Featured deals in WA and Canada; 12 additional domestic and global deals

Commentary & Insight

It was another busy week for industry consolidation, including two featured deals in WA and Canada. Additional domestic transactions were reported in FL, MD, MA, CA, WV, and NV. Globally, six deals were announced in the UK, Canada, Denmark, Australia, and Spain. 

Domestic Transactions

3/3/2025 
Employee-owned firm LJA Engineering (Houston, TX) (ENR #67), and one of our Ten Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2025, acquired Peters and Yaffee (Jacksonville, FL), a firm that offers transportation engineering, traffic design and operations, and traffic and safety studies. Link to details >

3/3/2025 
Design firm Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (GPI) (Babylon, NY) (ENR #70) acquired DesignTech (Kensington, MD), a firm specializing in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire suppression systems design. Link to details >

3/4/2025 
ENR’s #70 ranked environmental firm and recipient of last year’s M&A Best Practices Award, Trinity Consultants (Dallas, TX), acquired Safety Partners (Bedford, MA), a safety and compliance consulting firm. Link to details >

3/4/2025 
Ulteig (Fargo, ND) (ENR #116), an engineering firm focused on the power, renewables, transportation, and water sectors, acquired Paradigm Environmental (San Diego, CA), a firm that specializes in water resources management and supports a broad array of IT applications. Link to details >

3/3/2025 
Signal Hill Equity Partners (Toronto, Canada) partnered with architecture and engineering firm ZMM Architects and Engineers (Charleston, WV) to grow a national architecture, engineering, and design platform. Link to details >

2/27/2025 
GCW Engineering (Las Vegas, NV), a traffic and transportation engineering, land planning, water, wastewater, hydraulics, flood control, structural engineering, CM, and land surveying services firm, acquired traffic engineering and transportation planning firm Headway Transportation (Reno, NV). Link to details >

Global Transactions

2/28/2025 
Phenna Group (Nottingham, UK), a family of businesses providing testing, inspection, certification, and compliance (TICC) services, acquired Calibre Environmental (Chessington, UK), a water hygiene and water treatment services firm. Link to details >

3/3/2025 
Oakville Enterprises Corporation (Oakville, Canada), an energy and infrastructure services firm, completed the purchase of a majority stake in Primary Engineering and Construction (Calgary, Canada), a planning, design, PM, and construction firm serving utilities, municipalities, and the private sector. Link to details >

3/4/2025 
Rørbæk og Møller Arkitekter (Copenhagen, Denmark) joined Schmidt Hammer Lassen (Copenhagen, Denmark). The merger created one of Scandinavia’s leading architectural firms, particularly in preservation, renovation, and transformation. Link to details >

2/28/2025 
Mechanical and electrical engineering and construction firm RSGx (Sydney, Australia) acquired an 80% interest in BEC Engineering (Perth, Australia), an electrical, power, automation, and control systems firm. Link to details >

3/4/2025 
Drees & Sommer UK Limited (London, UK), a subsidiary of Drees & Sommer (Stuttgart, Germany), acquired RSP Consulting Engineers (Edinburgh, UK), a design engineering firm with experience in the hospitality, data centers, and life sciences sectors. Link to details >

2/28/2025 
Infrastructure, energy, and industrial services firm ARX (Grono, Switzerland) strengthened its presence in structural engineering with the acquisition of Carlos Fernández Casado (Madrid, Spain). Link to details >