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MARCH 2018

Global design firm and ACEC member Stantec (Edmonton,
Canada) acquired ESI Consulting (Shrewsbury, U.K.), an environmental consulting firm with capabilities in groundwater, land
and sustainable development. ESI Consulting has more than 50
employees across three offices in England and Wales.
ACEC member WSP (Montreal, Canada) acquired design
and technical advisory firm UnionConsult Gruppen AS (Oslo,
Norway) and its affiliated entities. UnionConsult, a 160-person
firm, specializes in providing mechanical, electrical and plumbing
services to the buildings sector.
ACEC member Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
(CEC) (Pittsburgh), acquired KGBE (Austin, Texas), a 38-person
civil engineering and land development firm. The acquisition
expands CEC's operations in Austin and adds an office in
Oklahoma City.
Stantec (Edmonton, Canada) signed a letter of intent to
acquire Norwest Corp. (Calgary, Canada), a 140-person energy
and resources firm. The acquisition will add a mining practice to
Stantec's portfolio in Western Canada.
Civil engineering firm and ACEC member TREKK Design
Group (Kansas City, Mo.) acquired mobile LiDAR provider
Terrametrix (Omaha, Neb.), which provides traditional land
surveying for transportation, water, wastewater and stormwater
projects.
Trihydro Corp. (Laramie, Wyo.) acquired ACEC member
Steamboat Technical Services (Sheridan, Wyo.), a civil and
environmental engineering firm. The companies previously pursued joint opportunities, having worked together on solid waste
and infrastructure projects.
ACEC member GZA GeoEnvironmental (Norwood, Mass.)
acquired dam engineering firm and fellow ACEC member Civil
Dynamics (Stockholm, N.J.). GZA also acquired Emery & Garrett Groundwater Investigations (Meredith, N.H.), a groundwater exploration, development, management and protection
firm.
ACEC member WSB & Associates (Minneapolis) acquired
land development engineering firm Legacy Engineering (Castle
Rock, Colo.) and Rogers Design Services (Austin, Texas), a
public infrastructure engineering firm.
FEBRUARY 2018

ACEC member CT Consultants (Mentor, Ohio), an engineering, architecture and planning firm, acquired GGC Engineers
(Gahanna, Ohio). GGC is a 10-person firm offering land development, construction inspection, water and wastewater services.
ACEC member CP&Y (Dallas) acquired Meeting the Challenge (MTC) (Colorado Springs, Colo.), an accessibility consulting firm specializing in federal disability law compliance services.
MTC will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of CP&Y.
R2H Engineering (Henderson, Nev.) joined Horrocks Engineers (Pleasant Grove, Utah), a leading civil engineering firm.
R2H offers civil and structural engineering services for the water,
wastewater, commercial and transportation markets. Both firms
are ACEC members.

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ACEC member PRIME AE Group, Inc. (Baltimore), acquired
the 25-person architecture firm Braun & Steidl (Akron, Ohio),
which specializes in hospitality, housing, religious, education and
historic restoration projects.
ACEC member Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (Hunt Valley, Md.) acquired RCG Architects (Baltimore), which serves the
health sciences, higher education, cultural and commercial markets.
Stantec (Edmonton, Calif.) signed a letter of intent to acquire
consulting transportation engineering firm Traffic Design Group
(TDG) (Lower Hutt, New Zealand). TDG has more than 80
employees throughout its offices in New Zealand and Australia.
ACEC member Salas O'Brien (San Jose, Calif.) acquired
T-Squared Professional Engineers (Vista, Calif.) and Axiom
Commissioning Group (San Marcos, Calif.).
ACEC member NV5 (Hollywood, Fla.) acquired CSA Consulting Engineers (Hong Kong), an MEP sustainable design firm with
60 employees.
ACEC member Rettew Associates (Lancaster, Pa.) acquired
geophysics firm Enviroscan, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.). Enviroscan has
been operating since 1992 and specializes in nondestructive, nonintrusive investigations.
Environmental engineering and construction firm Brown and
Caldwell (Walnut Creek, Calif.) acquired J4 Engineering Group
(Boise, Idaho), an industrial water services firm. Both companies are
ACEC members.
DBi Services (Hazleton, Pa.) acquired HDR | CA Asset Management, a subsidiary of ACEC member HDR (Omaha, Neb.).
The division provides comprehensive highway asset management
services to government agencies and local market contractors.
ACEC member Environmental Resources Management
(London) acquired Michael Pisani & Associates (New
Orleans), an environmental consultancy that provides contaminated
site management and litigation support services. ■
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