Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: June 5

This week Morrissey Goodale reported four deals in the United States and seven international deals involving companies from Spain, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia, The Netherlands and France.

By Morrissey Goodale June 5, 2015

This week Morrissey Goodale reported four deals in the United States and seven international deals involving companies from Spain, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia, The Netherlands and France.

 

M&A Transactions

6/2/2015

Leading provider of environmental, geotechnical, materials, and facilities services, Terracon Consultants (Olathe, KS) (ENR #35) acquired AQS Environmental (Omaha, NE), an air quality consulting firm with experience solving mold, asbestos, lead-based paint, indoor air quality, and radon issues. Link to details

6/2/2015

Pritzker Group Private Capital (Chicago, IL) acquired ENTACT (Grapevine, TX), a provider of environmental remediation services to the private sector. Pritzker acquired ENTACT, ENR’s #63 ranked environmental firm, from Austin Ventures and TGF Management. Link to details

6/2/2015

Engineering and technology group, SENER (Las Arenas, Spain) acquired 100% of Estudio de Ingeniería y Proyectos, S.A. (EIPSA) (Madrid, Spain), a firm that specializes in structural engineering. Link to details

6/1/2015

Sport and entertainment architecture and design practice, Populous (Kansas City, MO) (ENR #105) merged with Jump Studios (London, UK), an architecture and interior design practice. Link to details

6/1/2015

ENR’s #33 ranked global design firm, AF Consulting (Stockholm, Sweden) acquired all shares of EQC Group (Borlänge, Sweden), an engineering group operating in the construction, civil engineering, and industrial sectors. Link to details

6/1/2015

GHD (Sydney, Australia) (ENR #27) has merged with GHA Livigunn (Frodsham, UK), a multidisciplinary, consulting engineering business serving the water, nuclear, power, waste, bioenergy and chemical sectors. GHD is a leading engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services firm. Link to details

6/1/2015

Provider of services for sustainable engineering and design, Sweco (Stockholm, Sweden) acquired Grontmij (De Bilt, Netherlands), a provider of consultancy, design and engineering, and management services for the built and natural environment. Sweco is ENR’s #34 ranked global design firm and Grontmij is the #41 ranked global design firm. Link to details

6/1/2015

Consulting and engineering firm, Grontmij (De Bilt, Netherlands) signed an agreement to sell all of its remaining French activities to RKO Management and Investment (Amsterdam, Netherlands). The divestment of the remaining French activities of Grontmij comprise of a number of medium and smaller sized businesses. Link to details

5/26/2015

Ingérop (Courbevoie, France) (ENR #145) acquired the engineering division of High-Point Rendel (London, UK) and rebranded it Rendel Limited. Ingérop provides engineering and consulting services for sustainable mobility, energy transition, and the living environment. Link to details

5/22/2015

Full-service consulting engineering firm serving the public and private sectors, LJA Engineering (Houston, TX) (ENR #145) acquired RVE, Inc. (Corpus Christi, TX), a provider of engineering, design and surveying services to the public and to other professional design firms. Link to details

6/1/2015

Environmental services firm, The Catena Group (Hillsborough, NC) joined Three Oaks Engineering (Durham, NC), a woman-owned company focused on helping clients accomplish infrastructure projects with careful consideration of community and environmental needs. Link to details