Two new deals in the Southeast; 12 additional domestic transactions this week

Commentary & Insight

Industry consolidation is gaining momentum in the Southeast and across the country, with 14 new transactions announced this week, including two transactions in Florida and South Carolina.

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Domestic Transactions

1/21/2026
SAM (Austin, TX) (ENR #89), a geospatial firm that serves utilities, transportation, and infrastructure clients, acquired Hyatt Survey Services (Bradenton, FL), a surveying, mapping, and hydrographic firm. Link to details >

1/20/2026
Civil engineering firm Civil Design Concepts (Asheville, NC) merged with Land Planning Associates (Easley, SC), strengthening both firms’ capabilities in planning, engineering, and construction administration. Link to details >

1/20/2026
Employee-owned engineering, environmental, and surveying consulting firm Haley Ward (Bangor, ME) (ENR #433) acquired the geospatial division of Sewall (Bangor, ME). Link to details >

1/21/2026
Industry leader, recipient of the 2023 Best Post-Transaction Performance Award, and one of our 10 Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2025, Salas O’Brien (Irvine, CA) (ENR #31) merged with TechSource (Los Alamos, NM), a scientific and engineering consulting firm serving national security, nuclear, and high‑tech projects across U.S. national laboratories and federal agencies. Link to details >

1/21/2026
MEP engineering, consulting, and design firm Engineering Resource Group (Flowood, MS) received a strategic investment from Godspeed Capital Management (Washington, D.C.). Link to details >

1/21/2026
Engineering, surveying, and land planning services firm BKF Engineers (Oakland, CA) (ENR #206) merged with MNS Engineers (Santa Barbara, CA), an infrastructure firm specializing in planning, engineering, construction management, and land surveying services. Link to details >

1/21/2026
Global environmental and advisory consultancy SLR (Aylesbury, UK) acquired WAP Sustainability (Nashville, TN), a firm that provides sustainability consulting, technical services, and ESG data solutions. Link to details >

1/20/2026
TEP (Raleigh, NC) (ENR #126), a firm that serves the telecommunications, energy, and renewables industries, acquired Northeast Site Solutions (Sturbridge, MA), a firm that offers site acquisition and PM/CM services for the wireless industry. Link to details >

1/20/2026
Infrastructure services firm Arora Engineers (Chadds Ford, PA) acquired J.A. Watts (Chicago, IL), an owner’s representation firm that specializes in construction, project, and program management services. Link to details >

1/12/2026
ENR’s #159 ranked environmental firm, ALL4 (Kimberton, PA), an environmental, health, safety, sustainability, and digital solutions firm, acquired VCS Environmental (San Juan Capistrano, CA), a firm that specializes in wetlands and endangered species regulatory permitting, biological studies, and cultural resource services. Link to details >

1/8/2026
Sagasser & Associates (Gaylord, MI), an environmental firm specializing in environmental site evaluation, assessments, remediation evaluation, and remedial system design, joined civil engineering firm Fleis & VandenBrink (Grand Rapids, MI). Link to details >

1/21/2026
G2 Consulting Group (Troy, MI), a geotechnical, environmental, and construction engineering firm, acquired Construction Testing Services (Burton, MI), a firm with expertise in geotechnical engineering and materials testing. Link to details >

1/15/2026
Parsons Corporation (Chantilly, VA) (ENR #16), a global leader in disruptive technology solutions for national security and critical infrastructure, acquired Altamira Technologies Corporation (McLean, VA), a firm that provides advanced analytics, signals intelligence (SIGINT), cyber, missile warning, and space capabilities. Link to details >

1/15/2026
MECO Engineering Company (Hannibal, MO), an engineering, technical, surveying, construction, and land survey firm, acquired civil engineering and land surveying firm Heneghan and Associates (Jerseyville, IL). Link to details >

Global Transactions

1/15/2026
Industry icon and recipient of the 2024 M&A Best Post-Transaction Awards, Tetra Tech (Pasadena, CA) (ENR #3) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Providence Consulting Group (Barton, Australia), an advisory and project management firm with expertise in program delivery, systems engineering, and protective security. Link to details >

1/19/2026
Engineering platform and 2023 Best Post Transaction Award recipient Englobe (Quebec City, Canada) finalized the acquisition of BESTECH (Sudbury, Canada), a firm focused on engineering services that support the mining and power industry across the full project lifecycle. Link to details >

1/19/2026
Geosyntec (Boca Raton, FL) (ENR #36), a global leader in environmental engineering and consulting, signed a definitive agreement to acquire environmental firm JBS&G (Sydney, Australia), a firm that offers groundwater remediation, auditing and compliance, assessments and approvals, sustainability and corporate affairs, public relations, and stakeholder engagement. Link to details >

1/15/2026
Property and infrastructure firms Donald Cant Watts Corke (Melbourne, Australia) and RP Infrastructure (Sydney, Australia) merged. The partnership brings together more than 90 years of experience in delivering complex property and infrastructure projects for public and private sector clients. Link to details >

1/15/2026
XPartners (Stockholm, Sweden), a platform of companies in the environmental and civil engineering industries, acquired Adding Engineering (Aalborg, Denmark), a specialist in engineering services for industrial and energy-related projects. Link to details >

1/15/2026
Mechanical and electrical firm Ethos Engineering (Dublin, Ireland) acquired 3DEC (London, UK), a digital technology firm that specializes in ICT services for the workplace, data center, fintech, and education markets. Link to details >

1/16/2026
In its second deal of the week, XPartners (Stockholm, Sweden) acquired Bygghuset (Nordre Follo, Norway), a firm that offers PM/CM, contract administration, quality assurance, and coordination of safety, health, and environment. Link to details >

1/19/2026
In its third deal of the week, XPartners (Stockholm, Sweden) acquired structural engineering firm Value Engineering (Silkeborg, Denmark). Link to details >

1/20/2026
Civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering firm AM Consulting Engineers (Belfast, UK) acquired civil and structural engineering firm Bridges Pound (Coventry, UK). Link to details >