M&A Activity Report 1/31/2022 - 2/6/2022

Feb 07, 2022

 

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Domestic Transactions:

 

2/3/2022

Premier architecture, engineering, geospatial and strategic consulting firm, Woolpert (Dayton, OH), has acquired eTrac Inc. (San Rafael, CA), a vessel-based hydrographic survey and marine technology firm that conducts custom integrated marine services for projects across the U.S. Link to Details.

 

 

1/31/2022

Employee-owned design firm, HDR (Omaha, NE), has expanded its portfolio expertise by acquiring SPF Water Engineering (Boise, ID), an employee-owned water, wastewater and hydrogeologic consulting firm. As part of the asset acquisition, SPF includes MDS Drafting. Link to Details.

 

 

2/1/2022

Alpine Investors (San Francisco, CA), a people-driven private equity firm committed to building enduring businesses, has announced the launch of Trilon Group (Denver, CO), its newly formed engineering services platform. Waggoner Engineering (Jacson, MS) is Trilon's first platform platform partnership and will continue to operate independently under the Waggoner brand. Link to Details.

 

 

2/2/2022

Westwood Professional Services (Minnetonka, MN), a national multi-discipline engineering firm, announced that it has acquired Pacheco Koch Consulting Engineers (Dallas, TX). Pacheco Koch is a full-service engineering, surveying and planning/landscape architecture firm widely recognized for high-quality work in public infrastructure and private development throughout Texas. Link to Details.

 

 

1/31/2022

The Austin Company (Cleveland, OH), a design-builder stablished over 140 years ago, has acquired Gala & Associates (Beverly Hills, MI). Founded in 1987, Gala provides architectural engineering, design and project management services for automotive assembly and heavy industrial facilities. Link to Details.

 

 

1/31/2022

Global design firm, Ramboll Group (Copenhagen, Demark), has acquired the data center consultancy EYP Mission Critical Facilities (Westchester, NY). With the strategic acquisition, Ramboll will strengthen its position in the international premier league of data center consultancies and add fuel to its important mission of contributing to lowering the carbon footprint of the industry. Link to Details.

 

 

1/5/2022

Integral Group, LLC (Oakland, CA) and Ross & Baruzzini, Inc. (St. Louis, MO) announced an intent to merger. Expected to be finalized in late 2022, the new company will consist of more than 1,000 employees located in 31 offices in the United States, Canada, the UK, Serbia and Australia. Link to Details.

 

 

1/25/2022

Award-winning architecture and interior design firm, SKB Architecture & Design (Washington, D.C.), announced that it has acquired Block 16 Architects & Urbanists (Austin, TX). The firm will carry on under the SKB Architecture and Design name. Link to Details.

 

 

2/1/2022

GreenbergFarrow (Atlanta, GA), an architecture and engineering firm known for designing Home Depot stores has seized an opportunity to expand into the Southeast's booming apartment market, SGA|NarmourWright Design (Pawleys Island, SC). Link to Details.

 

 

2/2/2022

Resource Environmental Solutions (Houston, TX), has acquired E Sciences Inc. (Orlando, FL) and Sandra Walters Consultants, Inc. (Key West, FL), two of Florida's premier ecological consulting firms. With these transactions, RES now has more than 70 employees in nine offices across Florida. Link to Details.

 

 

2/1/2022

Engineering, procurement and construction company, Exyte US (Albany, NY), has announced the acquisition of Nuance Systems, Inc. (Portland, OR). NSI is the preferred provider for Fortune 500 companies, disruptive technology startups and other firms in need of UHP Gas & Chemical Delivery systems. Link to Details.

 

 

2/2/2022

Nova Group, GBC (St. Louis Park, MN), an industry-leading commercial real estate due diligence advisory firm, announced their acquisition of Peak Environmental (East Brunswick, NJ). This acquisition significantly expands Nova's availability of quality turnkey services. Link to Details.

 

 

2/1/2022

ENR Top 500 firm providing consulting and engineering services, Ardurra Group has acquired and merged with Pevida Highway Designers, LLC , a transportation civil engineering firm. Link to Details.

 

 

1/13/2022

TranSystems Corp (Kansas City, MO), is putting a recapitalization investment it received in 2021 from private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners (New York, NY) to use with its latest acquisition. TranSystems acquired OMEGA & Associates, Inc. (Chicago, IL), an engineering consulting firm. Link to Details.

 

 

Global Transactions:

 

2/2/2022

Salas O'Brien (Santa Ana, CA) announced that IGRL Consultants (Montreal, Canada)has joined the company, further strengthening Salas O'Brien's manufacturing expertise and creating a combined firm of 54 offices. IGRL team's capabilities and portfolio complement Salas O'Brien's existing work in food & beverage manufacturing. Link to Details.

 

 

2/3/2022

AYESA (Sevilla, Spain), a leading international technology and engineering services firm, has announced the acquisition of engineering consultancy, ByrneLooby (Dublin, Ireland). ByrneLooby has expanded to become an internationally regarded engineering consultancy. Link to Details.

 

 

2/1/2022

Multi-disciplinary engineering and design firm, Norconsult (Sandvika, Norway), has announced the acquisition of JORD-MILJO A/S (Ballerup, Denmark) and its sister company JORD-TEKNIK A/S (Ballerup, Denmark), which have expertise in soil and environmental surveys within the building and construction sector. Link to Details.

 

 

2/2/2022

Engineering consultancy, Mabbett & Associates (Glasgow, UK) has acquired planning and design firm GH Johnston Building Consultants (Iverness, UK). The acquisition is aimed at enhancing the combined group's offering of comprehensive planning and design services. Link to Details.

 

 

2/1/2022

Constructive Testing Solutions (Leicester, UK)has announced the acquisition of one of the leading specialists geo-environmental consultancies, Mason Evans (Glasgow, UK). Mason Evans is a well-established business providing a variety of solutions to a wide variety of sectors including developers, house builders, distillers, local authorities, contractors, consulting engineers and architects. Link to Details.

 

 

1/27/2022

Marine and civil engineering specialist, Teignmouth Maritime Services (Dawlish, UK) has become 50% shareholder of a hydraulic engineering outfit, Hesselberg Hydro UK (Dawlish, UK). Link to Details.

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