Zweig Group, a full-service AEC management advisory firm, announced its client Morrison-Shipley Engineers has been acquired by Halff Associates, Inc. Morrison-Shipley will do business as Morrison-Shipley Halff.
Jamie Claire Kiser, Zweig Group’s managing principal, served as Morrison-Shipley’s lead advisor on the engagement, with support from senior analyst Andrew Chavez.
"It was a pleasure to be a part of Morrison Shipley’s advisory team,” Chavez said. “We are excited to see what the two firms will accomplish together in the future through this strategic combination."
Morrison-Shipley is an Arkansas-based multidiscipline civil engineering firm under the leadership of Greg Shipley, John Wary, Brian Maurer, and Travis Brisendine. Morrison-Shipley provides civil engineering, land surveying, BIM, aerial mapping, and 3D laser scanning services to private and public sector clients across the South and Midwest.
“Like Halff, our people are the reason Morrison-Shipley Engineers has existed for 25 years,” Greg Shipley, principal of Morrison-Shipley, said. “It was clear from our earliest discussions Halff’s business is grounded in always doing what is best for their people, and I look forward to watching the great things we will accomplish together.”
Halff is an award-winning, employee-owned, multidisciplined professional services firm. For more than 70 years, Halff has provided innovative solutions for clients in Texas and throughout the United States, offering full-service planning, engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, environmental, energy, right of way, and surveying services. Halff has 28 offices in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Florida. Morrison-Shipley, which employs more than 50 people, has offices in Fort Smith, Arkansas; Bentonville, Arkansas; and Frisco, Texas. The firm has extensive experience in the public works, residential, aviation, commercial, and industrial/warehouse development sectors.
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