August 2019 - Page 2 of 4 - Morrissey Goodale

Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood (Montgomery, AL) (ENR #218) and Bay Design Associates Architects (BDA) (Pensacola, FL) have joined forces. BDA specializes in the design of educational, healthcare, commercial, and office facilities.  “As GMC Pensacola, we will continue our longstanding tradition of offering personal and responsive attention to our client’s specific program objectives, both new and existing,” Jernigan, now […]

Boxwood Merger Corp. (Santa Monica, CA), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, and Atlas Technical Consultants(Austin, TX), a provider of professional testing, inspection, engineering, and consulting services, have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Atlas will become a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Boxwood.  Immediately following the proposed transaction, Boxwood intends to change its name to Atlas Technical […]

Watkins Associated Industries (Atlanta, GA) acquired NOVA Engineering and Environmental (Kennesaw, GA) (ENR #318), an environmental consulting, geotechnical engineering, and construction materials testing firm. “We take a long-term view as we identify businesses with attractive future growth prospects and a management team with a desire to remain involved,” says Eric Wahlen, President of WAI, of the transaction. “We […]

SGS (Geneva, Switzerland), a global inspection, verification, testing, and certification firm, acquired DMV Environmental Safety (Wolverhampton, UK), a solution provider of health and safety services.  “This acquisition will support the growth strategy of our Environment, Health & Safety services, and will strengthen our existing network in the central and southern parts of the United Kingdom,” said Frankie Ng, CEO […]

US design firm deals up 13% in the first half of 2019 compared to the first half of 2018; 22% of all global deals involve private equity firms Morrissey Goodale reported 167 U.S. deals in the first six months of 2019, easily surpassing the 146 transactions tracked over the first six months of 2018. This […]

ENR’s #46 ranked international design firm, Meinhardt Group (Singapore, Singapore), acquired civil and structural engineering consultant Tham & Wong (Singapore, Singapore). The acquisition will strengthen Meinhardt’s overall service offerings in Vietnam where Tham & Wong has been operating for over 10 years. Omar Shahzad, Meinhardt Group CEO said: “This strategic acquisition will enable us to extend our footprint in […]

MIG Engineering (Sarnia, Canada) acquired T.W. Gray & Associates Engineering (Sarnia, Canada). T.W. Gray will no longer be operating and the company’s existing clients and projects will now be serviced by MIG. President and CEO Devin Johnson said they’ve acquired T.W. Gray & Associates Engineering Ltd. successor Shawn Gray. “MIG and T.W. Gray have been working together for quite some […]