Engineering group buys 700-strong Hunt Construction Group

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Aecom has bought 700-strong US contractor Hunt Construction Group to become 鈥渙ne of the largest US builders鈥.

Hunt is a $1.2bn-turnover (拢710m) business with nine offices in the US.

Michael Burke, Aecom president and chief executive, said: 鈥淭he addition of Hunt鈥檚 people and resources immediately makes Aecom one of the largest U.S. builders.

鈥淭his important expansion of our build expertise reflects the continued advancement of our strategy to create an integrated delivery platform with superior capabilities to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets globally.鈥