The acquisition of Scott Wilson by American consulting giant URS has been formally completed, propelling the US company into the top 10 of British engineers.

The deal, worth 拢218m, was announced by URS last Friday. Hugh Blackwood, the former chief executive of Scott Wilson, has been made a vice-president of URS Corporation and senior vice-president of international operations. He said the deal would give URS a 鈥渓arger global footprint鈥� and greater access to the nuclear power market.

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