459 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

6%

696* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

8%

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

12/6/2022
Thompson Holdings (Mobile, AL) (ENR #334), a family of companies providing engineering, architecture, and disaster response solutions (and a Morrissey Goodale client) acquired Meyer Engineers (Metairie, LA), a 45-person architecture, engineering, construction management, and construction engineering firm. Morrissey Goodale advised Thompson Holdings in the transaction. Learn more >

12/8/2022
Building envelope specialist (and Morrissey Goodale client) Russo Barr Associates (Burlington, MA) is joining testing, inspection, and certification consulting and advisory firm SOCOTEC (Yvelines, France). Morrissey Goodale advised Russo Barr Associates in the transaction. Learn more > 

Commentary & Insight

A busy week in M&A with thirteen additional transactions. Five of these were in the rapidly consolidating Southeast. If you want to know if an acquisition, merger, or sale is right for your firm, join us for our Southeast M&A, Strategy & Innovation Symposium in Miami this March.

Domestic Transactions

12/8/2022
McMillan Pazdan Smith (Greenville, SC) (ENR #259), an architecture, planning and advisory focused firm, acquired Virgo Gambill Architects (Augusta, GA). Link to details >

12/5/2022
Planning and design consulting firm, Kimley-Horn (Raleigh, NC) (ENR #10), acquired urban design, planning, and landscape architecture firm Canin Associates (Orlando, FL). Link to details >

12/5/2022
Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) (Orlando, FL) (ENR #42), an engineering and consulting company acquired Dan Brown and Associates (DBA) (Knoxville, TN), a geotechnical and foundation engineering firm specializing in earth retention systems, slope stabilization methods, and earthquake engineering. Link to details >

12/6/2022
Forensic engineering and earth sciences firm Sdii Global Corporation (Tampa, FL) has partnered with private investment firm Kian Capital Partners (Charlotte, NC). Link to details >

12/5/2022
Leading international consulting firm, EFI Global (Tampa, FL), acquired Davis Patrikios Criswell (Memphis, TN), a structural and civil engineering design firm. Link to details >

12/6/2022
Northwest Geotechnical Consultants (Wilsonville, OR), a geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, construction inspection, and construction materials testing firm, joined leading provider of technology-enabled laboratory testing, inspection, and quality management firm, RMA Group (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) (ENR #182). Link to details >

12/5/2022
H2H Geoscience Engineering (Troy, NY), a professional services firm centered in the aggregate, cement, and industrial minerals industries, joined multidisciplinary consulting firm Bowman Consulting Group (Reston, VA) (ENR #118). Link to details >

12/5/2022
DC Capital Partners (Alexandria, VA) announced the launch of Akela Engineering and Consulting (San Diego, CA), a full-service MEP firm providing services to the construction industry in California. Michael Wall Engineering (San Diego, CA) and DEC Engineers (San Diego, CA) united to form Akela, which is a sister company of Michael Baker International (Pittsburgh, PA) (ENR #28). Link to details >

12/6/2022
Sebago Technics (South Portland, ME) acquired surveying firm Corner Post Land Surveying (Springvale, ME). Sebago is an engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture, and environmental services firm. Link to details >

12/6/2022
Legence (San Jose, CA), a firm that provides advisory and implementation services, acquired LORD Green Strategies (Dallas, TX), a leader in sustainability consulting services. Link to details >

12/1/2022
Structural Integrity Associates (San Jose, CA), a specialty engineering consultant in the power and utility industry, and C2C Technical Services (Texas City, TX), an electrical engineering and electrical field service company, formed SI Solutions. Link to details >

12/1/2022
Salute Mission Critical (Franklin, WI) acquired Iconicx Critical Solutions (Amsterdam, NY), a commissioning, testing, and consulting firm. Link to details >

11/15/2022
Architectural design firm, Ci Design (Baltimore, MD), has announced the acquisition of Fishbrook Design Studio (Haverhill, MA), a design firm working in the commercial and life science sectors. Link to details >

Global Transactions

12/7/2022
ERM (London, UK), ENR’s #16 ranked environmental firm firm that is world leader in sustainability consultancy, acquired Libryo (London, UK), a cloud-based Environmental Health & Safety platform. Link to details >

12/6/2022
ENR’s #6 ranked global design firm, WSP (Montreal, Canada), acquired BG Bonnard & Gardel Holding SA (Lausanne, Switzerland), a consulting, engineering, and project management firm. Link to details > 

12/8/2022
In the firm’s second deal announcement of the week, WSP (Montreal, Canada), acquired structural engineering firm enstruct (Milsons Point, Australia). Link to details >

12/5/2022
Leader in architectural design and ENR’s #30 ranked global design firm, Egis (Guyancourt, France), entered into an agreement to acquire U+A (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), a multidisciplinary design firm working in architecture, interior design, master planning, landscape design, and construction management. Link to details >

11/28/2022
Assystem Group (Courbevoie, France), an engineering, digital services, and project management firm and ENR’s #58 ranked global design firm, acquired 100% of the shares of LogiKal (London, UK), a project management and controls firm. Link to details >

11/23/2022
RSK Group (Helsby, UK), a leader across the world for sustainable solutions, has acquired ERS (Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK), an economic development consultancy firm. Link to details >

12/1/2022
Global professional services firm, Deloitte (London, UK), acquired PACER (Utrecht, Netherlands), an engineering and consulting firm focused on the infrastructure industry. Link to details

12/5/2022
Engineering and onsite services firm ECC Group (Dundalk, Ireland), acquired McDonald Surveys (Dundalk, Ireland), a provider of as-built surveys to construction clients. Link to details > 

12/5/2022
Pario Engineering & Environmental Sciences (Concord, Canada), a forensic engineering and environmental sciences firm, acquired Contrast Engineering (Lucasville, Canada). Link to details >

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