M&A Update – M&A up 32 percent; deals in TX, NC, WI, VA, NY, VA & WA

414 U.S. DEALS

LATEST 12 MONTHS

32%

620* GLOBAL DEALS

LATEST 12 MONTHS

44%

*Including U.S. deals

Percentages represent latest twelve months year-over-year increase or decrease in deal activity.

M&A Update – M&A up 32 percent; deals in TX, NC, WI, VA, NY, VA & WA

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DOMESTIC TRANSACTIONS

11/30/2021

Leading engineering, planning, and construction firm KCI (Sparks, MD) (ENR #48) acquired Civil Engineering Consultants (San Antonio, TX), a civil engineering, construction management, and surveying firm. Link to details >

12/1/2021

Architecture and design firm Eppstein Uhen Architects (Milwaukee, WI) (ENR #303) merged with Performa (DePere, WI), a consulting firm that offers planning, architecture, interior design, and engineering services. Link to details >

11/29/2021

Rimkus Consulting Group (Houston, TX), a forensic engineering and technical consulting services firm, acquired Loss Management Solutions (Southlake, TX), a property restoration, remediation oversite, and building reconstruction consulting firm.

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12/1/2021

Architecture and design firm Shepley Bulfinch (Boston, MA) acquired PARC design lab (Durham, NC), a boutique architecture, interior design, and planning services firm.

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11/30/2021

Civil engineering, geotechnical, environmental, and surveying firm Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams (Henrico, VA) acquired Blakeway Corporation (Virginia Beach, VA), an engineering firm that offers planning, surveying, environmental, CM, and permitting services. Link to details >

11/29/2021

Milrose Consultants (New York, NY), a consulting firm focused on mission-critical building compliance services, acquired Special Inspection Services Engineering (Bohemia, NY), an inspection and construction consulting firm. Link to details >

11/5/2021

Wright Service Corp. (West Des Moines, IA), a vegetation management, forest management, and reforestation services firm, acquired Transcon Environmental (Mesa, AZ), an environmental planning and consulting firm. Link to details >

11/30/2021

Deep Isolation (Berkeley, CA), a nuclear waste storage and disposal services firm, acquired Freestone Environmental Services (Richland, WA), an environmental site characterization, planning and remediation, and water resources services firm.

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GLOBAL TRANSACTIONS

11/30/2021

ENR's #31 ranked global design firm, Hatch (Mississauga, Canada), acquired Lindsay Dynan Consulting Engineers (Sydney, Australia), an engineering firm with experience in the transportation, infrastructure, and natural resources markets. Link to details >

12/1/2021

ENR's #93 ranked global design firm, IBI Group (Toronto, Canada), acquired Teranis Consulting (Vancouver, Canada), a scientific and environmental consulting firm specializing in environmental investigation, remediation, and risk assessment.

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11/19/2021

ENR's #20 ranked global design firm, AFRY (Stockholm, Sweden), signed an agreement to acquire Vivento AS (Lysaker, Norway), a digital project management and business architecture consulting firm. Link to details >

12/2/2021

Specialty engineering and environmental services firm Englobe (Quebec City, Canada) acquired MPE (Lethbridge, Canada), an engineering firm that focuses on municipal engineering, water resources, and building services. Link to details >

12/1/2021

Western Project Services (Bathurst, Australia), a project management services business specializing in the transportation market, joined environmental consulting and services firm RSK Group (Helsby, UK). Link to details >

11/24/2021

Engineering firm IVICSA (Valencia, Spain) and architecture studio Cosmos Architecture (Madrid, Spain) joined forces to create a new company called Cosmos Ivicsa (Madrid, Spain), an international collective team of architects, engineers, and consultants.

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11/30/2021

Dillon Consulting Limited (Toronto, Canada), a planning, engineering, environmental science, and management firm, acquired Counterpoint Engineering (Vaughan, Canada), a consulting firm that specializes in urban renewal and land development.

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11/25/2021

AE firm Obermeyer Helika (Prague, Czech Republic), a member of Obermeyer Group (Munich, Germany), acquired 100% of the business shares of architecture studio CASUA (Prague, Czech Republic). Link to details >

UPCOMING EVENTS

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!

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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