M&A Update > Featured deal in CO; Four new transactions in the Southeast
Featured deal in CO; four new transactions in the Southeast
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461 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

2%
735* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

10%
*Including U.S. deals
Percentages represent latest twelve months year-over-year increase or decrease in deal activity.
Featured Transaction
1/6/2025
Civil engineering and planning firm J-U-B Engineers (Meridian, ID) (ENR #235) expanded its water resources engineering capabilities with the acquisition of Anderson Consulting Engineers (Fort Collins, CO), a water resources engineering firm specializing in hydrologic and hydraulic engineering. Morrissey Goodale advised J-U-B Engineers in the transaction.
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Commentary & Insight
It was a busy week for M&A, with a total of 15 domestic transactions announced, including four new deals in the Southeast. Learn more about the trends sweeping the industry and connect with over 200 industry executives, investors, and experts in Miami at our Southeast M&A and Business Symposium. Reserve your place and register today.
Domestic Transactions
1/13/2025
Eberly & Associates (Atlanta, GA), a land planning, civil engineering, and landscape architecture services firm, joined civil engineering, environmental, and surveying services firm Pape-Dawson Engineers (San Antonio, TX) (ENR #93). Link to details >
1/13/2025
ENR’s #23 ranked environmental firm, ERM (London, UK), agreed to acquire the Environmental Division of NewFields Companies (Atlanta, GA), expanding ERM’s existing technical offerings in remediation and environmental services. Link to details >
1/13/2024
ArborMetrics (Hendersonville, NC) and ECI Environmental Consultants (Wake Forest, NC) joined forces. The new company, which will operate as ArborMetrics, offers environmental oversight and management, PM, field services, construction design, asset and vegetation management, civil construction, and solar farm and data center environmental services. Link to details >
1/14/2025
Design firm CPL (Fairport, NY) (ENR #278) broadened its geographic reach into Virginia with the addition of Commonwealth Architects (Richmond, VA), an architecture and interior design firm that offers tenant services, master planning, and historic preservation services. Link to details >
1/9/2025
Fast-growing industry leader Verdantas (Tampa, FL) (ENR #113) acquired M-H-M (Marysville, CA), a firm with expertise in water supply and storage, distribution, irrigation, water master planning, flood control, storm drainage, land development, and surveying. Link to details >
1/14/2025
In its second deal of the week, Verdantas (Tampa, FL) (ENR #113) acquired Civil West Engineering Services (Coos Bay, OR), an engineering firm focused on water, wastewater, and stormwater engineering services. Link to details >
1/14/2025
MBF Audiovisual & Acoustical Consulting (Lake Stevens, WA), a firm specializing in audio, video, control, and acoustical services, joined multi-disciplined engineering firm Coffman Engineers (Seattle, WA) (ENR #157) through an asset purchase agreement. Link to details >
1/9/2025
Civil engineering and land surveying firm Benchmark Engineering (Mountain Iron, MN) and engineering firm FOCUS Engineering (Saint Paul, MN) joined Bolton & Menk (Mankato, MN) (ENR #132). Link to details >
1/7/2025
EA and environmental firm Fishbeck (Grand Rapids, MI) (ENR #199) acquired Align CEC (Greencastle, IN), a civil engineering firm with experience in transportation, aviation, and municipal projects. Link to details >
1/8/2025
Alpine Intel (Charlotte, NC), an insurance solutions firm, acquired BSC Forensics (Katy, TX), a forensics firm specializing in structural, electrical, mechanical, and fire investigations. Link to details >
1/14/2024
Landscape architecture firm JCLA (Sturbridge, MA) joined TEC (Lawerance, MA), a transportation, civil, site, structural, traffic, landscape architecture, asset advisory, and construction administration services firm. Link to details >
1/15/2025
Lerch Bates (Englewood, CO), a technical consulting firm specialized in the built environment, acquired Building Enclosure Consultants and Scientists (Baltimore, MD), a firm that offers building enclosure consulting services. Link to details >
1/15/2025
Schaefer Architecture (Wichita, KS) acquired Krehbiel Architecture (Wichita, KS). This partnership builds on a year of collaboration on several key projects between the two firms. Link to details >
Global Transactions
1/16/2025
One of the AE industry’s most prolific buyers, J.S. Held (Jericho, NY), acquired Technorm (Montreal, Canada), a forensic, building safety, and compliance services firm. Link to details >
1/16/2025
Engineering firm DMR Hydroengineering & Infrastructures (Faridabad, India) acquired an additional 60% stake in sustainable engineering firm DM Consulting Engineers (Faridabad, India), making it a subsidiary of the company. Link to details >
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