Featured deals in PA and OH; Another active week for both domestic and global deals

Commentary & Insight

Industry M&A continues to rebound domestically and globally, with a total of 15 new transactions. Join over 200 industry executives and investors in Las Vegas for the 10th annual Western States M&A and Business Symposium. Early bird registration is now open.

Domestic Transactions

3/25/2024
Engineering and design firm Olsson (Lincoln, NE) (ENR #73) has a pending purchase agreement to acquire FTN Associates (Little Rock, AR), a water and environmental engineering firm. Link to details >

3/27/2024
The Vertex Companies (Weymouth, MA) (ENR #335), a forensic consulting, engineering design, CM, environmental, and digital solutions firm, acquired TriLogix Consulting (Ramsey, NJ), a construction claims, scheduling, and risk management firm. Link to details >

3/27/2024
Architecture, engineering, design, environmental, and surveying consulting firm PS&S (Warren, NJ) (ENR #359) acquired architecture and engineering design firm Becica Associates (Cherry Hill, NJ). Link to details >

3/26/2024
Howell (West Chester, PA), a civil engineering, land development, environmental, and land surveying services firm, acquired Nave Newell (Wayne, PA), a civil engineering, land surveying, land planning, and landscape architecture services firm. Link to details >

3/26/2024
ALS Limited (Brisbane, Australia), a firm that provides laboratory testing, inspection, certification, and verification solutions, acquired York Analytical Laboratories (Stratford, CT), an environmental testing firm specializing in the analysis of water, soil, air, and drinking water for regulated contaminants. Link to details >

Global Transactions

3/21/2024
ENR’s #6 ranked global design firm, WSP (Montreal, Canada), acquired Communica Public Affairs (Calgary, Canada), an indigenous and stakeholder engagement and information management consulting firm specializing in ESG services. Link to details >

3/26/2024
In its second deal of the week, WSP (Montreal, Canada) acquired Proxion Oy (Helsinki, Finland), a rail expert that offers railway and railway system design services, including traffic and energy services, as well as safety and security expertise. Link to details >

3/26/2024
ENR’s #49 ranked global design firm, Artelia (Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France), acquired Castons Consulting Limited (Ipswich, UK), a surveying firm that focuses on cost management, building surveying, construction health & safety, and principal designer services. Link to details >

3/26/2024
In its second deal of the week, ALS Limited (Brisbane, Australia) acquired Wessling (Altenberge, Germany), an environmental, food, and pharmaceutical testing services firm. Link to details >

3/26/2024
Cost management and advisory firm WT (North America) (Santa Monica, CA) acquired SSA Quantity Surveyors (Kelowna, Canada), a surveying firm with expertise in transportation, healthcare, commercial, retail, government, laboratories, residential, and hospitality projects. Link to details >

3/25/2024
GDM Building Consultants (London, UK), an MEP engineering, sustainability, and facilities management firm, joined Keysource (Gatwick, UK), a global specialist in data centers and critical environments. Link to details >

3/26/2024
Sustainability services firm Agency Limited (London, UK) merged with Anthesis Group (London, UK), a sustainability and technical specialist that develops sustainable business models. Link to details >

3/20/2024
SML Group (Leicester, UK), a group of companies that offer surveying services, acquired Construction Design Solutions (Brackley, UK), a property surveying services firm with expertise in civil, structural, highway, and drainage engineering design and analysis on projects across commercial and domestic sectors. Link to details >