August 2020 - Morrissey Goodale

Word on the Street- Little Pink Houses: The A/E industry’s love affair with the residential market

LITTLE PINK HOUSES: THE A/E INDUSTRY’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE RESIDENTIAL MARKET The performance of housing market is one of the BIG differences between this recession and last. The 2008-2009 Great Recession resulted from the credit crisis that followed the bursting of the housing bubble. Among its many casualties were thousands of A/E and environmental firms that […]

Forbes: Five Top Architects On How Hotels Can Adapt To The New Normal

A hot topic among designers across the world is how hospitality will overcome the new challenges hotels face in the time of COVID-19. Here, some of the top architects in hospitality share their thoughts on how hotel design may evolve going forward… Read the full article on forbes.com >

KBR entered into a definitive agreement with Arlington Capital Partners under which KBR will acquire Centauri

KBR (Houston, TX) (ENR #3) entered into a definitive agreement with Arlington Capital Partners (Chevy Chase, MD), under which KBR will acquire Centauri (Chantilly, VA), a leading independent provider of high-end space, directed energy, and other advanced technology solutions. “KBR has undergone a deliberate, strategic transformation to be a provider of innovative, higher-end, digitally-enabled solutions […]

Parametrix acquired Civil FX

Employee-owned engineering, planning, and environmental sciences firm Parametrix (Seattle, WA) (ENR #166) expanded its visualization as well as augmented and virtual reality capabilities with the acquisition of Civil FX (Las Vegas, NV). “Together with Civil FX, we’re expanding our depth of services to the communities and clients we serve,” stated Parametrix CEO Jeff Peacock, PE. “We’re […]

Word on the Street: Deal-Making in the Dog Days of Summer: Industry M&A Rebounds in August

DEAL-MAKING IN THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: INDUSTRY M&A REBOUNDS IN AUGUST The late summer has seen a marked uptick in industry deal-making. In August alone, we’ve reported on 24 design and environmental deals in the U.S. This is by far the highest monthly rate of activity that we’ve seen since the start of the pandemic. […]

Seed Environmental merged with Paulex

Seed Environmental (Suffolk, UK) merged with Paulex (Exeter, UK). Both firms specialize in environmental and property incident response, site investigation, remediation and restoration services, environmental claims management, and monitoring. The merger of the companies also means very much ‘business as usual’. Paulex managing director, Nicholas Mullen, is joining Andrew Matley and Mathew Watts on the […]

Malani Padayachee & Associates and investment holding company Motseng Women Investments acquired 100% equity of Mott MacDonald Africa

100% black women-owned and managed civil and structural engineering consulting firm Malani Padayachee & Associates (Randburg, South Africa) and investment holding company Motseng Women Investments (Midrand, South Africa) acquired 100% equity of Mott MacDonald Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa), the South African engineering entity of ENR’s #18 ranked global design firm. Read more>

A/E Valuation & Ownership Transition Advisor – Ownership Transition in a Pandemic

Ownership Transition in a Pandemic: Get Out with an Earn Out Taking on ownership of an engineering or architecture firm can be risky, and the economic uncertainty from the pandemic has made it even scarier. But in spite of the uncertainties for you and the next generation of leaders, you don’t have to let COVID disrupt […]

Forensic Engineering Services, a Trinity Hunt Partners portfolio company, acquired Scientific Analysis, Inc.

Forensic Engineering Services (Arlington, TX), a Trinity Hunt Partners (Dallas, TX) portfolio company, acquired Scientific Analysis, Inc. (Dallas, TX), a provider of accident reconstruction forensic engineering services. “We are excited to welcome our new SAI colleagues to the FES team,” said Robert E. Joyce, Jr., President and CEO of FES. “It is a true privilege […]

Hot Candidates!

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