JMT announces merger; U.S. M&A tops 400 deals in 2021

Commentary & Insight

It’s official, the AE industry has surpassed 400 U.S. deals in 2021 — the first time this mark has been reached in a calendar year! U.S. M&A is up 33% and there’s still two more weeks of announcements to go. What’s in store for 2022? Find out at our Southeast States M&A Symposium in sunny Miami this January!

Domestic Transactions

12/14/2021
One of the most prolific acquirers in the AE industry, Ardurra Group (Tampa, FL) (ENR #190), acquired Giuliani & Kull (Oakdale, CA), a civil engineering design, land surveying, and construction management firm. 
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12/15/2021
Multidisciplinary consulting firm Bowman Consulting Group (Reston, VA) (ENR #144) acquired Kibart (Towson, MD), a LEED-certified MEP engineering and commissioning firm. 
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12/9/2021
FYOOG (Austin, TX), a design and architecture firm focused on creating large-scale custom artworks and commercial renovation, joined IA Interior Architects (San Francisco, CA). 
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11/4/2021
Infrastructure management firm Inframark (Horsham, PA) acquired MR Systems (Norcross, GA), a firm that provides automation, process controls, instrumentation, and SCADA systems for the municipal water and wastewater market. 
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12/15/2021
ENR’s #12 ranked global design firm, Stantec (Edmonton, Canada), signed an agreement to acquire Cox|McLain Environmental Consulting (Austin, TX), a firm that provides environmental and cultural resource compliance services. 
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Global Transactions

12/14/2021
ENR’s #14 ranked environmental firm, ERM (London, UK), acquired OPEX Group (Aberdeen, UK), a specialist software company that offers AI and data science solutions that help carbon intensive industries to reduce emissions. 
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12/10/2021
ENR’s #93 ranked global design firm, IBI Group (Toronto, Canada), completed the purchase of the assets of Telenium (Winnipeg, Canada), a technology firm specializing in telecommunications. 
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12/6/2021
Engineering, technology, and consulting services firm Expleo (Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France) signed an agreement to acquire Assystem Care (Paris, France), the dedicated life sciences and chemical division of Assystem (Paris, France). 
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12/10/2021
Zvi Tal & Partners (Hod Hasharon, Israel), a design and inspection services firm, acquired Austerlitz Architecture (Tel Aviv, Israel), an architecture firm focused on smart and green construction. 
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12/10/2021
LCH Quantity Surveying (Singapore) announced its merger with JIA Quantity Surveyors & Project Managers (Singapore) to become the largest independent quantity surveying firm in Singapore. 
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