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OCTOBER 2017
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Canada) acquired ACEC member Data
Transfer Solutions (Orlando, Fla.), a North America leader in

asset management and geographic information systems.
Global design firm and ACEC member Stantec (Edmonton,
Canada) acquired North State Resources, Inc. (NSR) (Redding,
Calif.), a 60-person environmental consulting firm. NSR serves a
variety of both public and private clients in Northern California.
ACEC member GEI Consultants (Woburn, Mass.), a provider
of geotechnical, environmental, water resources and ecological science services, acquired fellow ACEC member Inland Seas Engineering (Traverse City, Mich.), an environmental, land surveying,
geotechnical and civil engineering firm.
Psomas (Los Angeles) merged with Andregg Geomatics
(Auburn, Calif.), a Northern California surveying and mapping
firm specializing in water, transportation, energy, public works,
land use and land conservation projects. Both firms are ACEC
members.
ACEC member Golder Associates (Palm Beach Gardens,
Fla.) entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the assets and
ongoing operations of Alan Auld Group of Companies (Doncaster, U.K.), a global provider of specialized engineering design
and construction services for underground structures.
CHA Consulting, Inc. (Albany, N.Y.), acquired PDT Architects (Portland, Maine), a regional firm specializing in sustainable,
high-performance design for K-12 schools, health care facilities,
corporations, municipalities and higher education facilities. CHA
is an ACEC member.
Garver (North Little Rock, Ark.) acquired engineering and
design services firm Ruggles & Bohm (Wichita, Kan.). Garver
provides services for transportation, aviation, water, energy, industrial development, survey and construction management projects.
Both firms involved in the deal are ACEC members.
ACEC member Parsons (Pasadena, Calif.) acquired
Williams Electric Co. (Fort Walton Beach, Fla.), a privately held
firm specializing in control systems integration, electrical and general contracting and energy infrastructure solutions. Williams Electric Co. serves a wide range of federal government organizations
including numerous agencies within the Department of Defense.
Full-service design firm and ACEC member Clark Patterson
Lee (Rochester, N.Y.) acquired Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates (MMPA) (Greensboro, N.C.), an architecture, engineering
and interior design firm. MMPA is Greensboro's largest A/E firm
and primarily serves clients in North Carolina and Virginia.
Global design firm WorleyParsons (North Sydney, Australia) acquired the upstream oil and gas division of AMEC Foster
Wheeler (London) an ACEC member.
Hatch (Mississauga, Canada) merged with ACEC member
Shrader Engineering (Houston) to establish Hatch Shrader.
The merger marks the 17th A/E deal in Texas this year and creates
Hatch's U.S. operations center for digital technologies in power,
automation, controls, communication, physical and cybersecurity
and smart city solutions.
In the 18th Texas deal in 2017, ACEC member Braun Intertec
(Minneapolis) acquired engineering and testing firm GME Con-

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sulting Services, Inc. (Austin, Texas). Braun Intertec is a geo-

technical engineering, testing and environmental consulting firm.
Consulting and engineering services firm Tetra Tech (Pasadena,
Calif.), an ACEC member, acquired Glumac (Portland, Ore.),
a provider of sustainable infrastructure design services. Glumac
employs more than 300 professionals and incorporates sustainable
technologies and solutions into its LEED and net-zero designs.
Engineering, construction management, land surveying and
materials testing provider Goldsmith Heck Engineers, Inc.
(Sioux Falls, S.D.), joined ACEC member KLJ (Bismarck, N.D.),
a multidiscipline engineering firm.
SEPTEMBER 2017

Full-service structural engineering firm Hope-Amundson (San
Diego) has agreed to merge with ACEC member Coffman Engineers (Seattle), a multidisciplinary design firm.
ACEC member HDR (Omaha, Neb.) acquired ACEC member
Maintenance Design Group (MDG) (Denver), a firm specializing
in the planning and design of fleet vehicle operations and maintenance facilities. MDG will now conduct business as HDR's Maintenance Design Group.
Burgess & Niple (Columbus, Ohio) sold its Geotechnical Division to CTL Engineering (Columbus, Ohio). The purchased division operates out of Chantilly, Va. and provides drilling and testing
services to government, private and industrial clients. Both firms are
ACEC members.
ACEC member Fisher Arnold (Memphis, Tenn.) acquired
MidSouth Utility Consultants (Memphis, Tenn.), adding 27
employees to Fisher Arnold's staff. MidSouth is primarily an electrical engineering firm and provides a broad range of engineering
experience and technical competence to the electric utility community throughout the Southeast and Midwest. ■
Nick Belitz is a principal with Morrissey Goodale, LLC, a management
consulting firm that specializes in the A/E industry and provides strategic business planning, merger and acquisition, valuation, executive
coaching, leadership development, and executive search services. He
can be reached at nbelitz@morrisseygoodale.com.

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