M&A Update > Featured deals in TX and MI; Plus, 16 other deals announced in an active week
Featured deals in TX and MI; Plus, 16 other deals announced in an active week
The AE industry’s weekly go-to source for the latest information on M&A deals and trends.
441 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS
3%
654* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS
7%
*Including U.S. deals
Percentages represent latest twelve months year-over-year increase or decrease in deal activity.
Featured Transactions
4/30/2024
In another highly impactful Texas transaction, public-infrastructure firm CRIADO & Associates (Dallas, TX) joined “Texas Powerhouse” Dunaway (Fort Worth, TX), a civil engineering, structural, landscape architecture, surveying, and construction inspection services firm. Morrissey Goodale advised CRIADO & Associates in the transaction.
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4/29/2024
Clark Dietz (Champaign, IL), a multi-disciplined engineering firm, acquired RS Engineering (Lansing, MI), a civil, structural, traffic, and construction engineering firm. Morrissey Goodale initiated the transaction and advised Clark Dietz.
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Commentary & Insight
This week we report on three new deals in the fast-consolidating Western U.S., this time in Washington and California. Network with over 200 industry executives and investors from all across the West and beyond at the 10th annual Western States M&A and Business Symposium on June 12-14. Register today.
Domestic Transactions
5/1/2024
Rushing (Seattle, WA), an MEP, fire protection engineering, lighting design, energy services, and commissioning firm, joined industry leader and one of our Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024, IMEG Corp. (Rock Island, IL) (ENR #57). Link to details >
5/2/2024
Planning and design consulting firm Kimley-Horn (Raleigh, NC) (ENR #10) joined forces with VICUS (Los Angeles, CA), a consulting firm specializing in urban planning, design, and environmental services. Link to details >
4/30/2024
Legence (San Jose, CA), a firm that offers energy efficiency and sustainability solutions for the built environment, acquired Corporate Sustainability Strategies (Huntington Beach, CA), a commercial real estate sustainability consulting firm. Link to details >
5/1/2024
ENR’s #4 ranked global design firm, WSP (Montreal, Canada), acquired AKF Group (New York, NY) (ENR #318), a specialized MEP firm that designs complex healthcare, science and technology, and mission-critical facilities. Link to details >
5/1/2024
Structural engineering firm Linton Engineering (Potomac Falls, VA) merged with Bennett & Pless (Atlanta, GA). The acquisition extends Bennett & Pless’ reach and single-discipline structural engineering expertise into the greater Washington, D.C. metro area. Link to details >
4/25/2024
Delta (Lubbock, TX), a surveying and engineering firm with experience in commercial and residential projects, joined land development and employee-owned firm LJA Engineering (Houston, TX) (ENR #67). Link to details >
4/29/2024
Crafton Tull (Rogers, AR) (ENR #412), a civil engineering, surveying, architecture, landscape architecture, and planning services firm, expanded its landscape architecture team with the addition of Prism Design Studio (Huntsville, AR). Link to details >
4/24/2024
PEA Group (Auburn Hills, MI), a site design firm specializing in civil engineering, ecological consulting, geotechnical engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and facility consulting, acquired environmental firm ASTI Environmental (Brighton, MI). Link to details >
4/30/2024
PowerGEM (Clifton Park, NY), a firm that provides transmission reliability modeling, market analysis software, and technical services for the electric power industry, acquired Astrapé Consulting (Hoover, AL), a firm that offers resource adequacy for reliably managing the transition to clean energy. Link to details >
4/30/2024
Magnolia River Services (Decatur, AL), a utility and field services firm with expertise in engineering, inspection, GIS, and software, acquired Heath and Associates (Shelby, NC), an engineering and management consulting firm focused on the power and energy industry. Link to details >
Global Transactions
5/1/2024
Sustainable design and engineering firm Stantec (Edmonton, Canada) (ENR #8) acquired Hydrock (Bristol, UK), an engineering design firm that offers fire safety, energy and sustainability, civil and structural, MEP, transport, environmental, and geotechnical services. Link to details >
5/1/2024
ENR’s #30 ranked global design firm, Egis (Guyancourt, France), acquired Thomas & Adamson (Edinburgh, UK), a project management, cost management, building surveying, and construction safety services firm. Link to details >
4/30/2024
Privately-owned investor group Ufenau Capital Partners (Schwyz, Switzerland) acquired IPP Group (Kiel, Germany), an engineering firm with expertise in infrastructure and energy projects such as road renovations, water and wastewater systems, and hydrogen plants. Link to details >
4/30/2024
The private equity business at Goldman Sachs Alternatives (New York, NY) will acquire a majority stake in environmental risk reduction and advisory services firm Adler & Allan (Harrogate, UK) from Sun European Partners (London, UK). Link to details >
4/29/2024
Plowman Craven (Harpenden, UK), a surveying services firm serving the residential, rail, and infrastructure markets, received funding from private equity firm Agathos Management (London, UK). Link to details >
5/1/2024
Sustainability services firm EcoAmmo (Edmonton, Canada) joined Stok (San Francisco, CA), a firm that offers ESG and sustainability consulting, carbon, energy engineering, commissioning, and project delivery services. Link to details >
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