M&A Update: Active week for architecture firms; Domestic deals in MO, NC, KY, CA, NJ, VA, TX, and LA

Commentary & Insight

It was a busy week for consolidation in the architecture sector. We report a total of eight domestic transactions in MO, NC, KY, CA, NJ, VA, TX, and LA. Overseas there were three new deals in Australia, the UK, and Italy.  

Domestic Transactions

10/17/2023 
Architectural and design firm Populous (Kansas City, MO) (ENR #104) received a strategic minority investment from Providence Equity Partners (Providence, RI), a private equity firm specializing in growth-oriented investments in media, communications, education, and technology companies. Link to details > 

10/16/2023 
BHDP (Cincinnati, OH) (ENR #389), an architecture, planning, interior design, experiential graphic design, project management, and strategic consulting firm, acquired architectural firm RGG Architects (Durham, NC). Link to details > 

10/16/2023 
Stengel Hill Architecture (Louisville, KY), an architecture and interior design firm specializing in complex healthcare facilities, received a strategic investment from private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management (Washington D.C.). Link to details > 

10/13/2023 
Architecture and engineering firm SSOE Group (Toledo, OH) (ENR #115) acquired Integrated Engineering Services (Santa Clara, CA), an engineering firm with expertise in MEP, chemical and process engineering, hazardous materials, and code compliance services. Link to details > 

10/16/2023 
The Vaughn Collaborative (Ewing, NJ), an architecture, planning, and interior design firm, joined architectural and engineering services DRG Architects (Somerset, NJ). Link to details > 

10/17/2023 
Geotechnical engineering firm Underhill Engineering (Charlottesville, VA) joined multi-disciplined engineering and environmental firm GEI Consultants (Woburn, MA) (ENR #91). Link to details > 

10/16/2023 
ENR’s #81 ranked environmental firm, Trinity Consultants (Dallas, TX), acquired Waid Environmental (Austin, TX), an engineering and environmental services firm offering air quality, emissions control, permitting, and compliance services. Link to details > 

10/19/2023 
Bernhard Capital Partners (Baton Rouge, LA), through its environmental platform Environmental Systems Group, acquired ELOS Environmental (Hammond, LA), a firm that provides natural resources, GIS and mapping, cultural resources, industrial hygiene services, waste management, and disaster recovery services. Link to details > 

Global Transactions

10/17/2023 
Engineering firm Emanden Technical Solutions (Adelaide, Australia) joined Fyfe (Adelaide, Australia), an engineering, environmental, planning, and survey firm.  Link to details > 

10/17/2023 
Environmental consulting and services firm RSK Group (Helsby, UK) acquired Aurora Health Physics Services (Didcot, UK), a radiation protection firm that serves the nuclear, industrial, healthcare, environmental, military, oil and gas, and educational sectors. Link to details > 

10/16/2023 
Wolftank Group (Innsbruck, Austria), a firm specializing in renewable energy and environmental remediation technologies, acquired Petroltecnica (Rimini, Italy), an environmental firm focused on the industrial sectors of oil and gas, chemicals, and manufacturing. Link to details >