M&A Update: Atwell expands in WA; Eight other deals in TX, VA, FL, WA, TN, and KY

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Commentary & Insight

This week witnessed nine new deals announced around the country, including another transaction in the Lone Star State. For a deep dive into the first half of 2023’s M&A highlights and trends, check out our AE M&A Mid-Year Review. And don’t miss the opportunity to join the conversation at our Texas and Southern States M&A, Strategy, and Innovation Symposium, where we’ll explore the future of consolidation in the industry in greater detail. We hope to see you there!

Domestic Transactions

9/5/2023 
Pape-Dawson Engineers (San Antonio, TX) (ENR #112) partnered with Costello (Houston, TX), a civil engineering and surveying firm. The partnership brings expanded capabilities to Pape-Dawson clients, including landscape architecture and structural services. Link to details > 

9/5/2023 
Architecture and design firm TBA Studio (West Monroe, LA) expanded its capabilities in the South with the acquisition of architecture firm Douglas Architects (San Antonio, TX). Link to details > 

9/5/2023 
Employee-owned engineering and environmental consulting firm POWER Engineers (Hailey, ID) (ENR #27) expanded its presence in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions through the acquisition of Earth Environmental and Civil (Rocky Mount, VA). Link to details > 

9/7/2023 
Fast-growing engineering and consulting firm Universal Engineering Services (UES) (Orlando, FL) (ENR #36) acquired Biome Consulting Group (Pensacola, FL), an ecological consulting firm. Link to details > 

9/5/2023 
Private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management (Washington, D.C.) acquired architecture, interior design, planning, and CM firm Synalovski Romanik Saye (SRS) Architects (Fort Lauderdale, FL). SRS will join Stratus, Godspeed’s AE consulting platform. Link to details > 

9/5/2023 
Coastal Geologic Services (Bellingham, WA), a firm that specializes in the analysis, design, and management of beaches, bluffs, and estuaries in the Puget Sound region, joined environmental engineering firm Natural Systems Design (Seattle, WA). Link to details > 

9/1/2023 
Structural engineering firm WiSEngineers (Brentwood, TN) joined Bennett & Pless (Atlanta, GA). The acquisition expands Bennett & Pless’ capabilities, making it one of the largest structural firms in the Nashville area. Link to details > 

9/1/2023 
Elliot Engineering (Lexington, KY), a member of the Davis H. Elliot Company family of brands, acquired Wells Engineering (Florence, KY), a power systems engineering firm. Link to details > 

Global Transactions

9/5/2023 
ENR’s #22 ranked global design firm, Sweco (Stockholm, Sweden), acquired OJ Rådgivende Ingeniører (Horsens, Denmark), an engineering firm focused on the building market that serves residential, healthcare, social housing, industry, offices, and education clients. Link to details > 

9/5/2023 
Mitie Group (London, UK), an infrastructure, facilities management, property management, energy, and healthcare services firm, acquired JCA Engineering (Stevenage, UK), an engineering and design firm with experience in data centers, life sciences, and the healthcare sector. Link to details > 

9/1/2023 
Engineering and environmental firm TAUW (Deventer, The Netherlands) acquired GeoZICHT (Utrecht, The Netherlands), a firm specializing in drone-based services. Link to details > 

8/30/2023 
VertiGIS (London, UK), a solutions provider and software developer in the field of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial asset management, acquired ibR Gesellschaft für Geoinformation mbH (Bonn, Germany), a firm that specializes in GIS systems. Link to details >