an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message type private corporation industry engineering & design environmental consulting remedial construction founded 1975 headquarters alpharetta georgia usa key people peter gouzinnia pe ceo owner nautic partners majority number of employees 3100 divisions mdc mec website www.mactec.com footnotes references 1 mactec was among the largest engineering design companies in the united states . 1 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 1 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 remediation facility lifecycle management sustainable design and construction consulting . special services include disaster response and recovery and building engineering for leed certification . mactec development corporation mdc mdc provided construction and demolition nuclear decontamination and decommissioning d & d hazmat remediation risk management and radiological services . contents 1 history 1.1 mergers and acquisitions 2 references and notes 3 external links history edit management analysis company later changed to mactec was founded in 1975 to serve the electric utility and 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 . 1 mergers and acquisitions edit 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 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 . 2 references and notes edit a b c d mactec inc. . company profiles . hoovers . retrieved 2 april 2011 . amec has agreed to buy us engineering and environmental services company mactec for us 280m 172.8 m construction index 19 may 2011 external links edit amec company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mactec & oldid 647122111 categories engineering companies of the united statescompanies based in georgia u.s. state hidden categories articles with a promotional tone from september 2009all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 17 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view