M&A Update – New England firms merge; M&A up 26 percent

393 U.S. DEALS

LATEST 12 MONTHS

26%

587* GLOBAL DEALS

LATEST 12 MONTHS

35%

*Including U.S. deals

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

M&A Update – New England firms merge; M&A up 26 percent

HIGHLIGHTED TRANSACTION

OCT 2021: Civil Engineering, land planning, and land surveying firm DiPrete Engineering (Cranston, RI) and Andrews Surveying & Engineering (Uxbridge, MA) merged, creating one of the largest land surveying operations in Southern New England. Link to details >

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DOMESTIC TRANSACTIONS

10/28/2021

Architecture, engineering, environmental, and planning firm LaBella Associates (Rochester, NY) (ENR #163) acquired Odell Associates (Charlotte, NC), an architecture firm. Link to details >

10/28/2021

Colliers Engineering & Design (Red Bank, NJ) (ENR #109) acquired Northern Survey Engineering (Brunswick, ME), a surveying firm that serves residential clients, commercial developers, construction companies, consulting firms, large-scale energy infrastructure, and utility owners. Link to details >

10/27/2021

Industry icon Tetra Tech (Pasadena, CA) (ENR #4) acquired Enterprise Automation (Irvine, CA), a provider of digital water transformation consulting services, including control systems integration, automation, advanced data analytics, platform virtualization, and cyber security. Link to details >

10/22/2021

BCC Engineering (Miami, FL) (ENR #223) and Heath & Lineback Engineers (Marietta, GA), a transportation infrastructure engineering firm, have merged. BCC provides planning, design, and construction management services for civil, structural, and transportation related engineering projects. Link to details >

10/27/2021

Civil engineering firm TREKK Design Group (Kansas City, MO) acquired Access Engineering (St. Louis, MO), a provider of civil, transportation, traffic, wastewater, and stormwater and drainage engineering and construction inspection services. Link to details >

GLOBAL TRANSACTIONS

10/25/2021

ENR's #20 ranked global design firm, AFRY (Stockholm, Sweden), acquired Vahanen Group (Espoo, Finland), a multidisciplinary consulting company focused on the construction and real estate sectors. Link to details >

UPCOMING EVENTS

JAN 19-20, 2022

SOUTHEAST STATES M&A SYMPOSIUM

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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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