Two more deals in the Southeast; other domestic deals reported in CT, TX, NJ, CA, and PA 

Commentary & Insight

It was a busy week for M&A, with a total of 15 transactions announced. The Southeast continues to consolidate rapidly with two new deals in Georgia and Alabama. Learn more about the trends sweeping the industry and connect with over 200 industry executives, investors, and experts in Miami at our Southeast M&A and Business Symposium. The early bird rate expires on December 20th. 

Domestic Transactions

12/10/2024 
SHM Architects (Dallas, TX), a boutique residential architecture firm, partnered with architecture firm Cowart Group (Savannah, GA) to form The SHM Cowart Studio (Savannah, GA). Link to details >

12/9/2024 
Morell Engineering (Athens, AL), a civil engineering firm offering aviation engineering, subdivision design, transportation design, surveying, and geotechnical services, acquired Civil Group (Muscle Shoals, AL), an engineering and surveying landscape firm. Link to details >

12/9/2024 
Technology, conformity assessment, and consulting solutions firm and one of our Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024, NV5 (Hollywood, FL) (ENR #24), acquired Southport Engineering Associates (Ridgefield, CT), an energy efficiency, engineering design, and owner representation services firm. Link to details >

12/3/2024 
Employee-owned firm LJA Engineering (Houston, TX) (ENR #67) acquired utility construction firm Quest Utility Construction (San Antonio, TX). Link to details >

12/6/2024 
Milrose Consultants (New York, NY), a building code compliance, fulfillment, and consulting firm, acquired Construction Specifications (Morganville, NJ), a firm specializing in architectural specification writing and consulting. Link to details >

12/4/2024 
Environmental and construction firm Surf to Snow Environmental Resource Management (San Ramon, CA) acquired a majority portion of the construction and landscape design firm Planned Environments (Concord, CA). Link to details >

12/10/2024 
Civil engineering firm Remington & Vernick Engineers (Cherry Hill, NJ) (ENR #243) acquired selected Pennsylvania assets of KMJ Consulting (Ardmore, PA), a transportation engineering firm. Link to details >

Global Transactions

12/10/2024 
Infrastructure, transportation, energy, and PM firm CIMA+ (Laval, Canada) acquired Recollective Consulting (Vancouver, Canada), a firm that specializes in sustainable site-management strategies, green-building guidelines and policy development, LEED, zero-carbon building design, and integrated green-building design. Link to details >

12/10/2024 
Environmental consulting and services firm RSK Group (Helsby, UK) acquired Edge Environment (Sydney, Australia), a firm that provides environmental, social, and governance (ESG), leadership and transformation, decarbonization, life cycle and supply chain assessments, and mandatory disclosure and reporting. Link to details >

12/12/2024 
In its second deal of the week, RSK Group (Helsby, UK) announced that the team from Caledonian Conservation (Stirling, UK) joined the group, further strengthening its ecological service offering. Link to details >

12/9/2024 
Inspections and certifications firm Industrial Inspection & Analysis® (Alpharetta, GA) acquired Kova Engineering (Vancouver, Canada), a firm that offers engineering, inspection, and certification services of cranes and lift equipment. Link to details >

12/10/2024 
Cadherent (Aberdeen, UK), a firm with expertise in engineering design, 3D animation, and engineering surveys, acquired Touch3D (Aberdeen, UK), a firm that provides architectural CGI and visualizations. Link to details >

12/11/2024 
Architecture firm LJC Architectural Design (Redcar, UK) acquired Close, Granger, Gray & Wilkin (CGG&W) (Guisborough, UK), a firm that offers structural engineering, civil engineering, building engineering, project management, and architecture services. Link to details >

12/9/2024 
Civil and structural engineering firm EDGE Consulting Engineers (Brisbane, Australia) acquired TRP Consulting (Manchester, UK), a civil, structural, and environmental engineering firm serving the industrial, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and sports sectors. Link to details >

12/10/2024 
Multidisciplinary environmental and advisory consulting firm EMM Consulting (Sydney, Australia) received an investment from Quadrant Private Equity (Sydney, Australia). Link to details >