Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: January 8

This week Morrissey Goodale reported eight deals in the United States and four international deals involving companies from the U.S., France, Brazil, U.K., and Canada.

By Morrissey Goodale January 8, 2016

This week Morrissey Goodale reported eight deals in the United States and four international deals involving companies from the U.S., France, Brazil, U.K., and Canada.

M&A Transactions

1/4/2016

Marvin Stein Associates (Seattle, WA) has reached an agreement to join operations with design firm NELSON (Philadelphia, PA) (ENR #182). Marvin Stein Associates is a planning and interior design firm specializing in tenant improvement design as well as interior architecture for commercial buildings in the Puget Sound area. Link to details 

1/6/2016

SCST (San Diego, CA) acquired Talentscale, LLC (Temecula, CA), another service-disabled veteran-owned firm that provides staffing and long-term contractual labor solutions. SCST offers geotechnical engineering, environmental science and engineering, special inspection and materials testing, and facilities consulting services. Link to details 

12/31/2015

Consolidated Engineering Inc. (CEI) (Lynnville, IN) merged with Hodge Structural Engineers (HSE) (Evansville, IN), a structural engineering consulting firm that provides engineering services for buildings, towers and tanks, among others. CEI offers design, installation, alteration, maintenance, and analysis of antenna towers throughout the United States. Link to details 

1/6/2016

Bureau Veritas (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) (ENR #34) acquired NCC (Campinas, Brazil), a provider of product certification services for electrical and electronic products in the medical, telecoms, consumer, industrial, and automotive sectors. Bureau Veritas is a laboratory testing, inspection, and certification services firm. Link to details 

1/5/2016

WYG (Leeds, UK) acquired Signet Planning Limited (Harrogate, UK) to expand its planning and urban & landscape design offering across the UK. WYG is a global project management and technical consultancy. Link to details 

1/5/2016

Global energy services company, Shawcor (Toronto, Canada) acquired Lake Superior Consulting (Duluth, MN), a professional services firm that specializes in pipeline engineering and integrity management services to major pipeline operators. Link to details