Weekly merger and acquisition update: December 4, 2020

This week Morrissey Goodale reported seven deals in the U.S. and six international deals involving companies from the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

By Morrissey Goodale December 7, 2020

This week Morrissey Goodale reported seven deals in the U.S. and six international deals involving companies from the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

M&A TRANSACTIONS

12/3/2020

ENR’s #7 ranked global design firm, WSP (Montreal, Canada), entered into an agreement to acquire Golder Associates (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) (ENR #18), a global engineering and consulting firm with over 60 years of experience in providing earth science and environmental services. Link to details

12/3/2020

ENR’s #11 ranked global design firm, Stantec (Edmonton, Canada), signed a Letter of Intent to acquire ENR’s #129 ranked environmental firm, Wenck (Maple Plain, MN). Wenck is an environmental engineering firm with core expertise in air, water, waste, food processing, natural resources, and infrastructure. Link to details

11/24/2020

Industry leader Jacobs (Dallas, TX) (ENR #1) strengthened its high priority analytics, all-source intelligence, and cyber artificial intelligence capabilities through the acquisition of The Buffalo Group (Reston, VA). Link to details

12/1/2020

RTM Engineering Consultants (Schaumburg, IL) acquired RCE Consultants (Laguna Woods, CA), a civil engineering firm specializing in water, wastewater, public works, private land development, industrial, and water quality sectors. Link to details

12/2/2020

Global consulting firm TRC Companies (Windsor, CT) (ENR #20) expanded its environmental and renewable energy capabilities with the acquisition of Shoener Environmental (Dickson City, PA), a firm that consults on the development and permitting of renewable energy projects and greenfield development projects. Link to details

12/2/2020

Wetland Studies and Solutions (Gainesville, VA), a subsidiary of Davey Resource Group (Kent, OH), acquired environmental and engineering services company EEE Consulting (Mechanicsville, VA). Link to details

12/1/2020

Environmental services platform Alliance Holdings (Decatur, AL) acquired Almega Environmental (Cypress, CA). Almega provides source emissions testing services including ambient air testing, on-site analysis, and EPA compliance to the manufacturing, metals and renewable energy industries, among others. Link to details

12/1/2020

Envista Forensics (Atlanta, GA), a forensic engineering and consulting firm, bolstered its building consulting division through the acquisition of property and building assessment consultancy Stephenson Consulting Group (Arlington, TX). Link to details

11/16/2020

West Yost (Davis, CA), a leading water firm located throughout the Western United States, announced the addition of groundwater resources expert Wildermuth Environmental (Irvine, CA) to the West Yost team. Link to details

12/2/2020

Civil and structural engineering firm LBYD Engineers (Birmingham, AL) merged into North Wind Group (Idaho Falls, ID) as a subsidiary company. North Wind provides services to the environmental management, engineering, construction, scientific consulting, and information technology industries. Link to details

11/30/2020

In the firm’s second deal in as many weeks, Jacobs (Dallas, TX) (ENR #1) announced that it will form a strategic partnership with PA Consulting (London, UK), an innovation and transformation consulting firm, in which Jacobs will acquire a 65% stake in PA. Link to details

12/2/2020

ENR’s #11 ranked global design firm, Stantec (Edmonton, Canada), expanded its capabilities in the Netherlands with the acquisition of AGEL (Oosterhout, Netherlands), a multi-discipline engineering firm specializing in environmental services, spatial development, infrastructure, and GIS services. Link to details

12/1/2020

ENR’s #91 ranked global design firm, IBI Group (Toronto, Canada), acquired Cole Engineering Group (Markham, Canada). Founded in 2003, Cole offers consulting and advisory services in the water, transportation, urban development, and environmental sectors. Link to details

12/2/2020

CET Infrastructure (Derby, UK), a provider of specialist geotechnical, environmental, and materials testing services to the construction and engineering sector, acquired Card Geotechnics Limited (Surrey, UK). Link to details