M&A Activity Report for the week of 7/15/24-7/21/24

Jul 19, 2024

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Domestic Transactions:

7/9/2024
Ashley McGraw Architects (Syracuse, NY) acquired architecture and landscape design firm studioMLA Architects (Brookline, MA). As part of the acquisition, studioMLA Architects will become the Early Childhood Education Studio. Read More. 

 

7/11/2024
Leading design firm GHD (Sydney, Australia) (ENR #29) acquired architecture firm RIM Architects (Anchorage, AK) and its subsidiary companies. RIM serves the entertainment, hospitality, healthcare, and government facilities sectors. Read More. 

 

7/12/2024
Bowman Consulting Group (Reston, VA) (ENR #78) acquired civil, water, and wastewater engineering firm Element Engineering (Lakewood, CO). Read More.

 

7/15/2024
Power services firm Qualus (Cincinnati, OH) acquired PM and engineering firm Linda Rogers & Associates (Sacramento, CA), offering information technology, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity in support of critical power infrastructure and network resiliency and reliability. Read More.

 

7/16/2024
APEX Elevator Inspection & Testing (Collegeville, PA), a firm that offers specialized elevator inspections, joined VDA (East Hanover, NJ), an elevator and escalator consulting firm. Read More. 

 

7/16/2024
Interstate Engineering (Jamestown, ND), a civil engineering, surveying, and planning firm, acquired Landteam (Alexandria, MN), a firm focused on environmental work, private development, construction surveys, and municipal engineering. Read More. 

 

7/16/2024
Design, construction, and operation of mission-critical facilities firm Ehvert Mission Critical (Dallas, TX) joined facilities planning and design firm Salas O’Brien (Irvine, CA) (ENR #39). Read More.

 

7/16/2024
Employee-owned industry leader Terracon (Olathe, KS) (ENR #18) acquired multi-disciplinary firm Harbor Environmental (Little Rock, AR), which provides engineering, compliance, and sustainability services. Read More. 

 

7/17/2024
Industry leader Benesch (Chicago, IL) (ENR #104) acquired landscape architecture, master planning, and green infrastructure services firm Big Muddy Workshop (Omaha, NE), serving communities, public agencies, institutions, and non-profit environmental groups. Read More. 

 

7/17/2024
SWCA Environmental Consultants (Phoenix, AZ) (ENR #107), an environmental and management services firm, acquired River Design Group (Whitefish, MT), an ecosystem and river restoration firm. Read More. 

 

7/18/2024
Pinchin (Mississauga, Canada), an environmental and engineering firm, acquired building and fire code consulting, special inspections, and sustainability advisory services firm CodeGreen Solutions (New York, NY); and Environmental Building Solutions (New York, NY), an indoor air and water quality inspection and consulting services firm. Read More.

 

7/18/2024
LJB (Miamisburg, OH) (ENR #350), a civil, structural engineering, geospatial, safety, and environmental firm, acquired civil engineering and surveying firm Grantham & Associates (Garland, TX), with experience in water & wastewater, transportation, and trail design. Read More.

 

7/18/2024
Employee-owned company Weston & Sampson (Reading, MA) (ENR #142) acquired civil engineering firm MBD Consulting Engineers (Southern Pines, NC), with a focus on water and wastewater treatment, serving the public and private sectors. Read More.

 

7/18/2024
In its second deal of the week, Bowman Consulting Group (Reston, VA) (ENR #78) acquired financial, economic, and management services firm FCS Group (Redmond, WA), focused on public sector entities including utilities, state and local governments, regional agencies, and public safety organizations. Read More. 

 

 

International Transactions:

 

7/10/2024
Forsite Consultants (Salmon Arm, Canada), a forestry services firm, joined Barr GeoSpatial Solutions (Mesquite, TX), a group of companies that offer analytics and remote sensing to help manage and protect natural resources and critical infrastructure. Read More.

 

7/16/2024
ENR’s #22-ranked global design firm, Sweco (Stockholm, Sweden), acquired engineering firm Frilling + Rolfs GmbH (Vechta, Germany), specializing in water management and wastewater treatment. Read More. 

 

7/16/2024
In its second deal of the week, Sweco (Stockholm, Sweden) acquired engineering firm Valstar Simonis BV (The Hague, The Netherlands), focused on circularity and technical installations for sustainability, comfort, and safety in buildings. Read More. 

 

7/17/2024
Wintech Group (Wolverhampton, UK), a façade engineering firm, acquired SDP Consulting Engineers (St. Albans, UK), a structural, civil engineering, and surveying firm. Read More. 

 

7/17/2024
Multi-technical services firm SPIE (Cergy Pontoise Cedex, France), focused on the energy and communications sectors, signed an agreement to acquire Otto Life Science Engineering GmbH (Nürnberg, Germany), an EPC services firm serving pharmaceutical and biotech production facilities and laboratories. Read More. 

 

7/18/2024
The SOCOTEC Group (Yvelines, France) acquired Impulse Geophysics (Bedfordshire, UK), a firm that provides 4K digital video and Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) services. Read More. 

 

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