Acquisition

AMEC plc

26 November 2010

AMEC acquires Australian estimating consultancy BurmanGriffiths

AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, announces today that it has acquired BurmanGriffiths, a leading provider of estimating and programming services, from its owner managers, for a cash consideration of AU$4.5 million.

BurmanGriffiths is a 10-person cost estimating, cost management and planning consultancy located in Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 2005, the company provides high quality cost and planning services for the civil engineering industry, servicing regional, national and global customers across Australia. The acquisition will become part of AMEC's cost management consultancy, Aquenta Consulting, formerly Currie & Brown (Australia).

The acquisition is consistent with AMEC's Vision 2015 strategy of geographic and capability expansion in Australasia and follows the acquisition of GRD Minproc in November 2009 and Currie & Brown (Australia) in January 2010.

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Sue Scholes, Director of Communications

Nicola-Jane Brooks, Investor Relations

ENDS

Notes to Editors:

About AMEC: AMEC (LSE: AMEC) is a focused supplier of high-value consultancy, engineering and project management services to the world's natural resources, nuclear, clean energy, water and environmental sectors. With annual revenues of over £2.5 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers. The company employs some 23,000 people in around 40 countries worldwide. See amec.com

About Aquenta Consulting: Aquenta Consulting is a leading provider of independent cost management services to clients in the building, transport, oil and gas, mining and utilities sectors. Formed in 1955, the Aquenta operation has revenues of $45m, a team of over 200 people and offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. See aquenta.com.au