MACTEC

{{Infobox company | name = | logo = MACTEC logo 245px.png | logo_size = 200px | type = [[Private company|Private corporation]] | foundation = 1975 | industry = [[Engineering design|Engineering & Design]], [[Environmental Consulting]], Remedial Construction | location = [[Alpharetta, Georgia| Alpharetta, Georgia, USA]] | key_people = Peter Gouzinnia, PE, [[CEO]] | num_employees = 3,100 | divisions = MDC, MEC | owner = [[Nautic Partners]] (majority) | homepage = [http://www.mactec.com www.mactec.com] | footnotes = <ref name=hoovers/> }} '''MACTEC''' was among the largest engineering design companies in the United States.<ref name=hoovers>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoovers.com/company/MACTEC_Inc/rfrfxxi-1.html |title=MACTEC, Inc. |work=Company profiles |publisher=Hoovers |accessdate=2 April 2011 }}</ref> The company provided engineering, environmental, and construction services to private- and public-sector clients. MACTEC was based in [[Denver, Colorado]] until 2002, when they merged with LAW Engineering and the headquarters were moved to [[Alpharetta, Georgia]]. At that time they employed 3100 staff in 80 locations,<ref name=hoovers/> with capability in more than 50 scientific and engineering disciplines. The company consisted primarily of two primary operating entities. * MACTEC Engineering and Consulting (MEC): MEC provided engineering, [[environmental consulting]] and [[Environmental remediation|remediation]], [[Facility management|facility lifecycle management]], [[sustainable design]], and construction consulting. Special services include [[Emergency management|disaster response and recovery]], and [[Architectural engineering|building engineering]] for [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] certification. * MACTEC Development Corporation (MDC): MDC provided construction and demolition, [[Nuclear decommissioning|nuclear decontamination and decommissioning (D&D)]], [[Dangerous goods|hazmat]] remediation, risk management, and radiological services.

==History== Management Analysis Company (later changed to MACTEC) was founded in 1975 to serve the [[electric utility]] and [[Nuclear power in the United States|nuclear power]] industries, expanding during the 1980s into nuclear site remediation. In 1997, MACTEC began strategic acquisition of companies that provided design/build and environmental services.<ref name=hoovers/>

===Mergers and acquisitions=== * Acquisition and merger of Harding Lawson Associates and Environmental Science & Engineering (forming Harding ESE) added manufacturing, chemical, transportation, and telecommunications. * Acquisition of Pacific Environmental Services Inc. added [[value engineering]], [[Occupational safety and health|occupational health and safety]], water and [[wastewater]] management, and pollution prevention. * Merger with Law Engineering and Environmental Services doubled MACTEC size and revenue, and added environmental and geotechnical engineering, facility management, construction quality assurance, and expanded geographic coverage. * In May 2011, [[AMEC]] announced that it had entered a deal to buy MACTEC for $280 million.<ref>[http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/international-construction-news/amec-buys-us-engineer-mactec-in-280m-deal Amec has agreed to buy US engineering and environmental services company Mactec for US$280m (£172.8m)] Construction Index, 19 May 2011</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2011 |title=Amec to buy U.S. engineer MACTEC for $280 million |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/americas/amec-to-buy-us-engineer-mactec-for-280-million-idUSTRE74H162/ |access-date=4 December 2024 |website=Reuters}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121118004208/http://www.amec.com/ AMEC company website]

[[Category:Engineering companies of the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Fulton County, Georgia]] [[Category:American companies established in 1975]]