M&A Update > Featured deals in FL and DE headline big week of activity
M&A Update: Featured deals in FL and DE headline big week of activity
The AE industry’s weekly go-to source for the latest information on M&A deals and trends.
434 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS
6%
642* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS
9%
*Including U.S. deals
Percentages represent latest twelve months year-over-year increase or decrease in deal activity.
Featured Transactions
1/22/2024
Industry leader and one of our Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024 Atwell (Southfield, MI) (ENR #74), a national consulting, engineering, and construction services firm, acquired Karins and Associates (Newark, DE), an engineering, surveying, and planning firm. The acquisition continues to strengthen Atwell’s resources and capabilities in the Mid-Atlantic. Morrissey Goodale advised Atwell in the transaction.
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1/25/2024
Bermello Ajamil & Partners (Coral Gables, FL), a full-service AE, planning, and landscape architecture firm, joined pioneering AEG and strategic consulting firm Woolpert (Dayton, OH) (ENR #56). The merger enhances Woolpert’s ability to add geospatial solutions to its AE and interior design capabilities. Morrissey Goodale advised Bermello Ajamil & Partners.
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Commentary & Insight
This week we report ten new domestic transactions, including two in the Southeast. M&A is off to a rapid start in 2024. Gain valuable insights into the latest trends, strategies, and opportunities across the industry at our Southeast M&A and Business Symposium in Miami this March, where dealmakers will converge to discuss the rapidly evolving M&A landscape.
Domestic Transactions
1/22/2024
Blackstone (New York, NY) made a minority growth investment in facilities planning and design firm and another of our Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024, Salas O’Brien (Irvine, CA) (ENR #53). Salas O’Brien will continue to be majority-owned by its team members. Salas O’Brien was the recipient of the 2023 Best Post Transaction Performance Award in the $10 million to $50 million category as part of our Excellence in Acquisitive Growth Awards Series. Link to details >
1/23/2024
Global alternative investment firm H.I.G. Capital (Miami, FL) acquired full-service engineering consulting firm CHA (Albany, NY) (ENR #69) from private equity firm First Reserve (Stamford, CT). Link to details >
1/25/2024
Technology, conformity assessment, and consulting solutions firm NV5 (Hollywood, FL) (ENR #22) acquired CHW Professional Consultants (Alachua, FL), an engineering and infrastructure consulting services firm. Link to details >
1/22/2024
Industry leader Gannett Fleming (Camp Hill, PA) (ENR #26) acquired Flaherty Engineering (Cameron Park, CA), a CM services firm that serves public agencies, private sector partners, and water resources clients. Link to details >
1/24/2024
Architecture, engineering, interiors, and planning firm DLR Group (Omaha, NE) (ENR #66) acquired luxury interior design firm BraytonHughes Design Studios (San Francisco, CA). Link to details >
1/24/2024
Zubatkin Owner Representation (New York, NY), a project management and owner representation firm, joined ENR’s #14 ranked CM/PM-for-fee firm, Cumming (New York, NY). Link to details >
1/23/2024
Architecture, engineering, and construction administration firm GMB (Holland, MI) (ENR #493) entered into a partnership with Secure Environment Consultants (SEC) (Grand Rapids, MI), a firm that offers prevention-focused safety and security programs for schools, childcare facilities, and organizations. Link to details >
1/25/2024
Skyline Engineering (New York, NY), a mechanical, electrical, structural, plumbing, and fire protection design services firm, joined AMA Group (Madison, NJ), a firm that offers mechanical, electrical, life safety, plumbing, sustainability, commissioning, and renewable energy services. Link to details >
Global Transactions
1/24/2024
Global environmental and advisory consultancy SLR (Aylesbury, UK) acquired ITPEnergised (Edinburgh, UK), a renewable energy specialist with expertise in the corporate, industrial, property and urban regeneration sectors. Link to details >
1/23/2024
Lemay (Quebec, Canada), an architecture, planning, and engineering firm, acquired Fusion Énergie (Quebec, Canada), an energy intelligence solutions provider specializing in energy management and optimization. Link to details >
1/18/2024
Engineering and technology consulting firm Astek (Paris, France) acquired a majority stake in Riversen (Paris, France), an engineering consulting firm specializing in large-scale projects in the construction, industry, infrastructure, energy, environmental, and transportation sectors. Link to details >
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March 12-14, 2025 Miami, FL
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