457 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

1%

696* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

2%

*Including U.S. deals    
Percentages represent latest twelve months year-over-year increase or decrease in deal activity.

9/5/2024 
WallacePancher Group (Hermitage, PA), a firm that offers land development, environmental, municipal engineering, surveying, transportation and structural engineering, and landscape architecture, joined leading consulting engineering firm The Mannik & Smith Group (Maumee, OH) (ENR #292). Morrissey Goodale initiated the transaction and advised WallacePancher Group.
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Commentary & Insight

It was a busy week for industry M&A, with a notable private equity investment in TX, plus other domestic deals in PA, MN, NM, FL, NJ, CO, and NY. Learn more about the trends sweeping the industry and connect with over 200 industry executives, investors, and experts in Houston at the Texas and the South M&A and Business Symposium this October. Reserve your place and register today.

Domestic Transactions

9/3/2024 
Energy efficiency, energy transition, and energy sustainability services firm CLEAResult (Austin, TX) received a majority investment from middle market private equity firm Kohlberg & Company (Mount Kisco, NY). Link to details >

9/2/2024 
Northern Engineering & Consulting (Bemidji, MN), a civil engineering firm providing land surveying, right-of-way design, GIS, site development, water, and sewer design services, joined industry leader and one of our Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024, IMEG Corp. (Rock Island, IL) (ENR #52). Link to details >

9/5/2024 
Geospatial and inspection solutions firm (and one of our Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024) SAM Companies (Austin, TX) (ENR #86) acquired Construction Survey Technologies (Albuquerque, NM), a geospatial services and facilities/asset management firm. Link to details >

9/3/2024 
ENR’s #58 ranked environmental firm, Apex Companies (Rockville, MD), acquired Johnson Engineering (Fort Myers, FL), a firm that provides water supply and quality, utilities, transportation, survey, planning, civil engineering, and environmental services. Link to details >

9/3/2024 
Environmental and engineering firm Haley & Aldrich (Burlington, MA) (ENR #119) acquired The ELM Group (Princeton, NJ), an environmental and engineering services firm. Link to details >

9/3/2024 
Engineering and environmental firm ARM Group (Hershey, PA) acquired Taylor GeoServices (Newtown Square, PA), an environmental and geological consulting firm. Link to details >

9/4/2024 
Bureau Veritas (Paris, France) acquired ArcVera Renewables (Golden, CO), a specialized provider in finance-grade consulting and technical services for wind, solar, and battery storage projects. Link to details >

9/4/2024 
ENR’s #22 ranked global design firm, Ramboll Group (Copenhagen, Denmark), acquired data center consulting company i3 Solutions Group (New York, NY). Link to details >

Global Transactions

9/3/2024 
ENR’s #15 ranked global design firm, Mott MacDonald (Croydon, UK), acquired Neo Engineering Consultancy (Auckland, New Zealand), a specialist electrical engineering and strategic advisory firm working across utilities, local government, and primary industry. Link to details >

9/3/2024 
Colliers International (Toronto, Canada) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pritchard Francis Consulting (Perth, Australia), a civil and structural engineering and design firm. Link to details >

9/4/2024 
Halliwell (East Providence, RI), a multi-service engineering, forensic architecture, and construction services firm, acquired commercial property surveying firm Quintons (Wellington, New Zealand). Link to details >

9/3/2024 
Phenna Group (Nottingham, UK), a family of businesses providing testing, inspection, certification, and compliance (TICC) services, acquired land surveying firm Oracle Surveys (Victoria Park, Australia). Link to details >

9/5/2024 
Decarbonization and clean energy solutions firm D2Zero (Aberdeen, UK) acquired OSL Consulting Engineers (Hull, UK), a firm that offers project development, feasibility, FEED, design, and EPCm services. Link to details >

9/5/2024 
Exyte (Stuttgart, Germany), a firm offering design, engineering, and delivery of high-tech facilities, intends to acquire TTP Group (Rosenheim, Germany), a consulting and engineering firm serving the pharmaceutical and chemical industry. Link to details >

8/29/2024 
Architecture and interior design firm Riddell Kurczaba Architecture Engineering Interior Design (Calgary, Canada) joined multi-disciplinary design firm WalterFedy (Kitchener, Canada). Link to details >

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