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and structure design. Landmark Engineering's founder and president, Nina Sickler, will lead Pond's Florida operations. Both firms
involved in the deal are ACEC members.
Wood Group (Aberdeen, U.K.), an international energy services firm, acquired ACEC member Amec Foster Wheeler
(London) in an all-stock takeover deal worth approximately $2.7
billion. The combined firms have enhanced capabilities diversified
across oil and gas, chemicals, renewables, environment and infrastructure and mining sectors.
ACEC member IMEG Corp. (Rock Island, Ill.) merged with
Taylor RyMar Corp. (TRC) (Tempe, Ariz.), a provider of vertical engineering and energy services. IMEG Corp. adds 50 professionals to its staff in the Southwest region, as TRC will now operate under the IMEG Corp. name.
ACEC member Arcadis (Amsterdam) acquired planning and
development practice Brooke Smith Planning (Birmingham,
U.K.). Founder Louise Brooke-Smith will lead Arcadis' planning
capabilities across the U.K.
FEBRUARY

CB&I (The Woodlands, Texas), an ACEC member, entered into a
definitive agreement to sell its Capital Services business to an affiliate of private equity firm Veritas Capital (New York) for $755
million in cash. The strategic move is part of CB&I's efforts to
optimize its balance sheet.
ACEC member POWER Engineers, Inc., (Hailey, Idaho)
and Sega, Inc., (Overland Park, Kan.) have entered into a letter
of intent for POWER to acquire Sega. The acquisition adds Sega's
focus on power plant and electrical distribution engineering services as well as the firm's 130 employees to POWER's profile.
DLR Group (Minneapolis), an ACEC member, acquired Studio Hive (Minneapolis), an interior design firm. The deal will
bring Studio Hive's 14 employees into DLR's Minneapolis office.
ACEC member christopher consultants, ltd. (Fairfax,
Va.), a civil engineering, land planning, surveying and landscape
architecture firm, acquired civil engineering, surveying and land
planning firm Paciulli, Simmons & Associates, Ltd.
(PSA) (Leesburg, Va.). PSA's leadership team will remain in place
for what will become a wholly owned subsidiary of christopher
consultants.
Global design firm Mott MacDonald (Croydon, U.K.),
an ACEC member, acquired Genoa, Italy-based engineering
and design consultancy Wideurope Engineering Italy.
The acquisition of the 50-person firm offers Mott MacDonald
new scope, allowing the firm to work closely with the global
energy sector.
ACEC member GHD (Sydney), an engineering, environmental, and construction services company, merged with OmniMeans, Ltd. (Roseville, Calif.), a transportation-focused engineering firm. The addition of Omni-Means' 60-person staff adds
to GHD's capacity in the Western U.S.
JANUARY

ACEC member Jacobs Engineering Group (Dallas) acquired
Aquenta Consulting (Brisbane, Australia), a leading provider of
integrated project services to public and private sector clients. Jacobs
acquired the 220-person business from ACEC member Amec
Foster Wheeler; the terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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A group of investors including Bow River Capital Partners
(Denver), Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen, U.K.), Brooke
Private Equity Associates (Boston) and an undisclosed family
office acquired a controlling interest in ACEC member RailPros
(Irvine, Calif.). RailPros is a comprehensive provider of outsourced
services to the freight, transit and commuter rail industries.
ACEC member Harley Ellis Devereaux (Southfield, Mich.)
acquired Deems Lewis McKinley (San Francisco), a provider
of architecture and engineering services for educational facilities.
The acquisition gives HED further service diversification and
expands the firm geographically.
ACEC member O'Brien & Gere (OBG) (Syracuse, N.Y.)
acquired Natural Resource Technology (Milwaukee), an
environmental engineering and consulting firm with offices in
Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan. The acquisition supports OBG's
focus on the remediation of complex sites for the energy utilities,
industrial and federal markets.
ACEC member Gannett Fleming (Camp Hill, Pa.) acquired
LDP Group (Chicago), an electrical engineering design consulting firm. The addition of LDP's nearly 40 employees expands
Gannett Fleming's power delivery services in the Midwest.
ACEC member CHA Consulting, Inc., (Albany, N.Y.)
acquired an interest in American Fire Protection, Inc.
(Birmingham, Ala.), a leader in custom design, engineering,
installation and maintenance of fire protection systems. CHA is
anticipating growth in the fire protection systems market.
DECEMBER 2016

ACEC member Westwood Professional Services (Eden
Prairie, Minn.), an engineering and surveying firm, acquired
civil engineering firm Coursen-Koehler Engineering &
Associates (San Antonio). The acquisition expands Westwood's
land development operations in Texas as the acquired firm will
now operate as Coursen-Koehler Engineering & Associates, a
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Mick Morrissey is managing principal of Morrissey Goodale, LLC, a
strategy, M&A and human capital solutions firm serving the architecture, engineering and construction industry. He can be reached at:
mmorrissey@morrisseygoodale.com.

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