Fluor Daniel Buys Firm

Fluor Corp.’s main subsidiary, Fluor Daniel, acquired a British maintenance, consulting and manpower services company with 450 employees. Financial terms were not disclosed. Privately owned T.A. Group Ltd. in Farnham, U.K., will operate under its own name as a subsidiary of Fluor Daniel and will work with Fluor Daniel divisions in England and the Netherlands.

Meantime, parent company Fluor, a global engineering and construction company, said Wednesday that it has named Sir Robin Renwick, the British ambassador to the United States from 1991 to 1995, to its international advisory board

Renwick, 58, also was named chairman of Fluor Daniel’s British subsidiary, Fluor Daniel Ltd. He replaces Sir Francis Kennedy, who retired after serving on Fluor’s advisory board and as chairman of Fluor Daniel Ltd. for 10 years.