Four deals in the Southern U.S. lead M&A activity this week 

Commentary & Insight

Deal activity this week was concentrated in the U.S. with eight domestic transactions. Activity was led by the Southern U.S. with multiple deals occurring across TX, NC, TN, and FL. Additional transactions took place in ME, MN, and OH. No international deals were reported this week.

Domestic Transactions

5/18/2026 
Alliance Technical Group (Decatur, AL), an environmental testing, monitoring, and compliance services firm, acquired the Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) assets from Atlas Technical Consultants (Austin, TX) (ENR #54). Link to details >

5/21/2026 
Certerra (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) (ENR #96), a firm that provides technology-enabled testing, inspection, and certification (“TIC”) services for critical infrastructure, entered a strategic partnership with Southern Engineering (Charlotte, NC), a geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, and special inspections firm. Link to details >

5/27/2026 
Wold Architects & Engineers (Minneapolis, MN) (ENR #236), a planning and AE firm specializing in education, government, healthcare, and senior living design, acquired JJCA (Nashville, TN), an architecture firm with experience in healthcare and education design. Link to details >

5/27/2026 
ONDEX Automation (Chicago, IL), a firm focused on process automation systems integrations, acquired The Fitch Company (Rumford, ME), an electrical engineering and process automation systems integrator serving the pulp and paper, power and energy, food and beverage, and consumer goods end markets. Link to details >

5/27/2026 
FUSION (Dallas, TX), a new multidisciplinary practice that offers architecture, engineering, interiors, graphic design, brand development, and strategy, was formed by integrating four studios: ID Studio 4 (Dallas, TX), Sperides Reiners Architects (Minneapolis, MN), ACi Architects (Orlando, FL), and Reztark Design Studio (Cincinnati, OH). Link to details >