St Louis-based A/E firm Hellmuth, O...

St Louis-based A/E firm Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) has complet its purchase of CRS Architects Inc. (CRS) Houston. Using the HOK name, the combined company has 12 offices in the U and five overseas.

HOK purchased CRS for $68 million, including $48 million in cash and $2 million of futurity shared earnings from an overseas brew The staffs of the pair firms are expected to remain intact.

According to HOK co-chairman and CEO Jerome F Sincoff, the joining of the sum of two units firms will enhance the range of services that each has previously proposeed Both firms, for ...