2024 Mid-Year Review Report; Featured deal in MA

Commentary & Insight

Through the first six months of 2024, Morrissey Goodale has tracked 243 deals in the U.S., marking the second most active first half on record. Learn more about the opportunities and challenges the current acquisition market offers for your firm’s future and dive into our exclusive 2024 M&A Mid-Year Review. Access and download the report here to stay ahead in the market.   

Domestic Transactions

8/12/2024 
ENR’s #4 ranked global design firm, WSP (Montreal, Canada), entered into an agreement to acquire Power Engineers (Hailey, ID) (ENR #26), an engineering firm with extensive experience in the power and energy sector. Link to details >

8/15/2024 
Fast-growing industry leader (and one of our Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024) Verdantas (Dublin, OH) (ENR #113) acquired cbec eco engineering (West Sacramento, CA), a firm specializing in water resources engineering and ecological restoration. Link to details >

8/8/2024 
ENR’s #81 ranked environmental firm, Trinity Consultants (Dallas, TX), acquired Environmental Compliance & Safety (Sherman, MS), a firm with specialized expertise in environmental and safety. Link to details >

8/14/2024 
Legence (San Jose, CA), an integrated provider of energy efficiency and sustainability solutions for the built environment, acquired AMA Group (New York, NY), a national engineering services firm. Over the next several months, AMA will integrate into CMTA (Louisville, KY) (ENR #136), Legence’s largest MEP engineering services portfolio company. Link to details >

8/12/2024 
Core States Group (West Chester, PA) (ENR #224), an architecture, engineering, and construction firm, acquired Barghausen Consulting Engineers (Kent, WA), a firm that provides civil engineering, land surveying, architecture, energy system design, landscape architecture, permit expediting, and land use planning services. Link to details >

8/12/2024 
Multidisciplinary consulting firm WithersRavenel (Cary, NC) (ENR #306) acquired Quible & Associates (Kitty Hawk, NC). The acquisition allows WithersRavenel to expand further into Northeastern North Carolina, the Outer Banks, and Western North Carolina. Link to details >

8/14/2024 
Great Ecology (San Diego, CA), a full-service environmental and ecological services consulting firm, joined True Environmental (New York, NY), a platform focused on building a consulting and engineering organization for environmental end markets. Link to details >

8/8/2024 
GSE Solutions (Columbia, MD), a firm that provides engineering solutions supporting clean-energy production and decarbonization initiatives in the power industry, entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Pelican Energy Partners (Houston, TX). Link to details >

8/12/2024 
Architecture firm DCAK-MSA Architecture & Engineering (Nyack, NY) merged with CHK Architects (Simsbury, CT). The combined forces will now offer architecture, interior design, civil engineering, construction, and design-build services. Link to details >

8/9/2024 
Digital innovation group Almaviva (Rome, Italy) entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Iteris (Austin, TX), a firm that offers smart mobility infrastructure management to public transportation agencies, municipalities, and commercial entities. Link to details >

8/12/2024 
Inframark (Horsham, PA), an applied technology and solutions firm specializing in water and wastewater infrastructure operations and maintenance, acquired ESG Engineering (Suwanee, GA), a firm offering engineering and capital program management solutions for water and wastewater treatment projects. Link to details >

8/7/2024 
Multi-disciplinary planning, design, and engineering firm RICK (San Diego, CA) acquired Armstrong & Brooks (Corona, CA). The acquisition is expected to bolster RICK’s ability to provide comprehensive civil engineering services to clients across the Inland Empire. Link to details >

8/13/2024 
Full-service engineering firm Axiom Consultants (Iowa City, IA) joined Ruekert & Mielke (Waukesha, WI), a 100% employee-owned firm specializing in municipal and agricultural engineering. Link to details >

Global Transactions

8/8/2024 
Celnor Group (Reading, UK), a group of companies that offer services in the testing, inspection, certification, and compliance (TICC) arena, acquired a majority stake in Seed Environmental (Kentford, UK), a firm that provides environmental and property incident response, remediation, and restoration services. Link to details >

8/9/2024 
ABO-Group (Ghent, Belgium), a specialized engineering firm focused on geotechnics, environmental consulting, and soil remediation, expanded its geographical coverage in France with the acquisition of hydrogeology and mining exploration firm Soltech (Couzeix, France) and water management firm Odace (Bordeaux, France). Link to details >

8/9/2024 
Multidisciplinary building firm ORS (Mullingar, Ireland) acquired Pro-Fire & Design (Kildare, Ireland), a fire safety services firm. Link to details >