Nov-1997 Amec has acquired Babcock International's process division excluding Water Engineering and BKW Eagleton for a nominal £1, and Babcock will take an exceptional charge of £18.6m. 16-Sep-1997 Kvaerner has sold its 26% stake in Amec, the construction group, to institutions and other investors, making a profit of £22m. 16-May-1997 Tarmac and Amec have won the £100m contract to build a second runway at Manchester airport. 11-Feb-1997 Amec is acquiring a 48.6% stake in Spie Batignolles of France for up to £23m, in a deal which will create one the UK's biggest construction groups. 21-Dec-1996 Amec Developments is to build a £56m business park, called Castle Gate, for Dudley council in a project that will create 2,000 jobs. 15-Nov-1996 Amec is considering the acquisition of a large minority stake in Spie Batignolles to assist in the French contractor's plans to set up a management buy-out from its parent Schneider. 19-Oct-1996 Health Management Group, a consortium comprising Amec and British & Property, is to build and service a £280m hospital on the site of the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel which will replace the Royal Hospital Trust's four existing hospitals. 17-Oct-1996 Amec has sold Fisk, its US building services business, for $13m. 06-Sep-1996 CVC Capital Partners is providing the backing for a new company being set up to buy Amec's 50% stake in Building & Property Management Services for about £29m. 28-Aug-1996 Amec has been chosen as the preferred supplier to provide new offices for 13,000 Department of Social Security staff in Newcastle upon Tyne. 21-Jun-1996 Rugby Group has appointed Amec to start work on the building of its £100m cement plant in Warwickshire, and Amec expects to create 200 new jobs from its involvement. 26-Apr-1996 Amec has acquired South West Infrastructure Maintenance Company, the ex-British Rail track maintenance company which operates between London, Exeter and Hastings, for £11m. 22-Apr-1996 Amec has decided against selling its Fairclough Homes housebuilding operation, which was a possibility when it was fighting off a bid from Kvaerner last year. 12-Apr-1996 Amec, Alfred McAlpine, Brown & Root and Dragados of Spain have formed the Road Management Group to launch a eurobond to raise £165m to fund road upgrading under the government's private finance sheme. 05-Mar-1996 Kvaerner has been defeated in its attempt to acquire Amec, and must now decide what to do with its 26% stake. 19-Dec-1995 Kvaerner of Norway has now launched a hostile 100p a share bid for Amec. 28-Nov-1995 Amec has now made a £133m bid for Alfred McAlpine. 25-Nov-1995 Kvaerner of Norway has bought a 10% stake in Amec, which is in merger talks with Alfred McAlpine. 24-Nov-1995 Amec and Alfred McAlpine are thought to have won two of the first four government road building contracts. 03-Nov-1995
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