M&A Update: Featured deal in FL; Seven other domestic deals

Commentary & Insight

M&A activity is down from its recent highs. Are we at the tail-end of industry consolidation? Or is this the calm before the storm? Are valuations moving in sync with activity? Get the answers to these and all the important industry questions at our Western States M&A, Strategy, and Innovation Symposium in Las Vegas June 7-9.  

Domestic Transactions

5/22/2023 
Geospatial and inspection solutions firm SAM Companies (Austin, TX) (ENR #88) acquired MTPLS Surveying & Mapping (Baltimore, MD), a geomatics services firm that offers unmanned aerial mapping, inspection, and geospatial capabilities in the utility market. Link to details > 

5/18/2023 
Multidisciplined architecture and engineering firm Goodwyn Mills Cawood (Montgomery, AL) (ENR #163) acquired Commercial Site Solutions (Easley, SC), a site planning and civil engineering design firm with experience in commercial, industrial, municipal, institutional, and residential projects. Link to details > 

5/25/2023 
Building envelope specialist Moisture Intrusion Solutions (Daytona Beach, FL) joined fast-growing facilities planning and design firm Salas O’Brien (Irvine, CA) (ENR #54). Link to details > 

5/22/2023 
ENR’s #21 ranked construction management-for-fee firm, Anser Advisory (Santa Ana, CA), acquired Gafcon Digital (GDI) (San Diego, CA), a software-agnostic systems digital model integrator for building and infrastructure owners. GDI was an affiliate of ENR’s #83 ranked construction management-for-fee firm, Gafcon (San Diego, CA), and became an independent entity in April 2022. Link to details > 

5/23/2023 
Transdisciplinary design firm Little (Charlotte, NC) (ENR #275) acquired Hughes Group Architects (Sterling, VA), a design firm with experience in public safety, higher education, K-12 schools, recreation and athletics facilities, and commercial architecture projects. Link to details > 

5/19/2023 
S.W. Cole Engineering (Bangor, ME), a geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, and special inspections firm, acquired Paul B. Aldinger & Associates (East Providence, RI), a geotechnical engineering and laboratory testing services firm. Link to details > 

5/23/2023 
Liberty Environmental (Reading, PA), a firm that offers air quality, natural resources, environmental site assessment, and remediation services, acquired environmental engineering and consulting firm Frey Engineering (Lebanon, NJ). Link to details > 

Global Transactions

5/16/2023 
ENR’s #77 ranked international design firm, Dorsch Holding (Frankfurt, Germany), entered a partnership with ECG Engineering Consultants Group (Alexandria, Egypt), an engineering firm that specializes in buildings, civil, industrial, infrastructure, power, transportation, urban development, water, and wastewater. Link to details > 

5/22/2023 
Architecture and interior design firm TINTO Architecture (Aberdeen, UK) merged with Deeside Architects Studio (Banchory, UK) to meet growing client demand and deliver on large-scale projects. Link to details >