M&A Activity Report for the week of 03/25/2024 – 03/31/2024

Apr 02, 2024

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Domestic Transactions:

3/25/2024
Olsson (Lincoln, NE) (ENR #73), a leading engineering and design firm, has a pending purchase agreement to acquire water and environmental engineering firm FTN Associates (Little Rock, AR). Read More.

 

3/26/2024
Civil engineering, land development, environmental, and land surveying services firm Howell (West Chester, PA), acquired civil engineering, land surveying, land planning, and landscape architecture services firm Nave Newell (Wayne, PA). Read More.

 

3/26/2024
Laboratory testing, inspection, certification, and verification solutions firm, ALS Limited (Brisbane, Australia), acquired environmental testing firm York Analytical Laboratories (Stratford, CT), specializing in the analysis of water, soil, air, and drinking water for regulated contaminants. Read More.

 

3/26/2024
In a move that creates one of the largest architectural firms in the region, AE Works (Sewickley, PA) acquired one of the nation’s leading higher education design firms, WTW Architects (Pittsburgh, PA). Read More.

 

3/27/2024
Forensic consulting, engineering design, CM, environmental, and digital solutions firm The Vertex Companies (Weymouth, MA) (ENR #335), acquired construction claims, scheduling, and risk management firm, TriLogix Consulting (Ramsey, NJ). Read More.

 

3/27/2024
PS&S (Warren, NJ) (ENR #359) an architecture, engineering, design, environmental, and surveying consulting firm, acquired A/E design firm Becica Associates (Cherry Hill, NJ). Read More.

 

3/27/2024
Planning, design, and civil engineering services firm Environmental Design Group (EDG) (Akron, OH), acquired engineering, surveying, right-of-way acquisition, and environmental services firm BCS (Mason, OH). Read More.

 

International Transactions:

3/20/2024
SML Group (Leicester, UK), a group of companies that offer surveying services, acquired property surveying services firm Construction Design Solutions (Brackley, UK), with expertise in civil, structural, highway, and drainage engineering design and analysis on projects across commercial and domestic sectors. Read More.

 

3/21/2024
One of the leading global design firms, WSP (Montreal, Canada) (ENR #6), acquired Communica Public Affairs (Calgary, Canada), an indigenous and stakeholder engagement and information management consulting firm specializing in ESG services. Read More.

 

3/25/2024
MEP engineering, sustainability, and facilities management firm, GDM Building Consultants (London, UK), joined global specialist in data centers and critical environments, Keysource (Gatwick, UK). Read More.

 

3/26/2024
ENR’s #49 ranked global design firm, Artelia (Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France), acquired surveying firm, Castons Consulting Limited (Ipswich, UK), focusing on cost management, building surveying, construction health & safety, and principal designer services. Read More.

 

3/26/2024
In its second deal of the week, WSP (Montreal, Canada) acquired infrastructure & transportation design firm, Proxion Oy (Helsinki, Finland), a rail expert that offers railway and railway system design services, including traffic and energy services, as well as safety and security expertise. Read More.

 

3/26/2024
In its second deal of the week, ALS Limited (Brisbane, Australia) acquired environmental, food, and pharmaceutical testing services firm Wessling (Altenberge, Germany). Read More.

 

3/26/2024
WT (North America) (Santa Monica, CA) a cost management and advisory firm, acquired surveying firm, SSA Quantity Surveyors (Kelowna, Canada), with expertise in transportation, healthcare, commercial, retail, government, laboratories, residential, and hospitality projects. Read More.

 

3/26/2024
Agency Limited (London, UK) a sustainability services firm merged with sustainability and technical specialist, Anthesis Group (London, UK). Read More.

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