8/28/2023 – 9/17/2023 M&A Activity Report

Sep 21, 2023

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Domestic Transactions:

9/14/2023

Verdantas (Dublin, OH), an environmental services, sustainable engineering, data analysis, and visualization provider, acquired The Intelligence Group (TIG)/TIG Environmental (Bedminster, NJ), an environmental forensics, remedial cost allocation, data analytics, and contaminated sediments management provider. Link to Details.

 

9/12/2023

Boutique architecture and design firm David Rausch Studio (Zionsville, IN) joined architecture and design firm Luminaut (Cincinnati, OH). Link to Details.

 

9/12/2023

J.S. Held (Jericho, NY), a global consulting firm, acquired Environmental Consultants (Collinsville, IL), a diversified environmental services firm that provides inspection services, industrial hygiene solutions, and environmental testing for the education, healthcare, government, industrial, and commercial markets. Link to Details.

 

9/8/2023

Boswell Engineering (South Hackensack, NJ), a full-service, multidisciplinary engineering firm, merged with Ferriero Engineering (Chester, NJ), a civil engineering and surveying firm. Link to Details.

 

9/7/2023

Architecture, mechanical and electrical engineering, interior design, and landscape architecture design services firm Architectural Resources (Hibbing, MN) merged with full-service architecture, engineering, environmental, and surveying firm Widseth (Baxter, MN). Link to Details.

 

9/7/2023

Full-service economic development, planning, program management, and engineering firm Waggoner Engineering (Jackson, MS) acquired civil and environmental engineering and operations firm Manchac Consulting Group (Baton Rouge, LA). Link to Details.

 

9/6/2023

Full-service consulting, engineering, and construction services firm Atwell (Southfield, MI) acquired the operations of land surveying firm Mead Gilman & Associates (Woodinville, WA). Link to Details.

 

9/5/2023

Civil engineering, environmental, and surveying services firm Pape-Dawson Engineers (San Antonio, TX) partnered with civil engineering and surveying firm Costello (Houston, TX). Link to Details.

 

9/5/2023

TBA Studio (West Monroe, LA), an architecture and design firm, acquired Douglas Architects (San Antonio, TX), an architectural firm. Link to Details.

 

9/5/2023

POWER Engineers (Hailey, ID), an engineering and environmental consulting firm, acquired Earth Environmental and Civil (Rocky Mount, VA), an environmental and civil engineering services firm. Link to Details.

 

9/7/2023

Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) (Orlando, FL), an engineering and consulting firm, acquired Biome Consulting Group (Pensacola, FL), an ecological consulting firm. Link to Details.

 

9/5/2023

Godspeed Capital Management (Washington, D.C.), a lower middle-market defense & government services, solutions, and technology-focused private equity firm, acquired Synalovski Romanik Saye (SRS) Architects (Fort Lauderdale, FL), a full-service design firm specializing in architectural and interior design, planning, development, construction, and contract management services. SRS will join Zyscovich, Inc., an architecture and design brand operating within Stratus, Godspeed’s multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, and consulting platform. Link to Details.

 

9/5/2023

Analysis, design, and management specialist for beaches, bluffs, and estuaries in the Puget Sound region Coastal Geologic Services (Bellingham, WA) joined environmental engineering firm Natural Systems Design (Seattle, WA). Link to Details.

 

9/1/2023

WiSEngineers (Brentwood, TN), a consulting firm specializing in structural engineering and design, joined Bennett & Pless (Atlanta, GA), a structural engineering firm. Link to Details.

 

9/1/2023

Elliot Engineering (Lexington, KY), an arc flash studies, testing, and commissioning services, systems protection and control, and substation and field engineering services provider and member of Davis H. Elliot Company, acquired Wells Engineering (Florence, KY), a power systems engineering firm. Link to Details.

 

8/29/2023

Abramson Architects (Los Angeles, CA), an architecture and interior design firm, acquired Moon Mayoras Architects (San Diego, CA), a firm that specializes in healthcare architecture. Link to Details.

 

8/28/2023

Grovecourt Capital Partners (West Palm Beach, FL), a private equity firm, acquired Traffic & Mobility Consultants (Orlando, FL), an engineering firm specializing in transportation planning and traffic engineering. Link to Details.

 

8/26/2023

Multidisciplinary architecture and planning design services firms The RBA Group (Charlotte, NC) and MEND Design Collaborative (Charlotte, NC) announced the formation of a long-term strategic collaboration between the two firms. Link to Details.

 

8/25/2023

Full-service, multidisciplinary consulting firm LJA Engineering (Houston, TX) acquired engineering, planning, and surveying firm Donald W. McIntosh Associates (Winter Park, FL). Link to Details.

 

8/25/2023

Garmann Miller (Minster, OH), a multidisciplinary architectural and engineering firm, acquired Gilbert Architects (Lancaster, PA), a full-service architectural firm that plans and designs educational facilities. Link to Details.

 

8/25/2023

Weston & Sampson (Reading, MA), an engineering, construction, and operations firm, acquired Brooker Engineering (Suffern, NY), a structural engineering, site development, infrastructure, municipal planning and zoning, and FEMA floodplain analysis provider. Link to Details.

 

8/24/2023

Fibersmith (Blooming Prairie, MN), an engineering, fiber network design, and software services provider for U.S. broadband providers, acquired Joseph D. Fail Engineering (Bay Springs, MS), a telecommunications industry-focused engineering firm. Link to Details.

 

Global Transactions:

9/12/2023

Architecture firm Access Architects (Mumbai, India) acquired master planning, architecture, and interior design firm Yann Leroy Design & Planning (Bangkok, Thailand), forming AXS Designs, an architectural solutions firm for hotels, luxury condominiums, super luxury villas, healthcare, and office buildings. Link to Details.

 

9/11/2023

LaBella Associates (Rochester, NY), an architecture, engineering, environmental, and planning firm, acquired Kiloh Associates (Glasgow, UK), a multidisciplinary engineering firm specializing in civil, structural, geotechnical, and environmental services. Link to Details.

 

9/11/2023

Expanding its nuclear consultancy team, Hydrock (Bristol, UK), an integrated engineering design, energy, and sustainability consulting firm, acquired 3T Safety Consultants (Warrington, UK), a consulting firm that provides safety and risk management services to the nuclear industry. Link to Details.

 

9/5/2023

Sweco (Stockholm, Sweden), an engineering and architectural firm, acquired OJ Rådgivende Ingeniører (Horsens, Denmark), an engineering firm for the residential, healthcare, social housing, industrial, offices, and education markets. Link to Details.

 

9/5/2023

Facilities management and professional services company Mitie Group (London, UK) acquired engineering services and construction firm JCA Engineering (Stevenage, UK). Link to Details.

 

9/1/2023

TAUW (Deventer, The Netherlands), an engineering and environmental consulting firm, acquired GeoZICHT (Utrecht, The Netherlands), a drone-based services specialist. Link to Details.

 

8/30/2023

Asset management and geographic information systems (GIS) solutions provider and software developer VertiGIS (London, UK) acquired geoinformation systems specialist software firm ibR Gesellschaft für Geoinformation mbH (Bonn, Germany). Link to Details.

 

8/28/2023

Multidisciplinary building consulting firm ORS (Dublin, Ireland) acquired fire safety and disability access consulting firm GSP Fire (Waterford, Ireland). Link to Details.

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