The AMECO story

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18 March 2008

AMECO (American Equipment Co) started life in 1947 as part of Daniel Construction, a South Carolina general contractor. It became part of Fluor in 1977 when Fluor acquired Daniel.

The company started to expand geographically by following its parent company, first within the US in 1987 and then globally in 1989. Today AMECO employs around 1600 people located at 37 offices in 17 countries.

Fluor Corp is a $14,1 billion company based in Irving, Texas, and supplies engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance and project management services worldwide.

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