Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: November 22

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

By Morrissey Goodale November 22, 2019

NOV 2019: Industry leader Atlas Technical Consultants (Austin, TX) signed an agreement to acquire civil and transportation engineering firm Long Engineering (Atlanta, GA). The acquisition will further strengthen Atlas’ operational footprint and deepen key client relationships throughout the Southeast.  Link to details

11/18/2019

Full-service civil design firm DBS & Associates Engineering (Clarksville, TN) announced its pending merger with TTL, Inc. (Tuscaloosa, AL). TTL serves clients across the country in the energy, transportation, industrial, institutional, commercial, government, and water/wastewater markets.  Link to details
11/7/2019
Architectural design firm Arcline Studio (Roswell, GA) acquired Arie Kohn Architects (Roswell, GA) creating full-service architecture firm AKA Studio.  Link to details
11/19/2019
TRC Companies (Lowell, MA) (ENR #20), a leading technology-enabled provider of end-to-end engineering, consulting and construction management solutions, expanded its utility services capabilities with the acquisition of Lockheed Martin Distributed Energy Solutions (Rockville, MD).  Link to details
11/20/2019
PS&S (Warren, NJ) (ENR #334), a full-service AE design and environmental firm, acquired DW Smith Associates (Wall Township, NJ), a multi-discipline professional design and engineering consulting firm.  Link to details
11/18/2019
RMS Engineers (Richardson, TX) joined industry-leading facilities planning and design firm Salas O’Brien (Santa Ana, CA) (ENR #188), creating a combined firm with 26 offices and more than 675 employee-owners.  Link to details
11/18/2019
Spiezle Architectural Group (Trenton, NJ), an employee-owned, full-service architectural, interior design, landscape architecture, and planning firm, acquired architecture, interiors, and urban design firm City Invincible (Camden, NJ).  Link to details
11/18/2019
Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture (New York, NY) joined forces with international design, architecture, and planning firm Steinberg Hart (Los Angeles, CA) (ENR #375). Steinberg Hart now comprises more than 150 architecture and design professionals across six offices in California, New York, and Shanghai.  Link to details
11/16/2019
Building performance design and analysis firm Lightly Treading (Denver, CO) merged with PCD Engineering (Longmont, CO), creating a full-service engineering firm.  Link to details
11/12/2019
ENR’s #71 ranked environmental firm, Trinity Consultants (Dallas, TX), acquired Air Noise Environment (Brisbane, Australia), a provider of air quality and acoustic assessment services.  Link to details
11/20/2019
ENR’s #6 ranked global design firm, WSP (Montreal, Canada), acquired Elton Consulting (Sydney, Australia), a 115-employee strategic advisory firm providing services to government, private sector, and not-for-profits.  Link to details
11/13/2019
Global design and technology firm IBI Group (Toronto, Canada) (ENR #45) acquired a minority position in electric vehicle charging and energy management platform SWTCH (Toronto, Canada).  Link to details
11/11/2019
Global environmental and advisory consultancy SLR Consulting (Aylesbury, UK) acquired HFL Consulting (Manchester, UK), a provider of sustainable process safety management services.  Link to details
10/31/2019
Environmental services firm Englobe Corporation (Quebec, Canada) acquired MEP and civil engineering firm Arrow Engineering (Edmonton, Canada).  Line to details