Busiest week of 2025 with featured transactions in IA and FL

Commentary & Insight

This week marks a remarkably strong period of M&A activity, with 29 new domestic and global transactions. The Western U.S. continues to see active consolidation, with four new deals announced in CO, CA, and NV. As M&A momentum builds, it’s more important than ever for buyers, sellers, and investors to stay ahead of the curve. Join over 200 AE industry executives and investors at the 11th annual Western States M&A and Business Symposium. Register today and save with our early bird pricing.

Domestic Transactions

4/8/2025
Fast-growing industry leader and another of our Ten Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2025, Verdantas (Tampa, FL) (ENR #113), expanded nationwide with the following acquisitions: irrigation engineering firm Aqua Engineering (Fort Collins, CO), civil, structural, and environmental engineering firm Horizons Engineering (Littleton, NH), site planning and civil engineering firm Atlantic Resource Consultants (Freeport, ME), and environmental firm Atlantic Environmental Consulting Services (Warren, NJ). Link to details >

4/9/2025
AE firm GreenbergFarrow (Atlanta, GA) (ENR #321) expanded its national MEP engineering practice through the acquisition of South Coast Engineering Group (Calabasas, CA), a firm with expertise in the commercial, hospitality, retail, and residential sectors. Link to details >

4/8/2025
Alta Planning + Design (Portland, OR) (ENR #446), a transportation planning and design firm, entered a partnership with CHS Consulting Group (Oakland, CA), a firm specializing in multi-modal transportation planning and design. Link to details >

4/4/2024
Forensic consulting, engineering, and risk mitigation services firm YA Group (St. Louis, MO) acquired Encore Group (Henderson, NV), a scheduling services firm that specializes in construction scheduling, delay analysis, and dispute resolution. Link to details >

4/10/2025
Inframark (Horsham, PA), a leader in infrastructure solutions focused on water and wastewater contract operations and maintenance services, entered a partnership with environmental engineering consulting firm Woodruff & Howe Environmental Engineering (Cumming, GA). Link to details >

4/8/2025
Employee-owned industry leader and one of our Ten Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2025, Terracon (Olathe, KS) (ENR #18), acquired The Transtec Group (Austin, TX), a pavement engineering firm that specializes in asphalt and concrete pavements. Link to details >

4/7/2025
The Clarient Group (Iselin, NJ), a leader in smart building consulting and technology engineering, joined integrated global designer CannonDesign (New York, NY) (ENR #72). Link to details >

4/9/2025
Architecture, forensic consulting, and program management firm GHC | Orcutt Winslow (Baton Rouge, LA) (ENR #402) acquired Straughn Trout Architects (Lakeland, FL), a firm that offers architectural development, site design and planning, interior, and experiential design. Link to details >

3/3/2025
Aqua Strategies (Austin, TX), a water resources firm with expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, water quality, and sediment modeling, joined water management firm Hazen and Sawyer (New York, NY) (ENR #53). Link to details >

4/3/2025
ZenaTech (Toronto, Canada), a technology firm specializing in AI (Artificial Intelligence) drone, Drone-as-a-Service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS, and Quantum Computing solutions, acquired Wallace Surveying Corporation (West Palm Beach, FL), a construction and land development surveying firm. Link to details >

4/1/2025
U.S. Compliance (Excelsior, MN), a firm that provides Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) services, acquired OSHA/Environmental Compliance Systems (St. Louis Park, MO), a firm focused on OSHA, industrial hygiene, and environmental compliance services. Link to details >

4/4/2025
Versar (Washington, D.C.), a global provider of technical and mission-oriented solutions, signed a definitive agreement to sell its Integrated Asset Maintenance (“IAM”) business (Washington, D.C.) to Oasis Landscape Services (Gainesville, FL), an asset maintenance, landscape, and irrigation firm. Link to details >

Global Transactions

4/8/2025
Sustainable design and engineering firm Stantec (Edmonton, Canada) (ENR #8) acquired Ryan Hanley (Dublin, Ireland), an engineering and environmental services firm. Link to details >

4/9/2025
New building consulting firm Contollo Group (Knutsford, UK) expanded its project and cost management capabilities with the acquisition of KAM Project Consultants (Milton Keynes, UK), a project and cost management firm. Link to details >

4/8/2025
Construction consulting firm ORS (Mullingar, Ireland) acquired two companies: O’Callaghan Moran (Cork, Ireland), an environmental firm with expertise in waste management and regulatory compliance, and Coffey Consulting Engineering (Mullingar, UK), a mechanical and electrical engineering firm specializing in building services design and energy efficiency and sustainability. Link to details >

4/8/2025
Environmental consulting and services firm RSK Group (Helsby, UK) acquired Elsym Installations (Burton-on-Trent, UK), an electrical power and control systems firm that specializes in the water sector. Link to details >

4/7/2025
Agriculture and living landscapes firm Origin Enterprises (Dublin, Ireland) acquired Scott Cawley (Blackrock, Ireland), a firm that offers ecological survey and impact assessment services to the planning and development sectors. Link to details >

4/7/2025
Destin 4 Chartered Surveyors (Fareham, UK) acquired surveying practice Chandler Hawkins (Portsmouth, UK) and rebranded as Destin Chandler Hawkins Chartered Surveyors (Fareham, UK). Link to details >

4/3/2025
Multidisciplinary engineering firm Setec (Paris, France) acquired a majority stake in Sealand Projects (Aberdeen, UK). This strategic acquisition strengthens Setec’s position and ambition in the offshore wind and marine engineering sector. Link to details >

4/3/2025
Multidiscipline property and construction firm Ridge and Partners (Birmingham, UK) acquired Adept Management (London, UK), strengthening its proposition in the infrastructure sector. Link to details >

4/8/2025
Engineering firm Witteveen+Bos (Deventer, The Netherlands) acquired Maidl Tunnelconsultants (Munich, Germany), a specialist in underground infrastructure, tunnel engineering, and tunnel boring technology. Link to details >

4/9/2025
The YARD REAAS Group (Milan, Italy), a real estate consulting firm, acquired a majority stake in the share capital of AEGIS (Brescia, Italy), an engineering and architecture firm operating in the building and infrastructure sectors. Link to details >

4/9/2025
Apex Partners Holdings (Sandton, South Africa) will acquire 100% of the shares in DRA Global Limited (Perth, Australia), a multi-disciplinary engineering, project delivery, and operations management group focused on the mining, minerals, and metals industry. Link to details >