M&A Activity Report for the week of 3/13/2023 – 3/19/2023

Mar 20, 2023

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Domestic Transactions:

3/15/2023

Allied Resources Group (ARG) (Exton, PA), the parent company to a group of engineering, inspection, staffing, and technology solutions companies, acquired R.T. Patterson Company (Pittsburgh, PA), an engineering firm specializing in heavy industrial engineering. Link to Details.

 

3/16/2023

RMA Group (Rancho Cucamonga, CA), a firm that provides technology-enabled testing, inspection, and certification services that support innovation in new product development, quality assurance for project delivery, and engineered solutions for asset management, acquired A.J. Edmond Company (Long Beach, CA), an inspection, sampling, and analytical services firm. Link to Details.

 

3/9/2023

Engineering and consulting firm Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) (Orlando, FL) acquired environmental services, geotechnical engineering, and construction materials testing firm Faulkner Engineering Services (Tampa, FL). Link to Details.

 

3/13/2023

Professional geospatial and inspection solutions provider SAM Companies (Austin, TX) acquired professional geomatics solutions firm Axis Survey & Mapping (Redmond, WA). Link to Details.

 

3/14/2023

Coastal engineering firm Coastal Protection Engineering (Boca Raton, FL) acquired fellow coastal engineering firm MRD Associates (Destin, FL). Link to Details.

 

Global Transactions:

3/16/2023

Mott MacDonald (Croydon, UK), a global engineering, management, and development consulting firm, acquired Engevity (Sydney, Australia), a firm specializing in strategic advisory for the energy, climate, and infrastructure sectors. Link to Details.

 

3/8/2023

Egis Group (Guyancourt, France), a global engineering, consulting, and operations firm, acquired Omrania (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), an architecture and engineering consulting firm. Link to Details.

 

3/7/2023

Continuing its development in low-carbon design, Egis Group (Guyancourt, France) acquired SustainEcho (Paris, France), a start-up that is the first platform to use AI to automate construction projects’ certified Life Cycle Assessments. Link to Details.

 

3/13/2023

Ricardo plc (Shoreham-by-Sea, UK), a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting firm, acquired Aither (Melbourne, Australia), a water and natural resources consulting firm. Link to Details.

 

3/14/2023

Dar Group (Dubai, UAE), a global design and engineering firm, acquired CopperTree Analytics (Surrey, Canada), a building analytics service provider. Link to Details.

 

3/9/2023

Urban design and landscape architecture firm NAK Design Group (Toronto, Canada) joined planning, urban design, and landscape architecture firm O2 Planning and Design (Calgary, Canada). Link to Details.

 

3/13/2023

BESTECH (Sudbury, Canada), a multidisciplinary engineering services firm, acquired W.G. Spencer Engineering (Tara, Canada), a mechanical and electrical engineering firm for the mining industry. Link to Details.

 

3/14/2023

Leed Group (Kent Town, Australia), a water and civil infrastructure company, acquired Ecospec (Port Adelaide, Australia), a firm that specializes in designing and constructing structural remediation solutions. Link to Details.

 

3/14/2023

Brown & Krippner (Tamworth, Australia), a surveying, engineering, and town planning services provider, merged with Hanlons Consulting (Tamworth, Australia), a surveying, engineering, and environmental services firm. Link to Details.

 

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