Featured deals in NC and SC; Three additional deals in the Southeast

Commentary & Insight

The Southeast continues to grow rapidly with a total of five new deals this week, this time in FL, SC, NC, and GA. Gain valuable insights into the latest trends, strategies, and opportunities across the industry at our Southeast M&A and Business Symposium and network with 200 industry executives, investors, and experts in Miami. Register today.

Domestic Transactions

1/8/2025
Mancini Duffy (New York, NY), an architecture, interiors, and planning firm, acquired Design Styles Architecture (Tampa, FL), an architecture firm with experience in the multifamily, residential, and education sectors. Link to details >

1/3/2025
Planning, architecture, and interiors firm INVISION (Des Moines, IA) expands to the Southeast with the strategic merger of architecture and interior design firm RDB Design Associates (Jacksonville, FL). Link to details >

1/8/2025
Geospatial and inspection solutions firm SAM Companies (Austin, TX) (ENR #86) acquired S. Nelson & Associates (Dallas, GA), a firm offering data collection for electric transmission and distribution line engineering and design surveys. Link to details >

1/7/2025
The SOCOTEC Group (Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France) strengthens its position in the USA with the acquisition of Ninyo & Moore (San Diego, CA) (ENR #212), a firm specializing in geotechnical engineering, environmental services, materials testing, inspection services, industrial hygiene, and occupational safety. Link to details >

1/6/2025
Engineering, planning, and consulting firm Michael Baker International (Pittsburgh, PA) (ENR #28) merged with MEP engineering and sustainability firm Akela Engineering and Consulting (San Diego, CA). Link to details >

1/7/2025
Industry leader employee-owned firm and Morrissey Goodale strategy client Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB) (Watertown, MA) (ENR #62) joined forces with Close, Jensen & Miller (Wethersfield, CT), a civil engineering firm that provides bridge, highway, hydraulic design, construction support, and land surveying. Link to details >

1/9/2025
Palm Beach Capital (West Palm Beach, FL) launched an architecture-focused platform with a strategic investment in MBI Companies (Knoxville, TN), an architecture and engineering design firm. Link to details >

1/5/2024
Multidisciplinary consulting firm AKRF (New York, NY) (ENR #226) acquired the ongoing business and assets of Philip Habib & Associates (New York, NY), a civil and traffic engineering, transportation planning, environmental studies, and construction inspection services firm. Link to details >

1/8/2025
Ensero Solutions (Fort Collins, CO), a permitting, environmental assessment, water management, remediation technologies, and facility operations firm, joined True Environmental (New York, NY), a platform focused on building a consulting and engineering organization for environmental end markets. Link to details >

1/7/2025
Electric Power Engineers (Austin, TX), an energy and power systems engineering and consulting firm, received a significant strategic growth investment from private equity firm Berkshire Partners (Boston, MA). Link to details >

1/6/2025
TowerPinkster (Kalamazoo, MI), an architecture, engineering, and interior design firm, merged with Comprehensive Engineering (Grand Rapids, MI), a firm specializing in mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering. Link to details >

12/31/2024
GSBS Architects (Salt Lake City, UT) acquired Atlas Architects (Salt Lake City, UT), a small architecture firm known for pioneering the revitalization of Salt Lake City’s transit-oriented Central 9th neighborhood. Link to details >

1/8/2024
Testing, inspection, and certification firm SGS (Geneva, Switzerland) acquired Aster Global Environmental Solutions (North Lawrence, OH), a firm focused on validation and verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and offsets, forestry, ecosystems, and corporate and social responsibility services. Link to details >

1/6/2025
Greenprint Partners (Chicago, IL), a firm specializing in community-based environmental infrastructure, acquired Omni Workshop (Chicago, IL), a landscape architecture and design studio, previously part of Omni Ecosystems. Link to details >

Global Transactions

1/8/2025
Power and energy infrastructure firm ENTRUST Solutions (Warrenville, IL) (ENR #42) acquired Maskwa High Voltage (Calgary, Canada), a firm focused on electric transmission, distribution, substation and renewables design, and engineering services. Link to details >

1/9/2025
ENR’s #18 ranked global design firm, Sweco (Stockholm, Sweden), acquired Sipti Consulting (Kerava, Finland), a specialist in geotechnical and environmental design and consulting. Link to details >

1/7/2025
DB3 (Leeds, UK), a design firm serving individual customized stores, out-of-town shopping centers, and supermarket chains, acquired TTG Architects (London, UK), an architecture practice focused on education and retail design. Link to details >

1/6/2025
New building consulting firm Contollo Group (Knutsford, UK) acquired Engineering Services Partnership (ESP) (Croydon, UK), a mechanical, electrical, and public health engineering services firm. Link to details >

12/23/2024
Testing, inspection, certification, and compliance firm BES Group (Warrington, UK) acquired ECH Groep (Hertzstraat, The Netherlands), a firm providing certification, verification, and heat measurement services. Link to details >