M&A Update - Deals in MI, PA, CA and abroad; U.S. M&A down just 1%

300 U.S. DEALS

LATEST 12 MONTHS

417* GLOBAL DEALS

LATEST 12 MONTHS

*Including U.S. deals

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

M&A Update - Deals in MI, PA, CA and abroad; U.S. M&A down just 1%

COMMENTARY & INSIGHT

U.S. design and environmental M&A continues to rebound in the fourth quarter of 2020 with deals down just 1% year-over-year. Access the Fourth Quarter U.S. M&A Symposium recordings to learn more about how industry deal-making has changed as a result of the pandemic and what lies ahead for the balance of the year and 2021.

M&A TRANSACTIONS

10/29/2020

Barr Engineering Co. (Minneapolis, MN) (ENR #100) acquired King & MacGregor Environmental (Grand Rapids, MI), expanding its environmental capabilities and water resources practice in Michigan and beyond. Link to details >

10/23/2020

Environmental consulting firm ALL4 (Kimberton, PA) further strengthened its environmental, healthy, and safety consulting expertise with the acquisition of Environmental Strategy Consultants (Philadelphia, PA). Link to details >

10/20/2020

19six Architects (San Luis Obispo, CA), one of the oldest architectural firms in California, announced that education market specialist MADI Group (San Jose, CA) has joined its team. Link to details >

10/27/2020

Day & Zimmermann (Philadelphia, PA) (ENR #239), a family-owned provider of construction, engineering, maintenance, staffing, and defense solutions, acquired EMC Power Canada (Kincardine, Canada). Link to details >

10/20/2020

Private equity firm Vaaka Partners (Helsinki, Finland) acquired a majority stake in engineering and consulting firm AINS Group (Espoo, Finland). Link to details >

10/22/2020

Transportation planning consultancy ITP (Birmingham, UK) joined ENR's #59 ranked global design firm, Royal HaskoningDHV (Amersfoort, Netherlands). Link to details >

10/23/2020

In the firm's second announced deal of the week, Royal HaskoningDHV (Amersfoort, Netherlands) acquired Novius, a management consultancy specializing in strategic business transformation (Langbroek, Netherlands). Link to details >

10/22/2020

Global environmental and advisory consultancy SLR (Aylesbury, UK) acquired planning and development consultancy KDC (Newcastle, Australia). Link to details >

10/22/2020

Multi-disciplinary environmental, engineering, and mining consultancy Wardell Armstrong (Stoke-on-Trent, UK) acquired the business and assets of Archaeological Solutions (Bury St Edmunds, UK), an independent archaeological practice. Link to details >

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