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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Construction and Engineering |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Australia, New Zealand, Asia |
Key people | Doug Moss, Managing Director |
| Services | Engineering |
| Owner | CIMIC Group |
Number of employees | 7,850 (June 2016) |
| Parent | CIMIC Group |
| Divisions | UGL Rail |
| Website | www.ugllimited.com |
UGL, formerly known as theUnited Group, is an engineering company. The company provides construction, maintenance, and asset management services to the rail, resources, and infrastructure sectors, and corporate real estate, facilities management, and business process outsourcing services to property users. Its clients are large companies, governments and institutions inAustralia,New Zealand,Asia. It was purchased by theCIMIC Group in December 2016.
UGL was founded as an engineering construction firm inPerth, Western Australia in 1970 by Charlie Bontempo, Sam Castelli,John Rubino and John Trettel. In 1988, it was re-branded as the United Construction Group.[1]
UGL has acquired a number of businesses, including engineering, construction, and facilities management business Kilpatrick Green in 1998, rail companyGoninan in 1999, corporate real estate business KFPW in 2002, Thames Water Projects Asia in 2004, Singaporean real estate services company Premas International (UGL Premas) andAlstom's Australian and New Zealand transport and rail businesses in 2005, Chicago-based Equis Corporation (UGL Equis) andCanberra-based Peak Security in 2006, andBoston-based Unicco Services Company (UGL Unicco) in 2007.[2]
In 2011, a commercial real estate firmDTZ was acquired, but was sold in 2014 to a consortium ofTPG Capital, PAG Asia Capital and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.[3]
In October 2016,CIMIC Group launched a successfultakeover offer for the company,[4] with CIMIC applying in December 2016 to compulsorily acquire all remaining shares.[5]