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History

Founded in July 1969, Versar has provided program and project management support to federal, state, and local government clients and industries worldwide. The company has evolved into an international provider of complex, multidisciplinary technical services. Versar offers 50 years of proven experience, a longstanding presence in the industry, and domestic, international, and regional reach.

Longstanding Solutions Delivery History

1969

Founded

Versar was founded by Dr. Michael Markels - Initial work was in the areas of applied physics, including high temperature phenomena laser physics, communication theory, radiation physics and acoustics.

1972

Acquisition - GTC

A Research and Development Company, the combination led to Versar winning major ecological contracts, specifically with the Environmental Protection Agency.

1981

Construction of Versar Building

Started the construction of the Versar building in Springfield - construction ended in 1986.

1985

Acquisition - GEOMET

Acquired GEOMET Technologies, LLC, a multidisciplinary consulting company involved in ecological and associated sciences.

1986

Public Stock Offering

Sold its first public offering of stock. A year later team members and their families owned 60% of the stock.

1987

Acquisition - ETA

Environmental Systems, Inc., A Division of Martin Marietta and ARIX.

2010

Acquisition - Advent

Acquired Advent Environmental Inc., A full service ecological contractor for DOD with significant capabilities in Military Munitions Response Program (MSRP) remediation, Range Maintenance and Sustainment, and Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) clean-up.

2012

Acquisition - Charron

Charron Construction Consulting, Inc. provided construction management services since 1992 for a broad spectrum of projects including office, retail industrial, civic and various governmental facilities.

2013

Acquisition - GMI

Acquired Geo-Marine, Inc., A division of Applied Research Associates, provided engineering design, construction management, ecological planning and programming and other services in support of a wide range of government industry and commercial customers.

2014

Acquisition - J.M. Waller

Providing ecological facilities, professional staffing, and logistics consulting services in support of a wide range of government industry and commercial customers.

2016

Acquisition - Security Systems

Acquired a division of Johnson Controls school security systems providing security system integration to the FAA.

2017

Privately Held

Kingswood Capital Management took Versar private.

2021

Acquisition - BayFirst Solutions and Black & Veatch's Federal Ecological Services Group

Acquired BayFirst Solutions, an information technology and intelligence services company, and Black & Veatch's federal ecological services division.

2023

Merger - Louis Berger Services from WSP

Providing expertise in operating large common mission- essential facilities cargo including airfield services, logistics, heavy vehicle maintenance, and fueling for the defense and security industries.

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Versar Global Solutions

1025 Vermont Ave. NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005

703-750-3000
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