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almost every service line is involved-from core civil engineering
to surveying, architecture, environmental and water engineering
to electrical engineering.
RECENT ACEC DEAL-MAKERS
MAY 2017

ACEC member DLR Group (Minneapolis) acquired Kwan
Henmi Architecture & Planning (San Francisco), a firm
recognized for its modernist design in a variety of building types.
The firm will operate as DLR Group | Kwan Henmi and join
with DLR to serve public and private sector clients throughout
California.
ACEC member NV5 (Hollywood, Fla.) announced the
acquisition of three firms-Holdrege & Kull (Nevada City,
Calif.), a full-service geotechnical engineering firm; Lochrane
Engineering, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.), a civil engineering firm;
and Energenz (Irvine, Calif.), an international energy services
company. Both Holdrege & Kull and Lochrane Engineering are
ACEC members.
Global design firm and ACEC member Stantec
(Edmonton, Canada) acquired Inventrix (Seattle), a 22-person
mechanical engineering firm built to deliver modern, intelligent
buildings that leverage the latest advancements in systems
technology.
Environmental Science Associates (ESA) (San
Francisco) announced that Scheda Ecological Associates
(Tampa, Fla.), an environmental permitting and ecosystem
management consulting firm, has joined ESA. The merger
supports ESA's strategy to deepen technical expertise and meet
growing client demand for environmental services throughout
Florida and the Southeast. Both firms are ACEC members.
Kain Capital (New York) acquired a majority stake in
ACEC member King Engineering Associates, Inc.
(Tampa, Fla.), a full-service civil engineering firm with
expertise in land development, water and wastewater, planning,
transportation, ecological, surveying, landscape architecture and
construction management. This marks a major milestone for
the private equity fund and strengthens its position within the
engineering market.
ACEC member Kimley-Horn (Raleigh, N.C.) acquired
Oasis Design Group (Baltimore), a landscape architecture,
master planning and urban design firm. The firm's diverse
portfolio of work includes public gardens and parks, urban
riverfronts, streetscapes, plazas, mixed-use developments,
wineries, ecological preserves and multifamily residential
communities. The group will now operate under the KimleyHorn name.
APRIL 2017

ACEC member LaBella Associates (Rochester, N.Y.)
acquired Novus Engineering (Delmar, N.Y.) and its subsidiary division Bagdon Environmental. The acquisition will give
LaBella Associates 16 office locations, including eight in New
York, and 15 new employees.

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ACEC member NV5 (Hollywood, Fla.) acquired Bock &
Clark Corp. (Akron, Ohio), which is a surveying, commercial
zoning and environmental services firm. Bock & Clark has eight
offices in the U.S. and annual revenues of approximately $39
million.
ACEC member The Etica Group (Indianapolis) acquired
PCS Engineers (Avon, Ind.), a civil engineering firm. Etica
specializes in architecture, engineering design, construction
inspection and building envelope consulting devices.
ACEC member T-O Engineers (Meridan, Idaho), a fullservice planning and engineering firm, acquired Pharmer
Engineering (Boise, Idaho), a firm that specializes in water
and wastewater treatment systems. The acquisition will grow the
T-O Engineers staff to more than 80 employees.
Architecture firm spg3 (Philadelphia) joined ACEC member
Bergmann Associates (Rochester, N.Y.), an architecture,
engineering and planning firm. The joint firm will provide
retail, hospitality, entertainment, civil and expanded commercial
services both regionally and nationally.
ACEC member TRC Cos., Inc., (Lowell, Mass.) announced
that it had entered a definitive agreement with New Mountain
Capital (New York) to become a private company. The
following week, the firm announced that it had acquired public
works and infrastructure engineering firm (as well as ACEC
member) CALTROP Corp. (Riverside, Calif.) in an all-cash
transaction.
ACEC member Interstate Engineering (Jamestown,
N.D.) acquired Ackerman Land Surveying (Wahpeton,
N.D.). The acquisition bolsters the firm's ability to serve clients
in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. n
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strategy, M&A and human capital solutions firm serving the architecture, engineering and construction industry. He can be reached at:
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