Featured transactions in CA during another busy week for deals

Commentary & Insight

M&A activity ticked up this week with 14 U.S. transactions announced, five of which are in the fact-consolidating Western States. Don’t miss your chance to connect with over 200 AE industry executives, buyers, sellers, and investors at the Western States M&A and Business Symposium this June in Las Vegas. Hurry, the early bird rate expires at midnight!

Domestic Transactions

4/10/2025
Infrastructure planning and design firm KLJ Engineering (Bismarck, ND) acquired surveying, drafting, and engineering firms D.R. Griffin & Associates (Rock Springs, WY) and United Field Services (Flora Vista, NM). Link to details >

4/10/2025
Clairvest (Toronto, Canada) made a minority equity investment in water and wastewater engineering firm NCS Engineers (Phoenix, AZ). Link to details >

4/15/2025
QK (Visalia, CA), a firm that provides civil engineering, utility coordination, CM, GIS, land use planning, environmental planning and permitting, and biological resources, acquired VSM Engineering (Kansas City, MO), a civil engineering, stormwater management, and utility coordination services firm. Link to details >

4/16/2025
World Wide Professional Solutions (Queensbury, NY), a program, project, construction, and design management firm with experience in large-scale, complex semiconductor projects, merged with ENR’s #10 ranked CM/PM-for-fee firm Cumming Group (New York, NY). Link to details >

4/14/2025
Fast-growing engineering and consulting firm Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) (Orlando, FL) (ENR #34) acquired Stevenson Consulting (Midlothian, VA), an engineering firm specializing in geotechnical and earthwork engineering, materials testing and inspection, code compliance, commissioning, and building envelope. Link to details >

4/17/2025
Multidisciplined engineering firm Pennoni (Philadelphia, PA) (ENR #108) purchased the assets from MV Engineering (Cape May Court House, NJ), an engineering firm with expertise in site planning, wastewater management, and waterfront development. Link to details >

4/15/2025
Environmental consulting firm Earth Systems (Lantana, FL) acquired ENR’s #187 ranked environmental firm EnviroTrac (Yaphank, NY), an engineering and remediation services firm serving the power and utilities, land development, telecom, industrial, commercial, and oil & gas markets. Link to details >

4/14/2025
TIGRIS Aquatic Services (Bordentown, NJ), an aquatic management and environmental services firm, acquired LakePro (Swartz Creek, MI), an aquatic services firm providing science-based aquatic vegetation control, water quality management, and lake consulting services. Link to details >

4/10/2025
ZenaTech (Toronto, Canada), a technology firm specializing in AI (Artificial Intelligence) drone, Drone-as-a-Service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS, and Quantum Computing solutions, acquired land survey and mapping firm Miller Land Surveying Corporation (Lake Worth, FL). Link to details >

4/15/2025
Pearce (Paso Robles, CA), an asset management firm for mission-critical electromechanical infrastructure, acquired JoeMax Telecom (Fairfield, NJ), an engineering, site acquisition, and PM services firm serving the telecom industry. Link to details >

4/16/2025
Architectural, engineering, energy efficiency, and CM firm Wendel (Williamsville, NY) (ENR #470) acquired Niagara Boundary and Mapping (Niagara Falls, NY), a land surveying firm with experience in residential boundary surveys, commercial, raw site, ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys, and topographic mapping. Link to details >

Global Transactions

4/8/2025
The SOCOTEC Group (Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France) strengthened its position in the Spanish market with the acquisition of Intercontrol Levante (Carlet, Spain), a quality control, geotechnics, construction materials testing, civil engineering, and environmental services firm. Link to details >

4/16/2025
M Group (Stevenage, UK), an infrastructure services firm serving the water, energy, telecom, highways, and rail and aviation sectors, acquired Telent (Warwick, UK), a firm that offers operational technology and digital solutions for critical national infrastructure. Link to details >

4/15/2025
Ocean Ecology (Gloucester, UK), a marine environmental consulting firm and part of global quality assurance and risk management company DNV (Oslo, Norway), acquired Shoreline Surveys Limited (Dorchester, UK), a hydrographic and geophysical surveying firm. Link to details >

4/10/2025
Intro Group (Giza, Egypt), a diversified conglomerate with a portfolio spanning multiple industries, entered a strategic partnership with the share acquisition of Advanced Engineering Consultations | ADVEC (Giza, Egypt), a multidisciplinary firm focused on the energy and power sectors. Link to details >

4/16/2025
PDG Aviation Services (Dalcross, UK), an aerial survey, inspection, and lifting solutions firm working in the infrastructure and environmental sectors, acquired Team UAV (Bromsgrove, UK), a firm that offers unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services. Link to details >

4/16/2025
SPIE (Cergy Pontoise Cedex, France), a multi-technical services firm focused in the areas of energy and communications, signed an agreement for the acquisition of LTEC Group (Piaseczno, Poland), a building automation firm offering energy efficiency, comfort, safety, and management services. Link to details >

4/15/2025
BDI Group (Vancouver, Canada) strengthened its North American engineering and construction platform with the acquisition of Durwest Construction Management (Victoria, Canada), a project and CM firm. Link to details >