Weekly merger and acquisition update: April 14, 2023

4/10/2023
Employee-owned engineering, environmental, and surveying consulting firm Haley Ward (Bangor, ME) acquired Betsy Lindsay (Stuart, FL), a surveying and mapping firm serving municipalities, commercial, and private clients. Link to details >

4/11/2023
Fast-growing engineering and consulting firm Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) (Orlando, FL) (ENR #42) acquired Grubbs, Hoskyn, Barton & Wyatt (Little Rock, AR), a geotechnical engineering and materials testing firm. Link to details >

4/10/2023
Civil engineering and surveying firm DRMP (Orlando, FL) (ENR #228) expanded its surveying and mapping services with the acquisition of Geomatics Corporation (St. Augustine, FL). Link to details >

4/1/2023
Architecture, interiors, and planning firm LS3P (Charleston, SC) (ENR #178) merged with Ebert Norman Brady Architects (Jacksonville Beach, FL), an architecture firm that serves the aviation, commercial, educational, hospitality, multi-family, industrial, and military markets. Link to details >

4/11/2023
Architectural firm Architects ink (Tulsa, OK) merged with architecture, engineering, and construction services firm Cyntergy (Tulsa, OK). Link to details >

4/6/2023
J.S. Held (Jericho, NY), one of the AE industry’s most prolific buyers, acquired Aquila Forensics (London, UK), a construction advisory firm that provides construction dispute, advisory, and investigatory services. Link to details 

4/12/2023
Colliers International (Toronto, Canada) acquired project management firm Greenstone Group (Auckland, New Zealand). The business will rebrand as “Colliers Project Leaders” and integrate into Colliers’ New Zealand operations. Link to details >

4/12/2023
Studio Design + Architecture (Auckland, New Zealand) joined Ignite Architects (Auckland, New Zealand), expanding Ignite’s experience in the healthcare, aged care, civic, workplace, and government sectors. Link to details >