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  • April M&A Transactions in AEC

    April M&A Transactions in AEC

    May 01, 2026

    Zweig Group is the leading advisory firm for the AEC industry, providing expert guidance across the entire M&A lifecycle. With deep industry knowledge and decades of experience, we help firms navigate transactions, maximize value, and...

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  • March M&A Transactions in AEC

    March M&A Transactions in AEC

    March 18, 2026

    Zweig Group is the leading advisory firm for the AEC industry, providing expert guidance across the entire M&A lifecycle.

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  • January M&A Transactions in AEC

    January M&A Transactions in AEC

    January 21, 2026

      Zweig Group is the leading advisory firm for the AEC industry, providing expert guidance across the entire M&A lifecycle. With deep industry knowledge and decades of experience, we help firms navigate transactions, maximize value,...

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  • April M&A Transactions in AEC

    April M&A Transactions in AEC

    April 30, 2025

    March 21 – NV5 (Hollywood, FL) acquired CRS Survey (Albemarle, NC), a transportation and land development surveying firm. The move strengthens NV5’s mapping and data collection capabilities for infrastructure projects in the southeastern U.S. [More...

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  • February M&A Transactions in AEC

    February M&A Transactions in AEC

    March 04, 2025

    February 1 - IMEG Corp. (Rock Island, IL) acquired Warner Larson Landscape Architects (Boston, MA), a firm specializing in Architecture, expanding its capabilities in landscape architecture and site design and strengthening its presence in civic,...

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 7/29/24-8/4/24

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 7/29/24-8/4/24

    August 02, 2024

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team...

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  • LLCs vs. corporations

    LLCs vs. corporations

    March 10, 2024 | Mark C Zweig

    By Mark Zweig | LLCs are often ill-suited for growing AEC firms, leading to legal entanglements and hindrances later on.

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  • Navigating corporate strategy

    Navigating corporate strategy

    December 31, 2023 | Travis White

    By Travis White | Effective corporate strategy requires defining a direction, fostering collaboration, and leveraging strengths for diversification.

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  • M&A Activity Report (9/18/2023 - 10/8/2023)

    M&A Activity Report (9/18/2023 - 10/8/2023)

    October 10, 2023

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here.   Domestic...

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  • M&A Activity Report 1/31/2022 - 2/6/2022

    M&A Activity Report 1/31/2022 - 2/6/2022

    February 07, 2022

      Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here. -...

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  • The working capital problem

    The working capital problem

    October 24, 2021

    By Mark Zweig | The AEC industry is facing unprecedented demand for what we do. If there was ever a time to say that slow-paying clients are not acceptable, it is now.

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  • M&A Activity Report (9/27/21 – 10/03/2021)

    M&A Activity Report (9/27/21 – 10/03/2021)

    October 06, 2021

    Domestic Transactions: Burgess & Niple (Columbus, OH) has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase CMA Engineering, Inc. (Austin, TX). CMA provides land development and civil engineering services focused on utility design in the central...

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  • A chance to learn: Bruce Herrington

    A chance to learn: Bruce Herrington

    July 11, 2021

    By Liisa Andreassen | President of Line Scale Form (Birmingham, AL), a firm with a goal of providing clients with designs that are exceptional and practical – visually, fiscally, and functionally.

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  • Is an ESOP right for your firm?

    Is an ESOP right for your firm?

    October 25, 2020

    If your firm has the following characteristics, the more likely an ESOP is a good and viable option for your firm.

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  • Understanding ESOPs (part 5)

    Understanding ESOPs (part 5)

    February 24, 2020

    ESOPs are becoming an increasingly common tool for succession planning among AEC firms.

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  • The growth guy: Peter Stevens

    The growth guy: Peter Stevens

    June 03, 2019

    President of JCJ Architecture, a local, national, and global architecture, planning, and interior design firm based in Hartford, Connecticut.

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  • Six critical elements of AEC firm ownership transition

    Six critical elements of AEC firm ownership transition

    May 15, 2019

    Ownership transition is a complex and ever-changing problem for the majority of AEC firms. No two firms are alike – so no universal formula or methodology will work in every situation. Creators of internal ownership...

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  • Understanding ESOPs (Part 2)

    Understanding ESOPs (Part 2)

    April 29, 2019

    For S-corps and C-corps, ESOPs offer different, but significant, tax benefits to both the selling shareholder and the surviving company.

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  • ESOP ebullience

    ESOP ebullience

    August 20, 2018

    Employee stock ownership plans are rewarding for your staff, allow for continuity, and can enhance a firm’s culture and legacy. Editor’s note: Wintrust Commercial Banking is a sponsor of the 2018 Hot Firm + A/E...

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  • Positive trends

    Positive trends

    July 23, 2018

    By Kyle Ahern | This year’s group of Best and Hot Firms provides a treasure trove of information across thousands of data points, from employees up to the C-suite.

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  • Nearly all boards are tasked with these duties

    Nearly all boards are tasked with these duties

    October 27, 2017

    What are some of the duties and responsibilities of the typical board in an A/E firm? An excerpt from A/E Board of Directors Manual The board described below, for most A/E Firms, falls somewhere between...

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  • Paying people properly

    September 09, 2016

    Finding and keeping good people is getting increasingly difficult. Paying people properly – it’s one of those areas that is a constant issue for those who own and run a business – is essential if...

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  • Zweig Group announces Corporate Tax Advisors as 2016 Hot Firm and A/E Industry Awards Conference Sponsor

    March 10, 2016

    FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (March 10, 2016) – Zweig Group announces Corporate Tax Advisors, Inc. (CTA) as a sponsor of the 2016 Hot Firm and A/E Industry Awards Conference held on September 22-23, 2016, at the Arizona...

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  • Management Sampler

    May 05, 1997

    Every once in awhile I feel compelled to unload a few disconnected thoughts that might be of value to our readers. This is one of those times: Company cars: When it comes to picking company...

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