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MERGERSANDACQUISITIONS

ACEC member Hanson
Professional Services, Inc.
(Springfield, Ill.) acquired
Engineered Rail Solutions

(McHenry, Ill.), which provides
logistical and market analysis,
engineering design services and
operational optimization to
the rail and materials handling
industries nationwide.
WSP entered into an
agreement to acquire UEM
Edgenta's (Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia) 61.2 percent stake in
Opus International Consultants Ltd. (Wellington, New

Zealand), a global design firm.
Both WSP and Opus International are ACEC members.
Staffelbach (Dallas) joined
ACEC member DLR Group
(Minneapolis). Staffelbach is
an interiors firm with focused
expertise in programming,
planning, workplace strategy,
design, facilities management,
move management and product specification.
ACEC member Fuss &
O'Neill (Manchester, Conn.)
acquired ACEC member CLD
Consulting Engineers, Inc.

(Manchester, N.H.), which
provides expertise in highway
and bridge design, traffic and
transportation services, and
municipal engineering.
ACEC member GPD Group
(Akron, Ohio) acquired Timmerman Geotechnical Group

(Akron, Ohio), which provides
geotechnical engineering and
materials testing services and
architectural design, engineering design, construction, telecommunications and environmental services.
ACEC member LJA Engineering, Inc. (Houston),
acquired Precision Aerial
Compliance Solutions (Conroe, Texas), an aerial data
collection and inspection
service company. LJA has over
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650 employees in 25 offices
throughout Texas and Florida.
In yet another mega-deal,
Jacobs entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all
outstanding shares of CH2M
(Englewood, Colo.) in a cash
and stock transaction with an
enterprise value of approximately $3.27 billion. Both
Jacobs and CH2M are ACEC
members.
ACEC member LaBella
Associates (Rochester, N.Y.)
acquired ACEC member U.S.
Infrastructure of Carolina,
Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.), a civil

engineering firm with expertise in transportation, water
resources, and water distribution and collection.
JULY 2017

ACEC member KCI Technologies (Sparks, Md.)
acquired LandAir Surveying

(Roswell, Ga.). The 27-person
LandAir is a recognized leader
in utilizing advanced surveying
technology.
ACEC member Arcadis
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
acquired E2 ManageTech
(Long Beach, Calif.), a technology solutions firm providing information technology
and business services to the
environmental and health and
safety market.
ACEC member Mead &
Hunt (Middleton, Wis.) and
ACEC member QLH (Port
Orange, Fla.) have merged.
Mead & Hunt is an architectural and engineering consulting firm, and QLH is a civil
and environmental engineering firm specializing in water
resources.
ACEC member Ross &
Baruzzini (St. Louis) acquired
CAGE, Inc. (Irving, Texas), an
aviation baggage handling consulting firm, adding approxi-

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mately 45 employees to the
Ross & Baruzzini staff.
Multidisciplinary design
firm and ACEC member
Otak, Inc. (Portland, Ore.),
acquired Loris & Associates
(Superior, Colo.), a civil engineering firm with experience
in public construction projects. Otak is a subsidiary of
Korean firm HanmiGlobal.
ACEC member WSP is
pursuing its expansion in
South America by acquiring
Poch (Santiago, Chile), a
730-person engineering and
environmental firm that serves
industrial, buildings, environment and energy clients.
Transportation and engineering firm TranSmart
Technologies, Inc., (Madison,
Wis.), acquired EJM Engineering, Inc. (Chicago), a
provider of engineering, planning, and construction related
services to both public and
private clients. Both firms are
ACEC members.
ACEC member The Chazen Cos. (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)
acquired Adler Consulting
(White Plains, N.Y.), a transportation planning and traffic
engineering firm. Adler has
been serving private developers and municipal agencies for
more than 25 years.

ACEC member AECOM
(Los Angeles) acquired
Shimmick Construction

(Oakland, Calif.), a heavy civil
construction contractor. The
acquisition provides AECOM
with leading civil construction
capabilities across the Western
United States.
ACEC member IMEG
Corp. (Rock Island, Ill.)
has merged with fellow
ACEC member McClure
Engineering Associates, Inc.

(East Moline, Ill.). McClure
is a civil and structural
engineering and land surveying
firm serving both public and
private sector clients.
ACEC member Alfred
Benesch & Co. (Chicago)
has merged with Ghyabi
& Associates (Ormond
Beach, Fla.), a transportation
planning and engineering
firm. The combined firm will
have more than 600 employees
located in offices throughout
16 states. ■
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.
http://www.morrisseygoodale.com
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