WS Atkins, WSP, private equity firms vie for Balfour business: Reuters

British engineering firm WS Atkins and WSP Global are vying for control of Balfour Beatty's U.S. engineering and design business Parsons Brinckerhoff, according to the Sunday Telegraph, Reuters reported. WS Atkins and WSP are also understood to be competing with two private equity firms for the business. Based in Montréal, WSP is backed by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. In April, they helped fund the company's $366 million purchase of Focus Corp, a Calgary provider of engineering and geomatics services.

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