Weekly merger and acquisition update: March 10, 2023

This week Morrissey Goodale reported nine U.S. deals and four international deals involving companies from the United Kingdom, Brazil, South Africa, and the Netherlands.

M&A Transactions

3/9/2023
Industry leader (and Morrissey Goodale buy-side client) Verdantas (Dublin, OH) (ENR #195) announced the acquisition of Leighton Group (Irvine, CA) (ENR #386), an environmental, geotechnical, and materials testing firm. Both firms were at the Morrissey Goodale 2022 Western States M&A, Strategy, and Innovation Symposium. Link to details >

3/3/2023
Engineering and architecture firm TKDA (Saint Paul, MN) (ENR #279) acquired M.A. Bielski & Associates (Chanhassen, MN), an industrial process engineering firm specializing in materials handling and minerals processing facilities. Link to details >

3/9/2023
RMA Group (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) (ENR #182) acquired PRI Group (Tampa, FL), a materials testing firm serving the asphalt/bitumen, building materials, chemical, construction / infrastructure, and energy end-markets. Link to details >

3/8/2023
ENR’s #63 ranked environmental firm, Apex Companies (Rockville, MD), acquired Water Science Associates (Fort Myers, FL), a water resources and hydrogeology services firm. Link to details >

3/7/2023
Water and wastewater treatment services firm Integrated Water Services (Longmont, CO) acquired Hyperion International Technologies (Austin, TX), a firm that provides control systems and engineering services for industrial and municipal clients in the water and wastewater treatment markets. Link to details >

3/3/2023
Architecture and planning firm SBLM (New York, NY) joined forces with BUCKL Architects (Easton, PA), an architecture firm specialized in healthcare planning, programming, and design services. The combined company is now SBLM / BUCKL. Link to details >

3/3/2023
Pace Analytical Services (Minneapolis, MN), an environmental and analytical laboratory testing services firm, acquired Alpha Analytical (Westborough, MA), a firm that offers environmental testing laboratory services.
Link to details >

3/8/2023
Willett, Hofmann and Associates (Dixon, IL), an engineering firm offering structural, transportation, water and wastewater, architecture, and surveying services, acquired Wendler Engineering Services (Dixon, IL), a civil engineering, structural engineering, and land planning services firm. Link to details >

3/8/2023
Civil engineering firm MR Engineering & Surveying (Baton Rouge, LA) acquired Tatum Engineering & Surveying (Baton Rouge, LA). Link to details >

3/2/2023
ENR’s #16 ranked environmental firm, ERM (London, UK), acquired NINT (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), a firm focused on sustainable finance and ESG advisory for financial institutions, corporations, civil society, and public sector organizations. Link to details >

3/3/2023
Environmental consulting and services firm RSK Group (Helsby, UK) acquired Richard Irvin FM (Stirling, UK), a technical facilities management and energy solutions firm. Link to details >

3/1/2023
The Specialist Group (Wichita, KS), a provider of technical engineering specialists for the power, chemicals, infrastructure, renewables, and life sciences sectors, acquired Litecad (Hoogeveen, The Netherlands), a firm that offers engineering services for sustainability projects. Link to details >

3/7/2023
PHB Engineers (Johannesburg, South Africa) merged with Escongweni BPH (Umhlanga, South Africa). The combined engineering firm focuses on roads, urban and structural engineering, routine road maintenance, project management, and telecommunications. Link to details >

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