Two new transactions in the Southeast; other deals reported in PA, NY, VA, OH, and CA 

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Domestic Transactions

12/16/2024
Engineering consulting firm RTM Engineering Consultants (Schaumburg, IL) (ENR #313) merged with Select Structural (Fort Myers, FL), a structural engineering firm serving the educational, commercial, healthcare, multifamily, hospitality, and government sectors. Link to details >

12/17/2024
Hidden Harbor Capital Partners (Boca Raton, FL) made a strategic investment in Lathan Associates Architects (Hoover, AL), a firm that specializes in architectural and design services for K-12, higher education, and municipal clients. Link to details >

12/18/2024
Technology, certification, and consulting solutions firm and one of our Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024, NV5 (Hollywood, FL) (ENR #24), entered an agreement to acquire Global Fire Protection Group (Chadds Ford, PA), a fire safety engineering, inspection, and consulting services firm. Link to details >

12/18/2024
AE, environmental, and planning firm LaBella Associates (Rochester, NY) (ENR #127) acquired Earth Dimensions (Elma, NY), a drilling, ecological services, and environmental services firm. Link to details >

12/18/2024
GKY & Associates (Chantilly, VA), a firm that offers water resources engineering, policy and planning, and environmental science solutions, joined True Environmental (New York, NY), a platform focused on building a consulting and engineering organization for environmental end markets. Link to details >

12/17/2024
The Stonewall Group (Lafayette, LA), a platform company focused on acquiring and growing AE firms, acquired AODK (Lakewood, OH), a design and architecture firm with experience in sacred spaces, commercial workplaces, multi-family residences, wellness hospitality, and interior design. Link to details >

12/4/2024
Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects (San Diego, CA), an architecture, interior design, and planning firm, acquired CAS Architects (Mountain View, CA), a firm known for its expertise in advanced technology and life science design. Link to details >

Global Transactions

12/18/2024
Global digital, cloud, and security services firm Accenture (Dublin, Ireland) agreed to acquire IQT Group (Rovigo, Italy), a firm that provides engineering managed services for large infrastructure projects. Link to details >

12/16/2024
Global engineering and environmental firm Ricardo (Shoreham-by-Sea, UK) entered an agreement to acquire 85% of E3 Advisory (Sydney, Australia), a transportation, infrastructure, clean energy, water, and mining and resources firm. Link to details >

12/11/2024
ENR’s #17 ranked CM-for-fee firm Turner & Townsend (Leeds, UK) acquired Capisce QS (Adelaide, Australia) to enhance its cost and commercial management offering in South Australia. Link to details >

12/13/2024
Multi-disciplinary engineering and design firm Norconsult (Sandvika, Norway) acquired Sigma Civil (Malmö, Sweden), a firm that specializes in water and sewage, landscape planning, traffic, roads and streets, PM, environmental, and construction services. Link to details >

12/13/2024
Surveying practices Shepherd Chartered Surveyors (Dundee, UK) and Whyte & Barrie Chartered Surveyors (Hamilton, UK) joined forces to form one single practice. Link to details >