434 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

12%

682* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

4%

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

5/5/2023 
K Friese + Associates (Austin, TX), a prominent Texas civil engineering firm that provides water/wastewater, drainage, transportation, aviation, and municipal services, joined industry leader Lochner (Chicago, IL) (ENR #128). Morrissey Goodale initiated the transaction and advised K Friese + Associates.
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This week sees domestic deals announced in TX, CO, AZ, FL, ME, SC, and OH. Overseas we report nine new transactions.  

Domestic Transactions

4/26/2023 
LRE Water (Denver, CO), an expert in water resource consulting and environmental management (and Morrissey Goodale client), partnered with Union Park Capital (Boston, MA). LRE Water will serve as the pillar of water expertise in Union Park’s Spheros Environmental Group. Morrissey Goodale initiated the partnership and advised LRE Water. Link to details > 

5/9/2023
HILGARTWILSON (Phoenix, AZ), an engineering, planning, and survey firm, joined multi-discipline engineering, design, and consulting firm Colliers Engineers & Design (Holmdel, NJ) (ENR #52). Link to details >

5/8/2023 
Geospatial and inspection solutions firm SAM Companies (Austin, TX) (ENR #88) acquired GeoSolutions (The Woodlands, TX), a geomatics solutions company that serves the utility, transportation, and local government sectors. Link to details > 

5/2/2023 
BSA LifeStructures (Indianapolis, IN) (ENR #364), an architecture and engineering firm, acquired Carastro & Associates (Tampa, FL), a firm that specializes in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and telecom engineering design services. Link to details > 

5/10/2023 
Environmental and engineering firm Pinchin (Mississauga, Canada) continued its U.S. growth with the acquisition of Ransom Consulting (Portland, ME), a multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental firm that serves the commercial real estate, government, and industrial markets. Link to details > 

5/9/2023 
Davis & Floyd (Greenwood, SC) acquired Andrews Engineering Company (Beaufort, SC), a civil engineering, surveying, land planning, and construction management firm. Link to details > 

5/4/2023 
Fortune 500 and S&P 500 commercial real estate services and investment firm CBRE (Dallas, TX) acquired land surveying firm Millman National Land Services (Canton, OH). Link to details > 

Global Transactions

5/8/2023 
GM BluePlan (Guelph, Canada), an engineering, management, and technology consulting company, joined multi-disciplined engineering and environmental firm GEI Consultants (Woburn, MA) (ENR #91). Link to details > 

5/9/2023 
ENR’s #18 ranked global design firm, AFRY (Stockholm, Sweden), acquired KSH (Montreal, Canada), a consulting, engineering, and project delivery services firm that serves the pulp & paper, chemicals, and biorefining industries as well as energy, water, and environment sectors. Link to details > 

5/8/2023 
ENR’s #38 ranked environmental firm, Montrose Environmental Group (North Little Rock, AR), continued its growth with the acquisition of Greenpath Energy (Calgary, Canada), a provider of fugitive emission solutions. Link to details > 

5/5/2023 
ENR’s #140 ranked environmental firm, Dillon Consulting (Toronto, Canada), acquired Internat Energy Solutions Canada (IESC) (Toronto, Canada), an engineering consulting firm that provides energy management solutions to both private and public clients. Link to details > 

5/4/2023 
ENR’s #16 ranked global design firm, Sweco (Stockholm, Sweden), recently completed three acquisitions. The firm acquired Ball & Berry (Preston, UK), a firm that specializes in technical and compliance standards in the building control sector; Neva Architects (Tampere, Finland), an architecture firm specializing in urban planning, residential projects, renovation, and conversion projects; and Metria AB’s survey business (Stockholm, Sweden). Link to details > 

5/2/2023 
ENR’s #24 ranked global design firm, Dar Group (Dubai, UAE), acquired Su-Yapi Engineering & Consulting (Ankara, Turkey), a firm that offers services in water, wastewater, infrastructure, energy, dams, and hydropower. Link to details > 

5/9/2023 
CIMA+ (Laval, Canada) acquired Eramosa Engineering (Guelph, Canada), a firm that specializes in electrical, instrumentation & control, smart automation, SCADA, and technology services. Link to details > 

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