INSIDE/OUT Newsletter
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“This is a the dawn of a new and exciting epoch for all involved, and BergerABAM is excited to be a part of this expanded team of capable professionals.” - Lee Marsh, BergerABAM President BergerABAM, was acquired by WSP, an international consulting company headquartered in Canada with more than 9,500 employees in the U.S. in 150 locations.
The Manzanillo International Terminal in Panama was one of several international ports ABAM completed in the 1990s.
and Transportation Department; hundreds of bridge design projects; international ports in Columbia, Panama, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf; and work with the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. In 2005, Bob handed over the reins to Arnie Rusten, who for nine years continued to grow the firm and expand geographically. Federal work grew to be a solid element of the firm’s client base with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy. Also, clients, such as Washington State Ferries, local agencies, and Berger-related opportunities grew substantially. During these years, two key acquisions, J.D. White in Vancouver, Washington, and Flores Lund Consultants in San Diego, California, helped expand the firm’s practice areas and geographic reach. The firm once again rebranded as BergerABAM, dropping the “Engineers” moniker to reflect the expanded practice base of land use planning, permitting, public involvement, environmental science, and landscape architecture.
We are excited that our strong reputations and combined portfolios will reinforce our position in the marketplace and will expand service offerings to our clients. This new chapter in the combined BergerABAM - Louis Berger - WSP story is ripe with opportunities for both our clients and our employees. With this amalgamation of skills, experience, and capabilities, we will be able to deliver world-class service to our broad base of clients from project inception, through planning, design, and construction on a scale that we, BergerABAM, has not yet provided. This is the dawn of a new and exciting epoch for all involved, and BergerABAM is excited to be a part of this expanded team of capable professionals. BergerABAM has come a long way from its original prestressed concrete roots. We sincerely thank all of those clients, collaborators, and colleagues for their support, engagement, and friendship.
In 2014, Lee Marsh succeeded Arnie Rusten as president and CEO. The firm continued to prosper and grow, delivering great projects for our clients over our entire range of service offerings. In the current hyper-competitive professional services landscape, it came time to form a closer relationship with Louis Berger and look toward the potential for an even larger partner.
Looking to the Future If there is one thing we have learned in 60 years, it is that change is inevitable and change creates better opportunities for learning, growth, and serving our clients. On 18 December 2018, Louis Berger, and therefore
The four founders of ABAM included Art Anderson, Tom Anderson, Hal Birkeland, and Bob Mast.
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