Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: January 31

This week Morrissey Goodale reported seven deals in the U.S. and one international deal involving companies from the United Kingdom.

By Morrissey Goodale January 31, 2020

This week Morrissey Goodale reported seven deals in the U.S. and one international deal involving companies from the United Kingdom.

M&A Transactions

1/20/2020

GFA International (Delray Beach, FL) and Universal Engineering Sciences (Orlando, FL) announced their merger. The move creates a significant player in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic markets for geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, construction materials testing and inspections, building code compliance, and facilities consulting. Link to details

1/23/2020

Affluence Corporation (Chicago, IL), a diversified 5G telecom infrastructure company, acquired RAS Engineering (Miami, FL) a telecom infrastructure engineering company. Link to details

1/30/2020

Mountain, Ltd. (New Gloucester, ME), a division of staffing and workforce solutions firm System One (Pittsburgh, PA), acquired Level 5 Consulting Engineers (Garden Ridge, TX). Level 5 provides architectural and engineering services to wireless telecommunication companies. Link to details

1/27/2020

Forensic engineering specialist Rimkus Consulting Group (Houston, TX) acquired Brashear Construction Consulting (Pittsburgh, PA). Link to details

1/15/2020

RLG Consulting Engineers (Dallas, TX) acquired ATSE Consultants (Peoria, IL), a professional design firm that specializes in structural design and analysis of new and existing structures. Link to details

1/7/2020

Structural engineering firms Bennett & Pless (Atlanta, GA) and Carpenter Wright Engineers (Nashville, TN) merged. The combined entity will maintain offices in seven locations across the Southeast. Link to details

1/27/2020

Full-service architecture and civil engineering firm Ackerman-Estvold (Minot, ND) merged with architecture and planning firm Anderson Wade & Whitty (Minot, ND). Link to details

1/30/2020

Infrastructure engineering group Renew Holdings (Leeds, UK) acquired Agger Ltd. (Staffordshire, UK), a provider of specialist engineering services to the UK’s strategic highway network. Link to details