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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-05987; No. 333-59941; No. 33-62887; and No.
33-69306) of our report dated March 16, 2001 relating to the financial
statements, which appears in the 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders of Michael
Baker Corporation, which is incorporated by reference in Michael Baker
Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 23, 2001