457 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

0%

700* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS

4%

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

Commentary & Insight

This week we report six domestic deals in PA, UT, FL, and MO. There were additional deals overseas in the UK, Denmark, Australia, and Ireland. We’re just one month away from the Texas and the South M&A and Business Symposium! Join over 200 industry executives and investors this October at the five-star Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston. Register today. 

Domestic Transactions

9/18/2024 
Engineering, planning, and construction firm KCI (Sparks, MD) (ENR #56) acquired the construction management and inspection (CMCI) portion of Navarro & Wright’s Pennsylvania region (Mechanicsburg, PA). Link to details >

9/13/2024 
Civil engineering and infrastructure firm Horrocks Engineers (Pleasant Grove, UT) (ENR #138) acquired CRS Engineers (Salt Lake City, UT), a civil engineering firm offering GIS, environmental, water, transportation, and stormwater services. Link to details >

9/19/2024 
Employee-owned engineering, environmental, and surveying consulting firm Haley Ward (Bangor, ME) (ENR #459) acquired EDC (Port Saint Lucie, FL), a civil engineering, surveying, planning, and environmental consulting firm specializing in land development projects. Link to details >

9/16/2024 
Transportation planning and traffic engineering firm Traffic & Mobility Consultants (Orlando, FL) acquired Propel Engineering (West Palm Beach, FL), a civil engineering firm specializing in highway design, traffic analysis, and structural design services. Link to details >

9/16/2024 
Architecture and engineering firm Grace Hebert Curtis Architects (Baton Rouge, LA) invested in Hastings+Chivetta Architects (Saint Louis, MO), a design and architectural firm focused primarily on the education market. Link to details >

9/12/2024 
Architecture, interior design, and planning services firm MAROTTA/MAIN (Lancaster, PA) acquired Strosser Baer Architects (Sunbury, PA), an architecture and design firm focused on healthcare, higher education, and commercial markets. Link to details >

Global Transactions

9/17/2024 
ENR’s #34 ranked CM/PM-for-Fee firm, MGAC (Washington, D.C.), strengthened its UK presence with the acquisition of Flint + Partners (London, UK), a construction firm providing strategic advisory, project management, and cost management services. Link to details >

9/17/2024 
XPartners (Stockholm, Sweden), a platform of companies in the environmental and civil engineering industries, acquired Aqvila (Aarhus, Denmark), a construction project management firm serving the life sciences sector. Link to details >

9/17/2024 
Design and engineering firm Independent Design House Group (Kent, UK) acquired Clarkebond (Briston, UK), a structural, civil engineering, hydrology, transportation, and environmental services firm. Link to details >

9/18/2024 
Architecture firm Donald Insall Associates (London, UK) merged with Ferrey & Mennim (York, UK), a historic architectural practice specializing in conservation, residential, and ecclesiastical projects. Link to details >

9/13/2024 
Water services firm Vysarn (West Perth, Australia) entered into a binding Share Sale Agreement (SSA) for the acquisition of CMP Consulting Group (Mulgrave, Australia), an infrastructure engineering firm focused on the water industry. Link to details >

9/9/2024 
Private equity firm Exponent (London, UK) is bringing in LGT Capital Partners (Schwyz, Switzerland) as a lead minority investor to H&MV Engineering (Limerick, Ireland), a specialist in high voltage (“HV”) electrical engineering and design for data centers and renewables. Link to details >

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