Atkins has bought a project management business in Singpaore
The multidisciplinary consultant said it had acquired Confluence Project Management (CPM) for 拢8.4m.
CPM offers services including project and construction management, and specialist programming and planning.
In the year to 30 June 2013 the company, which employs around 200 people, reported revenue of around 拢14.5m.
Atkins chief executive Uwe Krueger said: 鈥淭his acquisition is an important further step in the delivery of our strategy to increase our regional focus and grow our business in Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
鈥淭his business brings highly-reputed client and sector knowledge and complementary regional presence and capacity to our existing project management business, as well as the ability to service increasingly complex projects for our global clients.鈥�
Donald Lawson, chief executive of worldwide operations at Atkins鈥� consultancy arm Faithful & Gould, said the firm aimed to offer clients a 鈥渟ingle point of delivery鈥�.
He added: 鈥淭he big international clients require a consultancy that has everything in one place.鈥�
Lawson said that Faithful & Gould was not actively pursuing any further acquisitions at the moment and was focused on 鈥渂usiness as usual鈥�.
He also said Guy Scott, executive chair of CPM, will take a seat on Faithful and Gould鈥檚 senior management team, swelling its numbers by one.
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