470 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

4%

738* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

10%

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

11/19/2024
Industry leader McAdams (Raleigh, NC) (ENR #262), a fast-growing full-service civil engineering firm specializing in land planning, landscape architecture, transportation, and geomatics, acquired AVID Group® (Palm Harbor, FL), a civil engineering firm known for its expertise in commercial and retail projects throughout Florida. Morrissey Goodale advised McAdams in the transaction. 
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11/18/2024
Leading employee-owned civil engineering and planning firm J-U-B Engineers (Meridian, ID) (ENR #235) acquired Sage Civil Engineering (Cody, WY), a firm with experience in water rights, surveying, GIS, infrastructure, irrigation systems, stream restoration, and airport design. Morrissey Goodale advised J-U-B Engineers in the transaction. 
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Commentary & Insight

With another transaction in the Southeast this week, the consolidation wave in the AE and environmental consulting industry continues to gather pace, now up 4% over the past 12 months. Explore M&A opportunities for your firm at our Southeast M&A and Business Symposium and network with 200 industry executives, investors, and experts in Miami. Register today to get the early bird rate and save.

Domestic Transactions

11/21/2024
Industry leader and one of our Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024, RMA Companies (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) (ENR #112), acquired HydroGEOPHYSICS (Tucson, AZ), a geophysical consulting firm that supports complex industries and projects, including Department of Energy Superfund sites, dam and waterway projects, mining, oil and gas, and natural resource exploration. Link to details >

11/20/2024
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services (Parsippany, NJ) (ENR #55), an environmental and engineering consulting firm, acquired Navix Engineering (Bellevue, WA), a site/civil engineering firm with expertise in the data center market. Link to details >

11/17/2024
EA and environmental firm Fishbeck (Grand Rapids, MI) (ENR #199) acquired MDA Engineering (Maumee, OH), a mechanical and electrical engineering firm serving the government, education, industry, healthcare, and commercial markets. Link to details >

11/18/2024
Architecture and design firm Miller Dunwiddie (Minneapolis, MN) acquired Bentz Thompson Rietow (Minneapolis, MN), an architecture, interior architecture, and planning firm. Link to details >

11/15/2024
Private equity firm NMS Capital (New York, NY) partnered and invested in CSL Consulting (Burlington, MA), a firm that provides owner’s representative, project management, and construction mitigation services. Link to details >

Global Transactions

11/20/2024
ENR’s #10 ranked CM/PM-for-fee firm, Cumming Group (New York, NY), merged with BTTC (Manchester, UK), an infrastructure firm specializing in the rail and energy markets. Link to details >

11/18/2024
The Vertex Companies (Weymouth, MA) (ENR #398), a forensic consulting, engineering design, CM, environmental, and digital solutions firm, acquired CBBG Group Construction Expert Services (Dubai, UAE), a firm with expertise in construction disputes and arbitration, including delay claims, disruption claims, quantum, expert determination, and technical consulting. Link to details >

11/21/2024
Multidisciplinary built environmental consulting firm Ridge and Partners (Woodstock, UK) acquired Jubb (Plymouth, UK), a civil engineering, infrastructure, structural, transportation, and environmental planning firm. Link to details >

11/14/2024
Niche Environment and Heritage (Sydney, Australia), a nature, biodiversity, and heritage consulting firm, acquired Ausecology (Cannon Hill, Australia), a specialist ecology, rehabilitation, and environmental firm. Link to details >

11/20/2024
Engineering and construction firm NYAB AB (Luleå, Sweden) entered into a conditional share purchase agreement to acquire Dovre Group Plc’s businesses within Norwegian Consulting and Global Project Personnel (Espoo, Finland). Link to details >

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