M&A Activity Report for 10/9/2023 – 10/22/2023

Oct 24, 2023

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Domestic Transactions:

10/13/2023

SSOE Group (Toledo, OH), an architecture and engineering firm, acquired Integrated Engineering Services (Santa Clara, CA), an engineering firm with expertise in MEP, chemical, and process engineering, hazardous materials, code compliance, and commissioning and qualification services. Link to Details.

 

10/16/2023

Architectural firm BHDP (Cincinnati, OH) acquired healthcare, institutional, and educational specialist architectural firm RGG Architects (Durham, NC). Link to Details.

 

10/16/2023

Architectural and engineering services firm DRG Architects (Somerset, NJ) acquired full-service architecture, planning, and interior design firm The Vaughn Collaborative (Ewing, NJ). Link to Details.

 

10/16/2023

Godspeed Capital Management (Washington, D.C.), a lower middle-market defense and government services, solutions, and technology-focused private equity firm, made a strategic investment in Stengel Hill Architecture (Louisville, KY), a full-service architectural and interior design firm specializing in complex healthcare facilities. Link to Details.

 

10/16/2023

Trinity Consultants (Dallas, TX), an environmental consulting firm for the environmental health and safety (EH&S) regulatory compliance, built environment, life sciences, and water and ecology markets, acquired Waid Environmental (Austin, TX) an engineering and environmental services firm specializing in air quality, emissions control, permitting, and compliance. Link to Details.

 

10/17/2023

GEI Consultants (Woburn, MA), a consulting engineering and environmental firm, acquired Underhill Engineering (Charlottesville, VA), a geotechnical engineering consulting firm. Link to Details.

 

10/17/2023

Providence Equity Partners (Providence, RI), a private equity firm specializing in growth-oriented investments in media, communications, education, and technology companies, made a strategic minority investment in Populous (Kansas City, MO), an architectural and design firm. Link to Details.

 

10/19/2023

Environmental Systems Group, an environmental service solutions platform established and backed by services and infrastructure-focused private equity management firm Bernhard Capital Partners (Baton Rouge, LA), acquired ELOS Environmental (Hammond, LA), an environmental consulting services provider. Link to Details.

 

10/4/2023

C2AE (Lansing, MI), an architecture and engineering firm providing civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering, architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture services, acquired T2 Designs (Brighton, MI), a commercial interior design firm. Link to Details.

 

10/5/2023

Farnsworth Group (Bloomington, IL), a full-service engineering, architecture, and survey firm, acquired Sterling Design Associates (Littleton, CO), a planning, civil engineering, and landscape architecture firm. Link to Details.

 

10/9/2023

Qualus (Cincinnati, OH), a power consulting, engineering, and technical services firm, acquired GridBright (Alamo, CA), a technology solutions company specializing in secure and sustainable grid integration. Link to Details.

 

10/9/2023

Environmentally focused and digitally powered global solutions firm TRC Companies (Windsor, CT) acquired project and program management, highway design, water quality, and planning firm Advanced Civil Technologies (Santa Ana, CA). Link to Details.

 

10/10/2023

Consulting and engineering services firm Ardurra Group (Tampa, FL) acquired transportation and water firm Inwood Consulting Engineers (Oviedo, FL). Link to Details.

 

10/10/2023

RDLR Architects (Houston, TX), an architectural firm known for its community-driven approach in the public sector, acquired W [Squared] Architects (Houston, TX), an architecture firm specializing in commercial projects. Link to Details.

 

10/13/2023

Engineering services firm Bowman Consulting Group (Reston, VA) acquired engineering, survey, and construction management firm Dennis Corporation (Columbia, SC). Link to Details.

 

Global Transactions:

10/16/2023

Technology partner for energy and environmental solutions Wolftank Group (Innsbruck, Australia) acquired environmental services provider Petroltecnica (Rimini, Italy). Link to Details.

 

10/17/2023

Fyfe (Adelaide, Australia), a professional services firm providing engineering, environmental, planning, and surveying services, acquired Emanden Technical Solutions (Adelaide, Australia), a project and construction management and commissioning execution firm. Link to Details.

 

10/17/2023

RSK Group (Helsby, UK), an environmental consulting and services firm, acquired Aurora Health Physics Services (Didcot, UK), a radiation protection consultancy and services specialist. Link to Details.

 

10/4/2023

Building Design Northern (Sunderland, UK), an architectural and civil and structural engineering services provider specializing in commercial projects, acquired Fitz Architects (Sunderland, UK), a design-led architectural firm specializing in residential design and extensions. The two firms will now operate as sister companies. Link to Details.

 

10/6/2023

Data and subsea service provider for ocean-based industries Reach Subsea ASA (Rogaland, Norway) entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of marine survey company Guardian Geomatics (West Perth, Australia). Link to Details.

 

10/9/2023

DeSimone Consulting (New York, NY), a full-service engineering and construction consulting firm, acquired Decipher (Cheshire, UK), a construction consulting firm. Link to Details.

 

10/11/2023

APEM Group (Stockport, UK), an environmental and geospatial consulting firm that provides digital aerial wildlife surveys and specialist marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecology services, acquired Aspect Ecology (Banbury, UK), an ecological planning consulting firm. Link to Details.

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