Three deals in Texas and the South; more reported in IN, OH, NJ, SC, and PA

Commentary & Insight

With new deals announced in Texas and Alabama this week, industry M&A activity is now up 3% over the past year. Additional domestic deals were announced in IN, OH, NJ, SC, and PA.

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Domestic Transactions

7/7/2025
Alliance Technical Group (Decatur, AL), an environmental testing and compliance services firm, acquired ESC Spectrum (Austin, TX), a firm that provides Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) and Data Acquisition Systems (DAS) services. Link to details >

7/28/2025
PTAG (Markham, Canada), a global capital project management services firm serving the power and utilities, mining and metals, oil and gas, and infrastructure sectors, acquired Construct-X (Houston, TX), a firm with expertise in Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) and lean project delivery. Link to details >

7/23/2025
Fuqua & Partners Architects (Huntsville, AL), an architecture, interiors, and planning firm, joined McMillan Pazdan Smith (Spartanburg, SC) (ENR #242). Link to details >

7/28/2025
Engineering and consulting firm Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) (Orlando, FL) (ENR #40) acquired GME Testing (Fort Wayne, IN), a firm that offers geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, and all foundation-related inspections and testing. Link to details >

7/29/2025
Design firm CPL (Fairport, NY) (ENR #261) entered a new partnership with Andrews Architects (Columbus, OH), an architecture firm with healthcare expertise. Link to details >

7/31/2025
Naik Consulting Group (Edison, NJ), an engineering firm with experience in commercial and transportation projects, entered a strategic partnership with Trilon Group (Denver, CO), a family of infrastructure consulting businesses, recipient of the 2025 Most Proficient and Prolific Acquirer Award, and one of our Ten Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2025. Link to details >

7/24/2025
CSL Consulting (Burlington, MA) expanded into the Southeastern U.S. with the acquisition of Brownstone Construction Group (Columbia, SC), an owner’s representative and project management services firm that specializes in managing complex capital improvement projects. Link to details >

7/30/2025
Estimating Systems (Lehighton, PA), a feasibility studies, cost analysis, risk management, and strategic planning services firm, acquired Construction Consulting & Inspections (Quakertown, PA), a firm that offers design and construction coordination, preconstruction planning, and banking institution services. Link to details >

Global Transactions

7/25/2025
Bureau Veritas (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) signed an agreement to acquire EcoPlus (Seoul, South Korea), a firm specialized in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) certification, and Dornier Hinneburg (Willstätt, Germany), a firm that offers technical advisory services and radiation protection related to decommissioning of nuclear facilities. Link to details >

7/28/2025
Environmental group Cura Terrae (Sheffield, UK) acquired EnviroCentre (Glasgow, UK), an environmental firm with expertise in geo-environmental services and water management and engineering, as well as enhanced capabilities in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and ecology. Link to details >

7/23/2025
Private equity group Goldman Sachs Alternatives (New York, NY) made a majority investment in program management firm Mace Consult (London, UK) through a carve-out from Mace Group. Link to details >