M&A Update - Atlas closes Alta Vista acquisition; Twelve deals this week

295 U.S. DEALS

LATEST 12 MONTHS

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LATEST 12 MONTHS

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M&A Update - Atlas closes Alta Vista acquisition; Twelve deals this week

HEADLINE TRANSACTION

SEPT 2020: Industry leader Atlas Technical Consultants (Austin, TX) (Nasdaq: ATCX) closed on its previously announced acquisition of Alta Vista Solutions (Oakland, CA), a key provider of transportation-related testing and inspection services. Link to details >

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M&A TRANSACTIONS

10/1/2020

Pioneering and innovative AEG and strategic consulting firm Woolpert (Dayton, OH) (ENR #72) acquired Jviation (Denver, CO), an airport planning, survey, architecture, engineering, and construction management firm. Link to details >

9/29/2020

Industry leader Tetra Tech (Pasadena, CA) (ENR #4) further expanded its advanced analytics business with the addition of information technology services firm BlueWater Federal Solutions (Chantilly, VA). Link to details >

9/29/2020

Multi-discipline AE firm Parkhill (Lubbock, TX) (ENR #249) announced that civil engineering firm Cardinal Engineering (Norman, OK) joined Parkhill. Link to details >

9/30/2020

In the firm's second deal of the week, Parkhill (Lubbock, TX) (ENR #249) announced that surveying group Lemke Land Surveying (Norman, OK) joined Parkhill, bringing highly specialized expertise in land surveying and geospatial mapping. Link to details >

9/30/2020

CAI Capital Partners (Vancouver, Canada) invested in CMT Engineering Laboratories (West Valley City, UT), a provider of civil and geotechnical engineering services, including land surveying, construction materials testing, and inspection. Link to details >

10/1/2020

Southland Holdings (Roanoke, TX) acquired American Bridge Company (Coraopolis, PA), a global provider of complex civil engineering, bridge construction and rehabilitation, marine construction, and specialty structures. Link to details >

10/1/2020

ENR's #34 ranked global design firm, Hatch (Mississauga, Canada), and rail engineering specialist LTK (Ambler, PA) confirmed that they are in the final stages of negotiating an integration of the two firms. Link to details >

9/28/2020

S&B Infrastructure (Houston, TX) acquired the domestic and international fuels business of ENR's #175 ranked environmental firm Cape Environmental Management (Norcross, GA). Link to details >

9/25/2020

One of the industry's most prolific buyers, J.S. Held (Jericho, NY), expanded its global construction advisory practice with the acquisition of construction consulting firm Examine Construction Consultants (Montreal, Canada). Link to details >

10/1/2020

Global engineering and design firm Stantec (Edmonton, Canada) (ENR #8) acquired Teshmont (Winnipeg, Canada), an electrical engineering consulting company specializing in high voltage power transmission and distribution engineering. Link to details >

9/24/2020

Cuthbert Environmental (Cork, Ireland) joined ByrneLooby (Dublin, Ireland), an international engineering consultancy that provides engineering solutions to water, infrastructure, marine, building, and energy projects. Link to details >

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