Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: April 4

This week Morrissey Goodale reported two deals in the United States and five international deals involving companies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Two of the five international deals involved companies based in the United States.

By Morrissey Goodale April 4, 2014

This week Morrissey Goodale reported two deals in the United States and five international deals involving companies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Two of the five international deals involved companies based in the United States.

M&A Transactions

3/21/2014

Industry leader Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (Sparks, MD), a multi-discipline engineering and architecture firm serving the transportation, buildings, water, wastewater, energy, Federal, and information technology markets acquired GBF Engineering (Ft. Lauderdale, FL). GBF provides construction engineering and inspection services to clients throughout Florida. Link to details

4/3/14

Global engineering, architecture, and environmental firm GHD (Sydney, Australia) acquired architecture, interiors, and planning firm Woodhead (Adelaide, Australia). Link to details

4/2/2014

Global management, engineering, and sustainable development consultancy, Mott MacDonald (London, United Kingdom) acquired 50-person water technology and consulting company AWT (Auckland, New Zealand). Link to details

4/1/2014

Transportation planning, engineering, and construction firm Parsons (Pasadena, CA) acquired Delcan (Markham, Canada). Delcan provides engineering, planning, management, and technology services to the transportation market and employs 800 staff. Link to details

4/1/2014

Energy services firm Wood Group (Houston, TX) acquired 70-person Sunstone Projects (Calgary, Canada). Sunstone is a pipeline consulting company providing engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services to clients in the Canadian oil and gas industry. Link to details 

3/31/14

Leading energy, water resources, and environmental consulting and engineering firm Apex Companies (Rockville, MD) acquired Southwest Geoscience (Dallas, TX), an environmental consulting services company specializing in due diligence, site investigation, corrective action, industrial hygiene, multi-media compliance and permitting, and natural resources management. Link to details

3/26/14

HVAC, mechanical, and electrical building services firm Environmental Engineering (Dukinfield, United Kingdom) acquired MSS Clean Technology (York, United Kingdom), which specializes in the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of laboratories, cleanrooms, and controlled environments. Link to details