Exhibit 99.1

                 BAKER COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF BUCK ENGINEERING

PITTSBURGH, April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Michael Baker Corporation
(Amex: BKR) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of
Buck Engineering, P.C., of Cary, North Carolina. Terms of the
transaction were not disclosed.

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Buck Engineering (www.buckengineering.com) is a planning and
environmental engineering firm with a nationally recognized stream and
wetland restoration program. The firm is a market leader in stream
restoration design and is well respected for its expertise in
environmental planning, applied research and extensive training
programs.

Founded in 2000, the company currently employs approximately 60
professional, technical and administrative personnel in four principal
locations -- Cary, Charlotte and Asheville, North Carolina; and Atlanta,
Georgia. Its revenues in 2005 were approximately $13 million.

The acquisition of Buck will strengthen and greatly expand Baker's
presence in North Carolina, and enable the company to leverage a
high-value stream and wetlands restoration service that is of growing
importance to many of its customers across the United States. "Context
sensitive solutions and greater environmental stewardship are an
important consideration to our infrastructure customers today," said
Brad Mallory, president of Baker's Engineering segment. "This is Buck's
specialty. We will now be able to take this expertise, which has been
limited in geographic scope, to our clients in other states --
especially Departments of Transportation -- that have been requesting
such a service."

"All of us at Buck are proud to have gained national recognition for our
highly specialized services," said Jim Buck, president of Buck
Engineering. "Will Harman and I look forward to joining with Baker to
apply our innovative solutions and techniques on a national scale."

Michael Baker Corporation (http://www.mbakercorp.com) provides
engineering and operations and maintenance services for its clients'
most complex challenges worldwide. The firm's primary practice areas are
aviation, environmental, facilities, geospatial information
technologies, linear utilities, transportation, water/wastewater, and
oil & gas. With more than 4,500 employees in over 40 offices across the
United States and internationally, Baker is focused on providing
services that span the complete life cycle of infrastructure and managed
asset projects.

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