M&A Update: Highlighted transactions in OH and CA; U.S. M&A up 25%

Domestic Transactions

7/18/2022
Employee-owned industry leader Terracon (Olathe, KS) (ENR #21) expanded its drilling services with the acquisition of Drilling Engineers (Fort Collins, CO). 
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7/19/2022
David Evans and Associates (Portland, OR) (ENR #99), a recognized leader in the design and management of complex transportation, land development, water resources, and energy projects, acquired Civil Works Engineers (Costa Mesa, CA), a planning, design, and project management services firm. 
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7/18/2022
Fast-growing Ardurra Group (Tampa, FL) (ENR #114) acquired and merged with 300 Engineering Group (Miami, FL), a water and wastewater and public works engineering firm. 
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7/19/2022
Godspeed Capital (Washington, D.C.) and its strategic platform, Huckabee (Fort Worth, TX) (ENR #212), submitted an offer to acquire 100% of Hill International (Philadelphia, PA), ENR’s #10 CM/PM-For Fee firm. 
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7/15/2022
Christopher Consultants (Fairfax, VA), a civil engineering, surveying, planning, and landscape architecture firm, agreed to join IMEG Corp. (Rock Island, IL) (ENR #71). 
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7/20/2022
Forensic engineering and technical consulting services firm Rimkus Consulting Group (Houston, TX) acquired Contour Environmental (Acworth, GA), a scientific and engineering firm that serves real estate, lending, educational, governmental, and residential clients. 
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7/19/2022
McLennan Design (Bainbridge Island, WA), a regenerative architecture, planning, design, and product design practice focused on deep green sustainability, community and education services, joined global design firm Perkins&Will (Chicago, IL) (ENR #33). 
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7/18/2022
Civil engineering consulting firm CDG (Andalusia, AL) (ENR #461) acquired Shield Engineering (Charlotte, NC), an environmental, civil design, geotechnical, and construction engineering services firm. 
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7/14/2022
Civil engineering and surveying firm Manhard Consulting (Lincolnshire, IL) (ENR # 325) acquired land surveying firm Realsearch of Texas (Godley, TX). 
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7/18/2022
Exacta Land Surveyors (Cleveland, OH) (ENR #461) acquired H&H Survey Consultants (Oviedo, FL), a residential and commercial survey services firm. 
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7/19/2022
Venterra Group (Sheffield, UK), a firm that provides engineering, construction, and operations services to the offshore wind industry, entered the U.S. market with the acquisition of INSPIRE Environmental (Newport, RI), a marine environmental consultancy. 
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Global Transactions

7/18/2022
ENR’s #11 ranked global design firm, Arcadis (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), entered into an agreement to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of ENR’s #93 ranked global design firm, IBI Group (Toronto, Canada). 
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7/21/2022
One of the AE industry’s most prolific buyers, J.S. Held (Jericho, NY), acquired Kodsi Forensic Engineering (Ontario, Canada), a firm that specializes in accident reconstruction services. 
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6/28/2022
Design agency VK Architects + Engineers (Brussels, Belgium) acquired Van Looy Group (Antwerpen, Belgium), a consultancy and engineering firm specialized in the design of logistics projects. 
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7/19/2022
Global sustainability consultancy Anthesis (London, UK) acquired Padd Energy (Harrogate, UK), a power engineering firm that specializes in designing complex power plants. 
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7/18/2022
International engineering and technology group SENER (Getxo, Spain) signed an agreement to acquire Tactix Group (Sydney, Australia), a firm that offers project execution and resource management services to the transportation and infrastructure sectors. 
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7/15/2022
Project management and construction firm KSN Project Management (Dublin, Ireland) acquired Helix Building Consultancy (Glasgow, UK), a building surveying and project management, project remediation, risk, and procurement services firm. 
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7/15/2022
Civil engineering firm St. Quentin Consulting (Geelong, Australia) merged with Charter Keck Cramer (Melbourne, Australia), a property advisory services firm. 
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