Featured deal in WA; strong global M&A activity

Commentary & Insight

It was another busy week for industry consolidation, especially in Texas, which saw two new transactions. On the global front, two U.S. firms announced international deals in Canada and Australia, adding to the momentum.

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Domestic Transactions

9/11/205
Aperture (Arlington, TX), a portfolio of forensic services companies, acquired Bryant Consultants Operating (Carrollton, TX), a geotechnical engineering and forensic consulting services firm. Link to details >

9/17/2025
REI Utility Services (Athens, TX), a firm that offers power systems engineering and field services to electric utilities, acquired Torlan Engineering (Houston, TX), a power systems engineering firm. Link to details >

9/15/2025
Civil engineering, environmental, and surveying firm Pape-Dawson Engineers (San Antonio, TX) (ENR #69) acquired civil engineering and surveying firm Gaskins + LeCraw (Marietta, GA). Link to details >

Global Transactions

9/16/2025
Industry leader and one of our 10 Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2025, Salas O’Brien (Irvine, CA) (ENR #31) merged with rCon Engineers (Woodbridge, Canada), a firm that provides civil and structural design, feasibility studies, general arrangement layouts, inspections, and design of remedial work for damaged structures to industrial clients. Link to details >

9/16/2025
ENR’s #24 ranked global design firm, Egis (Guyancourt, France), acquired Ecometrix (Mississauga, Canada), an environmental firm that offers permitting and regulatory compliance to the mining, nuclear, government, and private sectors. Link to details >

9/10/2025
Envirosite (Conklin, NY), a firm that offers environmental data for site assessments, risk evaluations, and due diligence reports, acquired Land Insight (Sydney, Australia), an environmental risk data services firm. Link to details >

9/16/2025
Azzurra Capital (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) entered into a partnership with ENR’s #88 ranked international design firm, Proger (Rome, Italy). Link to details >

9/17/2025
Environmental firm 360 Engineering & Environmental Consulting (Calgary, Canada) acquired Outcome Consultants (Ottawa, Canada), a firm that provides mining construction, engineering, and environmental consulting services. Link to details >

9/15/2025
Adagia Partners (Paris, France) acquired planning and project management firm AGN Niederberghaus & Partner (Ibbenbüren, Germany) from Armira Beteiligungen GmbH & Co. KG (Munich, Germany). Link to details >

9/15/2025
Facilities services firm Mears Group (Gloucester, UK) acquired property surveying firm Pennington Choices (Warrington, UK). Link to details >

9/12/2025
TowerBrook Capital Partners (London, UK) made an investment in GMC Group (Dublin, Ireland), a multi-disciplinary utility provider for critical infrastructure projects. Link to details >