Empire State merger; Ten other deals this week

Commentary & Insight

With two more deals this week, Texas surpasses 150 reported transactions in the last five years. Journey to the center of the action in Houston this October to learn all about AE industry M&A trends and network with over 100 CEOs, M&A decision-makers, and investors at our 7th Texas M&A Symposium.

Domestic Transactions

8/6/2021
DCCM (Houston, TX), a national provider of design, consulting, and program and construction management services, acquired Binkley & Barfield (Houston, TX) (ENR #323), a multidisciplinary engineering firm with extensive experience in surface transportation and public infrastructure. 
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8/6/2021
OF NOTE: The deal with Binkley & Barfield is DCCM’s second in the Lone Star State this summer, following the firm’s acquisition of prominent Texas infrastructure engineering firm R.G. Miller Engineers (Houston, TX) in June. 
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8/9/2021
SAM Companies (Austin, TX) (ENR #98) acquired The Whiddon Group (Austin, TX), a firm specializing in utility engineering services. 
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8/9/2021
ENR’s #44 ranked environmental firm Montrose Environmental Group (Irvine, CA) acquired SensibleIoT (Paso Robles, CA), an IoT and software platform that interfaces with multiple air, water, and soil data sources to provide environmental solutions with advanced data analytics capabilities. 
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8/6/2021
Consulting engineering firm GM2 Associates (Glastonbury, CT) acquired multidiscipline civil and environmental engineering firm Gordon R. Archibald, Inc. (GRA) (Pawtucket, RI). 
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8/10/2021
Geosyntec Consultants (Boca Raton, FL) (ENR #42) acquired Applied Technology and Management (Gainesville, FL), an engineering and consulting firm focused on coastal, waterfront, and water resources projects. 
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8/11/2021
Healthcare design firm BakerNowicki Design Studio (San Diego, CA) joined DLR Group (Minneapolis, MN) (ENR #60). The firm will operate as DLR Group|BakerNowicki to serve K-12 and higher education clients in California. 
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8/11/2021
The Wooten Company (Raleigh, NC), an engineering, architectural, and geomatics services firm, acquired Crescent Engineering (Columbia, SC), a civil engineering firm with a broad experience in community infrastructure projects. 
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6/30/2021
Earth science and technology firm GeoEngineers (Redmond, WA) (ENR #225) acquired Cascadia Associates (Portland, OR), a provider of strategic environmental consulting services for commercial and industrial property owners. 
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Global Transactions

8/9/2021
Mechanical engineering firms The AME Consulting Group (Vancouver, Canada) and HRC Engineering (Spruce Grove, Canada) announced that their mechanical consulting teams will be joining as one firm. 
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8/5/2021
Environmental consulting and services firm RSK Group (Helsby, UK) acquired Leap Environmental (Dorking, UK), a geotechnical and geo-environmental site investigation services firm. 
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