TranSystems recapitalized by PE; Ten other deals

Commentary & Insight

Yesterday’s recapitalization announcement of TranSystems by Sentinel Capital Partners is yet another example of the ongoing realignment of the A/E industry by private equity. To find out what’s behind this trend and what it means for your firm, check out Mick Morrissey’s timely conversation with the awesome ACEC Engineering Influence Podcast from earlier this week here.

M&A Transactions

4/1/2021
Sentinel Capital Partners (New York, NY), a private equity firm that invests in lower mid-market companies, recapitalized iconic transportation EA firm TranSystems (Kansas City, MO) (ENR #85). 
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3/30/2021
SAM Companies (Austin, TX) (ENR #93) acquired R&S Digital Services (Great Bend, KS), a fully digital mapping company providing GIS services to numerous governmental entities nationwide. 
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3/29/2021
Industry leader NV5 (Hollywood, FL) (ENR #27) acquired Geodynamics (Morehead City, NC), a marine geology and coastal science consulting firm specializing in bathymetric and geophysical mapping, monitoring, and geospatial analyses. 
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3/30/2021
Geotechnical and coastal engineering firm TerraCosta (San Diego, CA) merged with ENGEO (San Ramon, CA), creating a combined firm of more than 350 professionals across the U.S. and overseas.
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3/30/2021
LJA Engineering (Houston, TX) (ENR #65) acquired Ramos Consulting (Austin, TX), an engineering firm with specialized transportation, program management, and tollway expertise. 
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4/1/2021
Engineering and environmental firm Langan (Parsippany, NJ) (ENR #53) acquired Adams Consulting Engineers (Dallas, TX), a provider of land development engineering and landscape architecture services. 
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4/1/2021
Multidisciplinary AE consultant DLZ (Columbus, OH) (ENR #129) expanded its presence in Costa Rica with the acquisition of Carbon Engineering (San Jose, Costa Rica), a firm specializing in hydro-electric and wind power projects. 
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3/31/2021
ENR’s #33 ranked global design firm, Egis Group (Guyancourt, France), acquired Indec (Melbourne, Australia), a provider of strategic advisory, project development and delivery, and technical services to government and private sector clients. 
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3/26/2021
Renew Holdings (Leeds, UK), an engineering services group that supports UK infrastructure, acquired J Browne (Enfield, UK), a multidisciplinary engineering consultancy with a focus on the water sector. 
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3/31/2021
ENR’s #35 ranked international design firm, Aurecon (Melbourne, Australia), made a strategic investment in geotechnical engineering firm GCU Consultants (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). 
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3/30/2021
PXGEO Seismic Services (Dubai, UAE) entered into a binding agreement with ENR’s #13 ranked international design firm, Fugro (Leidschendam, Netherlands), to acquire certain assets and the related business of Fugro’s subsidiary Seabed Geosolutions (Leidschendam, Netherlands). 
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