429 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

6%

641* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

8%

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

3/7/2024
Insight Group (North Charleston, SC), a geotechnical, environmental, and construction-materials engineering consulting firm, joined industry leader and one of our Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024RMA Companies (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) (ENR #146), a materials testing, inspection, certification, environmental, and geotechnical consulting firm. Morrissey Goodale initiated the transaction and advised Insight Group. 
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3/1/2024
O’Dell Engineering (Modesto, CA), a design firm dedicated to supporting public and private improvement projects, joined industry-leading firm Westwood Professional Services (Plano, TX) (ENR #79). Morrissey Goodale initiated the transaction and advised O’Dell Engineering. 
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Commentary & Insight

This week we report on four new deals in the fast-consolidating Southeast, this time in South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. Registration for our Southeast M&A and Business Symposium will be closing at midnight Eastern. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to network and learn with over 200 industry executives and investors in Miami. Register now!

Domestic Transactions

3/1/2024
Employee-owned firm LJA Engineering (Houston, TX) (ENR #64) expanded its land development and surveying capabilities through the addition of Agnoli, Barber & Brundage (Naples, FL), an engineering, planning, surveying, and landscape architecture services firm. Link to details >

3/4/2024
In its second deal of the week, LJA Engineering (Houston, TX) (ENR #64) strengthened its presence in South Carolina with the addition of Freeland & Kauffman (Greenville, SC), a site development, civil engineering, and landscape architecture services firm. Link to details >

3/4/2024
Michael Graves Architecture (Princeton, NJ), a planning, architecture, and interior design firm, acquired architecture and design firm Studio Four Design (Knoxville, TN). Link to details >

3/7/2024
Engineering consulting firm RTM Engineering Consultants (Schaumburg, IL) (ENR #378) merged with K&A Engineering (Corona, CA), a civil engineering, land development, and surveying services firm. Link to details >

2/29/2024
ENR’s #40 ranked environmental firm, Montrose Environmental Group (North Little Rock, AR), acquired Two Dot Consulting (Arvada, CO), an environmental firm specializing in regulatory services to the oil and gas and renewables sectors. Link to details >

3/1/2024
Civil engineering and surveying services firm Rinker Design Associates (Manassas, VA) (ENR #408) entered a strategic partnership with Trilon Group (Denver, CO), a family of infrastructure consulting businesses. Link to details >

3/5/2024
AE firm GreenbergFarrow (Atlanta, GA) (ENR #306) acquired DBI Architects (Reston, VA), a firm that provides master planning, architecture, interior design, extended construction contract administration, furniture management, and facility management services. Link to details >

3/5/2024
Stengel Hill Architecture (Louisville, KY), the architecture, engineering, and consulting services platform of Godspeed Capital (Washington, D.C.), acquired master planning, architecture design, and interior design firm Smith Consulting Architects (San Diego, CA). Link to details >

3/6/2024
TF Bernier (Concord, NH), a surveying and consulting firm providing environmental permitting, stormwater design, and drone capabilities, joined civil engineering firm Hoyle Tanner (Manchester, NH). Link to details >

2/29/2024
Architecture and interior design firm Plunkett Raysich Architects (Milwaukee, WI) merged with Practice Design Group (Buda, TX), a design consulting firm that specializes in dental facilities across the country. Link to details >

Global Transactions

3/1/2024
ENR’s #18 ranked global design firm, AFRY (Stockholm, Sweden), entered into an agreement to acquire Carelin Oy (Seinäjoki, Finland), a firm that offers project management, energy, and asset care as well as site care services in the renewable energy market. Link to details >

3/1/2024
Engineering consulting firm Norda Stelo (Quebec City, Canada) signed an agreement to acquire InnovExplo (Quebec City, Canada), a geology and mining engineering firm. Link to details >

3/4/2024
ENR’s #19 ranked environmental firm, ERM (London, UK), acquired two firms in Australia: The Big Middle (Adelaide, Australia), a technology services firm focused on systems integration of enterprise solutions, and The Big Zero (Adelaide, Australia), an expert in ESG accounting systems that support clients in establishing a unified source of environmental data. Link to details >

3/6/2024
Planning and environmental firm MKO (Galway, Ireland) acquired subsidiary CDM Smith Ireland (Dublin, Ireland) from its German-headquartered parent CDM Smith SE (Bochum, Germany). CDM Smith Ireland is a specialist in water, geo-environmental, and environmental engineering services. Link to details >

3/4/2024
Intertek (London, UK), an assurance, testing, inspection, and certification services firm, agreed to acquire Base Metallurgical Laboratories (Kamloops, Canada), a firm that offers metallurgical testing services for the mineral sector. Link to details >

3/5/2024
Environmental risk reduction services firm Adler and Allan (Harrogate, UK) acquired QEM Solutions (Beattock, UK), a firm that provides inspections and surveys, management and training, and software for the gas and water industries. Link to details >

3/1/2024
McElhanney (Vancouver, Canada), a geomatics, engineering, geospatial, planning, landscape architecture, and environmental services firm, acquired BPTEC Engineering (Edmonton, Canada), a bridge and structural engineering specialist. Link to details >

2/29/2024
Architecture firms SARC Architects (Helsinki, Finland) and SIGGE Architects (Turku, Finland) joined forces and formed a new firm called Sarc + Sigge (Helsinki, Finland). Link to details >

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