M&A Activity Report for the week of 7/18/2022 – 7/24/2022

Jul 25, 2022

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Domestic Transactions:

7/19/2022

Engineering firm The Mannik & Smith Group (MSG) (Maumee, OH) announced a strategic partnership with Trilon Group (Denver, CO), a firm that partners with infrastructure consulting businesses specializing in transportation, water, utilities, environment, and community infrastructure.  Link to Details.

 

7/18/2022

Multidisciplinary consulting firm Bowman (Reston, VA) acquired Project Design Consultants (PDC) (San Diego, CA), a civil engineering, surveying, planning, and landscape architecture firm. Link to Details.

 

7/18/2022

Terracon (Olathe, KS), an engineering consulting services company, acquired full-service subsurface drilling services firm Drilling Engineers (Fort Collins, CO).  Link to Details.

 

7/19/2022

Expanding its Southern California transportation services, David Evans and Associates (Portland, OR), a professional services consulting firm, acquired Civil Works Engineers (Costa Mesa, CA), a professional civil engineering consulting firm that specializes in transportation engineering, traffic engineering design, drainage engineering, and civil site improvements. Link to Details.

 

7/18/2022

To grow its Southeast reach and services offered, Ardurra Group (Tampa, FL), a consulting and engineering services firm, acquired and merged with water/wastewater and public works company 300 Engineering Group (Miami, FL). Link to Details.

 

7/19/2022

Lower middle-market defense & government services, solutions, and technology-focused private equity firm Godspeed Capital (Washington, D.C.) and its strategic platform, Huckabee Architects (Fort Worth, TX), sent a letter to acquire project and construction management firm Hill International (Philadelphia, PA).  Link to Details.

 

7/15/2022

Civil engineering, surveying, planning, and landscape architecture firm Christopher Consultants (Fairfax, VA) joined IMEG Corp. (Rock Island, IL). Link to Details.

 

7/20/2022

Adding to its growing Architectural, Engineering, and Construction Services group, global engineering and technical consulting services provider Rimkus Consulting Group (Houston, TX) acquired environmental services firm Contour Environmental (Acworth, GA). Link to Details.

 

7/19/2022

‘Deep green’ architecture, planning, design, and product design firm McLennan Design (Bainbridge Island, WA) merged with Perkins&Will (Chicago, IL), the world’s second-largest architecture and design firm. Link to Details.

 

7/18/2022

Civil engineering consulting firm CDG (Andalusia, AL) acquired full-service engineering consulting firm Shield Engineering (Charlotte, NC). Link to Details.

 

7/14/2022

Manhard Consulting (Lincolnshire, IL), a national civil engineering and surveying company acquired Realsearch of Texas (Godley, TX), a DFW-based surveying firm. Link to Details.

 

7/18/2022

Land surveying and field management services provider Exacta Land Surveyors (Cleveland, OH) acquired residential and commercial survey services provider H&H Survey Consultants (Oviedo, FL). Link to Details.

 

7/19/2022

In its first United States acquisition, offshore wind energy services company Venterra Group (Sheffield, UK) acquired marine environmental consultancy INSPIRE Environmental (Newport, RI). Link to Details.

 

Global Transactions:

7/18/2022

Arcadis (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), a leading global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets, acquired IBI Group (Toronto, Canada), a global technology-driven design company specializing in global architecture, engineering, planning, and technology. Link to Details.

 

7/21/2022

Specialized global consulting firm J.S. Held (Jericho, NY) acquired forensic engineering firm Kodsi Forensic Engineering (Ontario, Canada), which specializes in accident reconstruction services. Link to Details.

 

6/28/2022

Expanding its logistics and labs expertise, design firm VK Architects + Engineers (Brussels, Belgium) acquired consulting and engineering firm Van Looy Group (Antwerp, Belgium) that specializes in designing logistics projects. Link to Details.

 

7/19/2022

Anthesis (London, UK), the world’s largest group of sustainability experts, acquired specialist power engineering consultancy Padd Energy (Harrogate, UK). Link to Details.

 

7/18/2022

Working toward its goal of becoming a major mass transit, rail, and roads project solutions provider across Australia, international engineering and technology firm SENER (Getxo, Spain) acquired Tactix Group (Sydney, Australia), a transport and infrastructure project execution and resource management consultancy. Link to Details.

 

7/15/2022

KSN Project Management (Dublin, Ireland), a project management and construction consultancy, acquired multidisciplinary construction and property-related firm Helix Building Consultancy (Glasgow, UK) Link to Details.

 

7/15/2022

St. Quentin Consulting (Geelong, Australia), a civil engineering company, merged with property advisory services firm Charter Keck Cramer (Melbourne, Australia) Link to Details.

 

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