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M&A Update > Active week for both domestic and global deals
M&A Update: Active week for both domestic and global deals
The AE industry’s weekly go-to source for the latest information on M&A deals and trends.
426 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS
7%
637* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS
9%
*Including U.S. deals
Percentages represent latest twelve months year-over-year increase or decrease in deal activity.
Commentary & Insight
This week sees strong M&A activity with a total of 16 new domestic and global transactions. The Southeast continues to consolidate rapidly with four new deals in NC, AL, LA, and GA. Gain valuable insights into the latest trends, strategies, and opportunities across the industry at our Southeast M&A and Business Symposium in Miami this March.
Domestic Transactions
2/6/2024
ENR’s #4 ranked environmental firm, Clean Harbors (Norwell, MA), entered into a definitive agreement with Gryphon Investors (San Francisco, CA) to acquire HEPACO (Charlotte, NC), a specialized environmental and emergency response services firm. Link to details >
2/5/2024
Civil and transportation engineering firm Dynamic Civil Solutions (Birmingham, AL) acquired land surveying firm Jackins Butler and Adams (Birmingham, AL). Link to details >
2/1/2024
Architecture firms ACSW (Lafayette, LA) and Rozas Ward (New Orleans, LA) merged and formed AQ Studios (Lafayette, LA), a new architecture firm serving the educational, healthcare, and civic sectors. Link to details >
2/1/2024
Osmose Utilities Services (Peachtree Corners, GA), a firm that provides critical inspection, maintenance, and restoration services for electric utility and telecom infrastructure, acquired the principal assets of McLean Engineering Company (Moultrie, GA), a power engineering firm. Link to details >
2/8/2024
Technology-enabled laboratory testing, inspection, and quality management services firm RMA Companies (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) (ENR #146) acquired Black Eagle Consulting (Reno, NV), a geotechnical and construction inspection services firm. Link to details >
2/5/2024
Industry leader and fast-growing Bowman Consulting Group (Reston, VA) (ENR #87) acquired Trudell Consulting Engineers (Williston, VT), a site/civil engineering, environmental, landscape architecture, and land surveying firm. Link to details >
2/6/2024
Design, consulting, and PM/CM firm DCCM (Houston, TX) (ENR #129) acquired Southstar Engineering & Consulting (Riverside, CA), a CM/PM and special services firm serving public agencies throughout California. Link to details >
Global Transactions
2/2/2024
Pioneering AEG and strategic consulting firm Woolpert (Dayton, OH) (ENR #56) entered into an agreement to acquire Murphy Geospatial (Dublin, Ireland), a multidisciplinary geospatial services firm. Link to details >
2/1/2024
ENR’s #40 ranked environmental firm, Montrose Environmental Group (North Little Rock, AR), acquired Epic Environmental (Brisbane, Australia), an environmental science and engineering services firm. Link to details >
2/2/2024
Alliance Technical Group (Decatur, AL), an air emissions testing and monitoring solutions firm, entered an agreement to acquire ORTECH Consulting (Mississauga, Canada), an environmental, engineering, and science consulting firm. Link to details >
2/7/2024
Power services firm Qualus (Cincinnati, OH) acquired Enkompass Power and Energy Corporation (Bolton, Canada), an electrical engineering and technical services firm. Link to details >
2/5/2024
Geospatial solutions firm The Sanborn Map Company (Colorado Springs, CO) purchased the assets of Nuvia Dynamics (Toronto, Canada) and established its Canadian subsidiary named Sanborn Geophysics (Toronto, Canada), a geophysical survey services firm. Link to details >
2/5/2024
Environmental consulting and services firm RSK Group (Helsby, UK) acquired Brown & May Marine France (Brest, France), a firm that specializes in the provision of studies and services relating to various interfaces that occur between commercial fishing and offshore renewable energy projects. Link to details >
2/6/2024
Surveying and project management firm Hardies Property & Construction Consultants (Edinburgh, UK) acquired David Adamson and Partners (Edinburgh, UK), a firm that offers surveying, cost and contract management, planning and program management, and housing consulting services. Link to details >
2/1/2024
Environmental science and engineering services firm Trace Associates (Calgary, Canada) reached an agreement to acquire the assets of XCG Consulting (Kitchener, Canada), a firm that provides environmental site assessment, remediation, solid waste advisory, and hazardous building materials management services. Link to details >
2/1/2024
Feasibility studies and commissioning services firm Mipac (Brisbane, Australia), a subsidiary of GR Engineering Services (Ascot, Australia), entered an agreement to acquire control system and electrical engineering firm Paradigm Engineers (Perth, Australia). Link to details >
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