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AMEC

AMEC plc is a British company, headquartered in London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. It carries out high-value consultancy, engineering and project management services for the oil and gas, mining, power generation, nuclear, process and water industries. Speculation on the meaning of the name has led to many questions being posed to founding management, however AMEC is not an acronym - it is the full registered company name.

It is listed on the London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a stock exchange located in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as British companies....
and has been a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index

FTSE 100 Index

The FTSE 100 Index is a share index of the 100 most highly market capitalisation UK company listed on the London Stock Exchange. The index began on 3 January 1984 with a base level of 1000; the highest value reached to date is 6950.6, on 30 December 1999....
since being promoted on the 20 December 2007 when ICI

Imperial Chemical Industries

Imperial Chemical Industries is a United Kingdom Chemistry subsidiary of a Netherlands Conglomerate and one of the largest chemical producers in the world....
went private.

was formed from the 1982 amalgamation of the Leonard Fairclough & Son

Leonard Fairclough & Son

Leonard Fairclough & Son Ltd was a construction firm based in Adlington, Lancashire, Lancashire, England....
(founded 1883) and the William Press Group (founded 1913).

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History

AMEC was formed from the 1982 amalgamation of the Leonard Fairclough & Son

Leonard Fairclough & Son

Leonard Fairclough & Son Ltd was a construction firm based in Adlington, Lancashire, Lancashire, England....
(founded 1883) and the William Press Group (founded 1913). In 1988, AMEC went on to acquire Matthew Hall Group.

In 1996, AMEC bought a 46% stake in Spie Batignolles and later went on to exercise an option to buy the other 54%.

In 2000, AMEC bought Ogden Environmental & Energy Services and AGRA, Inc., a North America

North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
n engineering and services company. In 2004, AMEC was awarded a contract to assist in the rebuilding of Iraq, as part of a joint venture with Fluor Corp.. In 2005, AMEC acquired UK-based NNC

NNC

NNC can stand for:*Natal Native Contingent*National Nutrition Council *the Naga National Council, a predecessor of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland...
, a large nuclear consulting company and its subsidiaries, including Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
-based Nuclear Safety Solutions ('NSS'), the nuclear safety division of OPG

Ontario Power Generation

Ontario Power Generation is a public company wholly owned by the Government of Ontario.OPG is responsible for approximately 70% of the electricity generation in the Province of Ontario, Canada ....
, which was spun-off when OPG was privatised. In 2006, AMEC sold the Paris

Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
-based Spie Batignolles

Spie Batignolles

Spie Batignolles is a France construction company based in Cergy. The company provides building and infrastructure construction in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland....
to a private equity company. In 2007, AMEC sold its construction arm to Morgan Sindall

Morgan Sindall

Morgan Sindall plc is a United Kingdom based construction services business headquartered in London....
. In 2008, AMEC sold its internal plant hire division to Speedy Hire

Speedy Hire

Speedy Hire plc is a United Kingdom equipment hire company based in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index between June 2006 and September 2008....
. Also in 2008, AMEC bought project services company Rider Hunt International.

Operations

AMEC employs around 23,000 people in over 30 countries including Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
, Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, Chile

Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
, China

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, Kuwait

Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west....
, Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
and the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.

AMEC's operations are structured into Natural Resources, Power & Process and Earth & Environmental.

The Natural Resources business carries out oil and gas services, oil project management and a modest amount of mining services. The Company has had extensive involvement in North Sea oil rig

Oil rig

Oil rig may refer to* Drilling rig - for on-land oil drilling* Oil platform - for offshore oil drilling...
drilling and production platform design and fabrication. Examples of international projects include contracts to provide oil services to the Kuwait National Petroleum Company

Kuwait National Petroleum Company

The Kuwait National Petroleum Company is the national oil refining company of Kuwait. Established in October 1960, KNPC handles the responsibility of oil refining, gas liquefaction, and distribution of petroleum goods within the local market....
and to BP

BP plc , is the third largest global energy corporation, a multinational corporation oil company with headquarters in London. The company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" ....
's Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
international operating company.

The Power and Process business designs and delivers infrastructure for companies operating in the power generation and nuclear sectors. It is currently undertaking various projects to improve the gas and electricity infrastructure in the UK. It is also working on a contract to restart two nuclear reactors for Bruce Power

Bruce Power

Bruce Power Limited Partnership is a Canada business partnership composed of several corporations. It exists as a partnership between Cameco Corporation , TransCanada Corporation , BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust , the Power Workers Union and The Society of Energy Professionals ....
. It has also delivered electricity contracts in joint venture with Fluor

Fluor

Fluor Corporation is a publicly owned Engineering, procurement, and construction, and maintenance services organization. Fluor is headquartered in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas....
in Iraq

Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
and is currently involved in a consortium which is active cleaning up Sellafield

Sellafield

Sellafield is a nuclear processing and former electricity generating site, close to the village of Seascale on the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England....
.

The Earth & Environmental business provides geological and environmental services.

Former construction business

Although AMEC's construction business has been discontinued the following construction projects were notable: the Kielder Dam

Kielder Water

Kielder Water is a large man-made reservoir in Northumberland in North East England. It is the largest artificial lake in the United Kingdom by capacity and it is surrounded by Kielder Forest, the largest man-made woodland in Europe....
completed in 1982, the Cumberland Infirmary completed in 2001, the M6 Toll

M6 Toll

The M6 Toll , connects M6 Junction 4 at the National Exhibition Centre to M6 Junction 11A at Wolverhampton with of six-lane motorway. The weekday day time cash cost is ?4.70 for a car and ?9 for a HGV....
completed in 2003, new offices for HM Revenue and Customs at Longbenton

Longbenton

Longbenton is an unincorporated town in North Tyneside, England. It has a Tyne and Wear Metro station, Longbenton Metro station. Nearby places are Killingworth, Forest Hall, Four Lane Ends, West Moor, Heaton, Newcastle and South Gosforth, in Newcastle upon Tyne....
completed in 2005, the Docklands Light Railway

Docklands Light Railway

The Docklands Light Railway is a light rail system serving the redeveloped London Docklands area of East London, England....
City Airport extension completed in 2005, the University College London Hospital

University College Hospital

University College Hospital is a teaching hospital in London, England, part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and associated with University College London....
completed in 2005 and the New York Times Building

New York Times Building

The New York Times Building is a skyscraper on the west side of Midtown Manhattan that was completed in 2007. Its chief tenant is The New York Times Company, publisher of the The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, as well as other regional papers....
completed in 2007.