AMECO Names New CEO, Plans to Stay in Greenville, SC

AMECO, a construction and maintenance field services planning and management company based in Greenville, SC which was purchased by middle-market private equity firm One Equity Partners for $73 million last month from Fluor.

Gary Bernardez, who led the company from 2001-2012, was named as chief executive officer.

“Those who use AMECO’s services have seen significant improvements in project cost certainty, efficiency and responsiveness,” said Bernardez. “As a stand-alone company, we are better able to market and promote our services to a wider range of companies at a time when our expertise and history of simplifying site execution complexities and delivering value and bottom line ROI are needed more critically than ever. OEP’s investment in AMECO demonstrates the significant opportunity in the North America market. It’s ‘game on’ in the markets of capital construction and operations maintenance industries, and AMECO is here to be a trusted advisor and partner to our clients.”

As the construction industry is experiencing a resurgence in capital projects, AMECO seeks to enhance efficiency, increase craft productivity, streamline billing and supply chain management and reduce costs for large projects and ongoing maintenance needs.

AMECO’s customizable services moving forward will include forecasting and analysis of project indirect products and services; leveraging buying power; procurement and delivery of supplies; stock analysis and the rapid deployment of resources during shortages and natural disasters.

For more than 70 years, AMECO has provided indirect products and services, including equipment, scaffolding, tools, consumable supplies and fleet management for capital construction, facility operations and maintenance projects.