Weekly merger and acquisition update: July 9, 2021

This week Morrissey Goodale reported eight U.S. deals and five international deals involving companies from Spain, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

By Morrissey Goodale July 9, 2021

This week Morrissey Goodale reported eight U.S. deals and five international deals involving companies from Spain, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

M&A Transactions

7/6/2021

MEP firm Girard Engineering (Falls Church, VA) joined industry-leading facilities planning and design firm Salas O’Brien (Santa Ana, CA) (ENR #118) for its fifth deal of 2021. Link to details

7/8/2021

For its sixth deal of 2021, fast-growing Universal Engineering Sciences (Orlando, FL) (ENR #85) acquired Geotechnology (St. Louis, MO) (ENR #407), a firm specializing in applied earth and environmental sciences, exploration, geotechnical engineering, and underground consulting services. Link to details 

7/2/2021

Mining, energy, water, environment, and technology consulting firm RESPEC (Rapid City, SD) acquired Progressive Water Resources (Sarasota, FL), a water resource consulting firm with extensive experience in multiple aspects of ground and surface water resource development and management. Link to details

7/2/2021

Multi-disciplinary consulting firm Pennoni (Philadelphia, PA) (ENR #91) acquired Cocciardi and Associates (Mechanicsburg, PA), a firm that provides safety, industrial hygiene, environmental, public health, and emergency preparedness services. Link to details

7/6/2021

Environmental services firm Montrose Environmental Group (Irvine, CA) acquired Environmental Intelligence (Laguna Beach, CA), a wildfire mitigation, biological assessments, construction monitoring, and regulatory compliance services firm. Link to details

7/7/2021

ENR’s #15 ranked construction management-for-fee firm, Atlas Technical Consultants (Austin, TX), acquired O’Neill Service Group (Redmond, WA), a construction quality assurance and environmental services firm. Link to details

7/7/2021

Private equity firm L2 Capital Partners (Devon, PA) acquired Ecotone (Forest Hill, MD), an ecological design, engineering, and construction services firm that serves federal, state, local, and private clients. Link to details

7/8/2021

Rimkus Consulting Group (Houston, TX), a forensic consulting and technical services provider, acquired Blackstone Consulting (New York, NY), an environmental and property condition assessment due diligence services firm. Link to details

7/6/2021

Environmental consulting and services firm RSK Group (Helsby, UK) acquired Technik Ground Solutions Limited (Runcon, UK), a specialist geotechnical contractor that serves the energy, utilities, infrastructure, manufacturing, petrochemical, and defense markets. Link to details

7/5/2021

Applus+ Group (Madrid, Spain), a global testing, inspection, and certification company, acquired Enertis (Madrid, Spain), an engineering, consulting, testing, and inspection services company focused on the solar photovoltaic industry. Link to details

7/5/2021

ENR’s #14 ranked environmental firm, ERM (London, UK), acquired The Renewables Consulting Group (London, UK), a market intelligence, management consulting, and technical advisory firm that operates exclusively in the renewable energy sector. Link to details

7/5/2021

MTE Consultants (Kitchener, Canada), a civil, structural, environmental, and land surveying firm, acquired Atkins + Van Groll (Ontario, Canada), a structural engineering firm focused on residential and commercial development, self-storage facilities, and golf clubs. Link to details

7/1/2021

Civil engineering consulting firm Tatham Engineering (Collingwood, Canada) acquired Runge Engineering (Collingwood, Canada), an electrical and mechanical engineering firm. Link to details