M&A Activity Report (9/20/21 – 9/26/2021)

Sep 27, 2021

Domestic Transactions:

  • Employee-owned engineering, consulting and construction firm, KSI (Sparks, MD) had acquired Bridging Solutions (Naples, FL). Bridging Solutions is a highly specialized bridge and structural engineering services firm operating in the transportation and land development markets. Link to Details
  • Colliers Engineering & Design (Red Bank, NJ), a national multi-discipline engineering design firm, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to partner with Bergmann (Rochester, NY). Bergmann is an award-winning architectural and engineering firm that offers full-service building, planning and design capabilities. Link to Details
  • United Engineers & Constructors (Mount Laurel, NJ), a leading infrastructure engineering, procurement, construction and consulting company has announced that they will be joining forces with Imperia Engineering Partners, Inc. (Bordentown, NJ). Imperia Engineering Partners is a specialty firm with unique capabilities including a materials engineering and failure analysis laboratory and nuclear engineering programs. Link to Details
  • Applied Sciences Consulting (Tampa, FL), has announced the acquisition of Wide Open Office (Tampa, FL), a landscape architecture, urban design, and community development firm. The acquisition greatly complements Applied Sciences' ongoing climate and resiliency assessments, multi-use facilities planning, and green infrastructure offerings to its clients. Link to Details
  • MNS Engineers, Inc. (Santa Barbara, CA), has announced that Long Point Capital (New York, NY), a private equity firm has acquired an interest in the privately held firm. MNS is a multi-service infrastructure consulting firm offering construction management, civil engineering, and surveying services throughout California. Link to Details
  • Metro Consulting Associates (Plymouth, MI), a multifaceted energy, land, and community development firm, and R2O Consulting (Cleveland, OH), a female-owned engineering and water resources firm, today announced an infrastructure engineering and water resources consulting alliance to help municipalities and public utilities maximize their infrastructure developments. Link to Details
  • Full-service interior design and FF&E procurement firm for the senior living, multi-family and boutique hospitality markets, Banko Design (Marietta, GA) has announced the acquisition of Warner Design Associates (San Mateo, CA). WDA is a senior-living focused, commercial interior design firm. The studio will be called Warner Design Associates - A BD Studio. Link to Details
  • The Lauro Group (Islandia, NY), a commercial land development and real estate consulting firm has announced that they have been acquired by civil engineering firm Phronesis Engineering (Islandia, NY). Link to Details

Global Transactions

  • Leading integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business, RSK Group (Helsby, UK) has announced that it has added two more UK businesses to its thriving portfolio, furthering its strategy to enhance its end-to-end service offerings in the UK. Electrokinetic (Wakefield, UK), who provides innovative solutions for remediating unstable slopes and dewatering slurries and EiB (Birmingham, UK) who provides specialist strategic work-winning support to clients' performance, are the latest companies to join forces with RSK. Link to Details
  • RPMGlobal (Brisbane, Australia) will bolster its in-house Environmental, Social and Governance capabilities after entering into an agreement to acquire environmental consultancy services firm, Blueprint Environmental Strategies (Perth, Australia). Link to Details
  • Utilities, power, renewable energy, upstream and downstream oil & gas industries firm, Nortech Group (Stockton-on-Tees, UK), has been acquired by Nijhuis Saur Industries (Doetinchem, Netherlands). Nijhuis Saur Industries delivers solid and adaptive solutions for sustainable water use, energy and resource recovery. Link to Details
  • Multidisciplinary firm composed of leading experts in structural engineering and design, property damage appraisal, cost consulting and environmental consulting, MBC Group (Calgary, Canada) has announced the acquisition of Walker Projects (Regina, Canada), an industry leading engineering consulting and project management firm. Link to Details
  • Industry leading solutions on complex and high-risk projects, TBH (Tracey Brunstrom & Hammond) (Melbourne, Australia) has announced a new partnership with Acorn Project Advisory (Sydney, Australia) to provide strategic advisory services across Australia, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Link to Details
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