Commentary & Insight

This week we report six U.S. deals, including yet another in Texas, as the industry continues to consolidate at a record pace. Learn more about deal-making trends, valuations, and the industry’s most prolific buyers and investors at our Texas M&A Symposium in Houston this October. Early bird registration is open now.

Domestic Transactions

6/1/2021
Leading designer HDR (Omaha, NE) (ENR #6) acquired WKE (Santa Ana, CA), a multi-modal transportation services firm with expertise in both design and construction management. 
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6/2/2021
Oilfield services construction company CCI (Granbury, TX) acquired the assets of Nicholas Consulting Group (Midland, TX), an engineering firm providing services to clients in the oil and gas industry.
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6/2/2021
Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams (Richmond, VA), a civil engineering, geotechnical, environmental, and surveying firm, merged with Horton & Dodd (Chesapeake, VA), a surveying, civil engineering, and land planning firm. 
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6/2/2021
Project management services firm Versar (Springfield, VA) acquired BayFirst Solutions (Washington, D.C), a provider of network engineering, cybersecurity, and intelligence support serving primarily the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 
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6/2/2021
Transportation consulting firm TranSystems (Kansas City, MO) (ENR #83) acquired architecture and engineering firm L.R. Kimball (Ebensburg, PA), formerly a division of CDI Engineering Solutions (Philadelphia, PA). 
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6/2/2021
ENR’s #113 ranked environmental firm Trihydro (Laramie, WY) acquired Jacobson James and Associates (Roseville, CA), a provider of regulatory planning, forest resiliency planning, biomass management, and post-fire stabilization and restoration services. 
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Global Transactions

5/31/2021
People Infrastructure (Albion, Australia), a diversified workforce solutions firm, acquired Vision Surveys (Airlie Beach, Australia), a land and engineering surveying firm focused on infrastructure projects, construction, and residential development. 
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