438 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

3%

645* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

7%

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

3/19/2024
Prominent Texas water and transportation engineering firm DEC (Houston, TX) (ENR #350) joined fast-growing industry leader Gannett Fleming (Camp Hill, PA) (ENR #26). Morrissey Goodale advised DEC in the transaction.
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3/18/2024
RaganSmith (Nashville, TN), a civil engineering, surveying, land planning, landscape architecture, transportation, and environmental services firm, joined Pape-Dawson Engineers (San Antonio, TX) (ENR #112), a civil engineering, environmental, and surveying services firm. Morrissey Goodale initiated the the transaction and advised RaganSmith.
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Commentary & Insight

A huge thank you to the over 200 AE and environmental industry executives, investors and experts who attended our 10th annual 2024 Southeast M&A and Business Symposium in Miami this week. We’re now gearing up for our next event of the year the 2024 Western States M&A and Business Symposium. Early bird registration is now open.

Domestic Transactions

3/21/2024
ENR’s #58 ranked environmental firm, Apex Companies (Rockville, MD), acquired PBS Engineering and Environmental (Portland, OR), Cedar Rapids, IA), a regional leader in environmental consulting and engineering services across infrastructure, private, public, education, and industrial markets. Link to details >

3/13/2024
Green Companies (Cedar Rapids, IA), the parent company of the HR Green (Cedar Rapids, IA) (ENR #168) family of engineering firms, acquired Y.S. Mantri and Associates (Tempe, AZ), a traffic, transportation, and telecommunications engineering firm. Link to details >

3/20/24
HCS Engineering (Decatur, AL), a multi-disciplined engineering and design firm serving industrial customers, joined one of our Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024, Salas O’Brien (Irvine, CA) (ENR #54). Link to details >

3/18/24
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services (Parsippany, NJ) (ENR #46), an environmental and engineering consulting firm, acquired JPH Land Surveying (Hurst, TX), Langan’s second acquisition in Texas. Link to details >

3/14/24
RRMM Architects (Chesapeake, VA) (ENR #393) acquired Gant Brunnett Architects (Baltimore, MD), expanding its presence throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, specifically in Maryland. Link to details >

3/4/2024
Multi-disciplined consulting firm Vierbicher Associates (Reedsburg, WI) joined forces with KD Engineering Consultants (Dodgeville, WI), a civil engineering and land surveying company. Link to details >

Global Transactions

3/21/24
Structural engineering firm Goldberg Engineering (Kent, UK) acquired PCDS (Chesham, UK), a building and structural engineering consultancy business that offers in-house design and project management services. Link to details >

3/20/24
Ethos Engineering (Dublin, Ireland), mechanical and electrical engineering and sustainable building design firm, agreed to a partnership with private equity firm Exponent (London, UK). Link to details >

3/15/24
Global technical services firm, MEC Mining (Brisbane, Australia), acquired Mining & Energy Technical Services (Brisbane, Australia), an environmental services company. Link to details >

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