401 U.S. DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS
29%
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604* GLOBAL DEALS
LATEST 12 MONTHS
41%
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*Including U.S. deals
Percentages represent latest twelve months year-over-year increase or decrease in deal activity.
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M&A Update – Headline deals in FL and AZ; U.S. M&A up 29%
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HIGHLIGHTED TRANSACTION #1
NOV 2021: The HFW Companies (St. Louis, MO), a newly formed platform and partnership focused on investing in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction services firms, announced its first member firm -- Miller Legg (Fort Lauderdale, FL), an award-winning engineering, design, and planning services firm. Link to details >
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HIGHLIGHTED TRANSACTION #2
NOV 2021: One of the most prolific acquirers in the AE industry, Ardurra Group (Tampa, FL) (ENR #190), acquired and merged with Ritoch-Powell & Associates (Phoenix, AZ), a civil engineering and surveying firm specializing in transportation, public works, renewable energy, and private development projects.
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COMMENTARY & INSIGHT
If you missed our Texas M&A Symposium in October and want to catch up on the latest M&A trends, deal multiples, and post-pandemic best practices for buyers, sellers, and integrators, you can sign up to purchase the Symposium recording >
DOMESTIC TRANSACTIONS
11/9/2021
Fast-growing Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) (Orlando, FL) (ENR #85) signed an agreement to acquire Alpha Testing (Dallas, TX) (ENR #288), a geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, environmental engineering, and drilling services firm. Link to details >
11/3/2021
Nelson\Nygaard (San Francisco, CA), a specialized transportation and mobility firm, acquired Connetics Transportation Group (Atlanta, GA), a transportation planning firm that serves the public transit, local, and state transportation markets. Link to details >
11/5/2021
Engineering, environmental, surveying, and landscape architecture firm PVE (Sewickley, PA) acquired TEC Engineering (Hartford, CT), a structural engineering and claim investigating services firm that serves the building industry. Link to details >
11/3/2021
Hafer (Evansville, IN), an architecture, engineering, interior design, and landscape architecture firm, acquired HMB Architects (Carbondale, IL), a firm that specializes in architectural programming, master planning, and architectural, landscape, and interior design. Link to details >
11/10/2021
A&M Engineering and Environmental Services (Tulsa, OK), a compliance, engineering, design, construction, and remediation services firm, acquired Environmental Technologies Group (Eugene, OR), an environmental firm with experience in due diligence, site investigation, remediation, and site closure. Link to details >
11/10/2021
Boutique landscape architecture firm Intreegue Design (Elkridge, MD) acquired Donovan Feola Balderson & Associates (Gaithersburg, MD), a landscape architecture and site planning firm. Link to details >
GLOBAL TRANSACTIONS
10/27/2021
ENR's #20 ranked global design firm, AFRY (Stockholm, Sweden), signed an agreement to acquire Trivalo AB (Stockholm, Sweden), a data-driven asset management firm that offers third-party enterprise asset management systems, IBM Maximo and IFS, and analytic software. Link to details >
11/9/2021
ENR's #14 ranked environmental firm, ERM (London, UK), acquired Stratos (Ottawa, Canada), a management consultancy focused exclusively on ESG and sustainability.
11/7/2021
Global environmental and advisory consultancy SLR (Aylesbury, UK) acquired environmental management firm 360 Environmental (West Leederville, Australia).
11/8/2021
Environmental consulting and services firm RSK Group (Helsby, UK) acquired four business across the environmental services sector: Carbon Zero Consulting (Oakham, UK), Envireau Water (Melbourne, UK), Enviroflow (Leeds, UK), and Streetwise (Birstall, UK). Link to details >
11/9/2021
Architectural practice Corstorphine & Wright (Warwick, UK) merged with West Hart Partnership (Tamworth, UK), an architecture firm with extensive experience in the health care sector. Link to details >
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JAN 19-20, 2022
SOUTHEAST STATES M&A SYMPOSIUM
Miami, FL
Reserve your cabana in sunny Miami this January. And while you're there learn all about A/E industry M&A and network with prospective buyers, sellers and investors!
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JUNE 8-9, 2022
WESTERN STATES M&A SYMPOSIUM
San Francisco, CA
If you are an A/E firm leader interested in expanding into the West through acquisition, or you are based in the West and considering a sale or merger, this is the event for you.
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Engineering Influence Podcast - M&A UPDATE FOR THE DESIGN INDUSTRY
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