Featured deals in MT and CT headline busy week for M&A

Commentary & Insight

This week, domestic deals were announced in MT, CT, FL, IL, PA, CO, MO, AZ, OH, and NV. Internationally, we reported additional transactions in Belgium, Australia, and the UK.

Domestic Transactions

10/13/2025
Industry leader and fast-growing firm, and one of our 10 Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2025, Bowman Consulting Group (Reston, VA) (ENR #72) acquired Lazen Power Engineering (Orlando, FL), a power engineering firm specializing in the design and construction oversight of high-voltage transmission line (HVTL) infrastructure. Link to details >

10/14/2025
ENR’s #70 ranked environmental firm and recipient of the 2024 M&A Best Practices Award, Trinity Consultants (Dallas, TX), acquired Benchmark Risk Group (Chicago, IL), a scientific consulting firm dedicated to addressing complex and emerging challenges associated with chemical, physical, and biological exposures in workplaces, communities, and consumer settings. Link to details >

10/16/2025
Certerra (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) (ENR #95), a testing, inspection, and certification services firm with a focus on materials engineering and the earth sciences, acquired Farabaugh Engineering and Testing (McKeesport, PA), a specialized provider of product testing, auditing, and engineering services. Link to details >

10/15/2025
In its second deal of the week, environmental firm SLR Consulting (Aylesbury, UK) acquired mining engineering and metallurgical testing specialists Forte Dynamics and Forte Analytical (Fort Collins, CO). Link to details >

10/9/2025
RailPros (Irving, TX), a firm that provides engineering and field services for the rail and transit market, acquired Design Nine (St. Louis, MO), a firm that offers railroad engineering services including site development, facility design, industrial trackage, bridge rehabilitation, inspection services, construction support, feasibility studies, drafting services, and survey services. Link to details >

10/15/2025
Hord Coplan Macht (Baltimore, MD) (ENR #226), an architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and planning firm, acquired healthcare and commercial architecture design firm Path21 (Denver, CO). Link to details >

10/9/2025
ZenaTech (Toronto, Canada), a technology firm specializing in AI drones, Drone as a Service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS, and quantum computing solutions, acquired Putt Land Surveying (Tucson, AZ), a firm offering boundary and certified land surveys for commercial transactions, topographic, design, and construction staking surveys, along with FEMA elevation certificates.  Link to details >

10/8/2025
Environ Energy (New York, NY), an energy management and sustainability solutions firm, acquired Scioto Energy (Columbus, OH), an independent energy brokerage and advisory firm. Link to details >

10/15/2025
Civil engineering firm CivilOne (Las Vegas, NV) announced the definitive purchase agreement of Baughman & Turner (Las Vegas, NV), a civil engineering and land surveying firm. Link to details >

Global Transactions

10/16/2025
ENR’s #15 ranked global design firm, Sweco (Stockholm, Sweden), signed an agreement to acquire assar architects (Brussels, Belgium), an architectural practice specializing in offices and commercial buildings, healthcare, defense, education, and urban planning. Link to details >

10/13/2025
Ecology and Heritage Partners (Travancore, Australia), an environmental and heritage consulting firm, joined engineering, environment, planning, and surveying firm FYFE (Adelaide, Australia). Link to details >

10/10/2025
Cansel Group (Burnaby, Canada), a surveying, engineering, and construction firm, acquired Survey Solutions Group (Loanhead, UK), a geospatial firm with experience in surveying, engineering, road construction, dredging, and maritime projects, as well as rail construction and monitoring. Link to details >

10/10/2025
Holmes Miller (Glasgow, UK), an architecture and interior design practice, acquired Coltart Earley Architecture (Glasgow, UK), an architecture practice focused on social housing, conservation, and community-focused developments. Link to details >

10/15/2025
BB7 (Kent, UK), a fire engineering, façade engineering, and building safety advisory services firm, joined CERTANIA (Munich, Germany), a group that specializes in Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC), as well as laboratory and compliance services. Link to details >

10/15/2025
Built environmental consulting firm Ridge and Partners (Woodstock, UK) acquired Driven International (Hook, UK), a design and master planning firm with expertise in architecture, engineering, and visualization for sports, leisure, and motorsport destinations. Link to details >