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In 2017 Parsons Brinckerhoff changed its name to WSP USA. On September 3, 2014, it was announced that WSP Global had made an offer to purchase Parsons Brinckerhoff from Balfour Beatty plc for US$1.24 billion. [29] The transaction closed on October 31, 2014 [30] and Parsons Brinckerhoff became a wholly owned subsidiary of WSP Global. On January ...
Riverbed Technology occupies a suite of offices on the 17th floor. Samsung Electronics America occupies the 26th floor. URS Corporation New York City Office occupies most of the 6th and 7th floors of One Penn Plaza. WSP USA, formerly Parsons Brinckerhoff, [18] is headquartered in One Penn Plaza and occupies the 4th and 5th floors.
In October 2014, WSP completed the purchase of New York-headquartered professional services firm Parsons Brinckerhoff from Balfour Beatty for US$1.24 billion. [10] The company has a network of approximately 170 offices and nearly 13,500 employees on five continents [11] and became a wholly owned independent subsidiary. [12]
Former Parsons headquarters in Pasadena, California. Parsons was founded by Ralph M. Parsons in 1944. [2] Emerging at the end of World War II, Parsons' location in Los Angeles, proximity to organizations such as the Naval Air and Missile Test Center, Air Force Western Development Division (WDD) and Space and Missile Systems Organization (SAMSO), [8] and partnership with Aerojet Engineering, [9 ...
In May 2012, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) announced that a $270 million contract for the first phase, including the concourse expansion under 8th Avenue, had been awarded. [ 75 ] [ 77 ] The $147.7 million construction contract for the expansion of the existing concourse was awarded to Skanska USA Civil Northeast.
Parsons Brinckerhoff, an engineering and construction management organization with 14,000 employees in 150 offices worldwide, founded in 1885 in New York City Brinkerhoff Piano Company, an American brand of pianos and player pianos in the early 20th century
On March 10, 1955, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) awarded a $1.6 million (equivalent to $18,198,000 in 2023) engineering contract for design, inspection, and field supervision for the project to Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Hall and MacDonald. Engineering work was expected to begin within six weeks.
Michel, upon returning to New York City in 1965, joined the engineering planning and construction company Parsons Brinckerhoff. He became the company's partner in 1969 and in 1975 reorganized the traditional partnership into an employee-owned corporation. He became the first chief executive and chairman of the newly formed corporation in 1990. [3]