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ACEC member Salas O'Brien (San Jose, Calif.), a facility
planning and design firm, merged with full-service engineering
and design firm Varo Engineers (Dublin, Ohio). The expansion
into Ohio adds three offices and brings Salas O'Brien's staff count
to 460.
ACEC member V3 Companies (Woodridge, Ill.) merged with
Williams Creek Consulting (Indianapolis), an ecological engineering design firm specializing in the integration of infrastructure, science and technology.
A/E and environmental firm ISG (Mankato, Minn.), an ACEC
member, merged with StruXture Architects (Waterloo, Iowa),
an architecture and interior design firm that serves the education,
government and health care markets.
ACEC member ATC Group Services, LLC (Lafayette, La.),
acquired White Environmental Consulting (Anchorage, Alaska),
a full-service environmental consulting firm. ATC is a provider of
integrated environmental consulting and engineering services.
ACEC member King Engineering Associates, Inc. (Tampa,
Fla.), acquired Criser Troutman Tanner Consulting Engineering (Wilmington, N.C.), a civil and structural engineering firm.
King Engineering operates as a portfolio company of New Yorkbased private equity firm RTC Partners, LLC.
ACEC member TRC Cos. (Lowell, Mass.), a leader in
engineering, environmental consulting and construction
management services, acquired American Environmental
Consultants, Inc. (Weymouth, Mass.), a hazardous materials
assessment company. The deal marks TRC's first acquisition since
being sold to New Mountain Capital in 2017.
Civil engineering, surveying and environmental science firm
Prairie Engineers (Columbia, Ill.) acquired McDonoughWhitlow, P.C. (Taylor Springs, Ill.), a firm that offers civil,
structural, MEP, transportation and forensic engineering services.
Both firms involved in the transaction are ACEC members.
ACEC member WSP (Montreal) acquired ISS Proko
(Helsinki) from ISS A/S, one of the world's leading facility services
companies. ISS Proko employs 135 professionals and has expertise
in construction and project management, supervision, appraisals
and inspection. The deal was financed using WSP's available cash
and credit facilities.
DECEMBER 2017

ACEC member NV5 (Hollywood, Fla.) acquired Skyscene (San
Diego), a provider of unmanned aerial vehicle flight services. The
acquisition was made entirely with cash and will be immediately
accretive to NV5's earnings.
Engineering Consulting Services (ECS) (Chantilly, Va.),
an ACEC member, acquired River Valley Testing Corp.
(RVT) (Green Bay, Wis.), a firm that specializes in geotechnical
engineering, construction materials testing and environmental
engineering. RVT will operate as part of ECS Midwest, LLC, and
a member of the ECS Group of Cos.
ACEC member Olsson Associates (Lincoln, Neb.) acquired
McGoodwin, Williams & Yates (Fayetteville, Ark.), a 30-person
firm specializing in municipal infrastructure design.

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ACEC member Woolpert (Dayton, Ohio) completed a
minority recapitalization with Long Point Capital (New York), a
private investment firm, to assist the A/E and geospatial firm with
strategy, investments and add-on acquisitions.
Mead & Hunt (Middleton, Wis.), an ACEC member, acquired
engineering and construction management firm EMR (Fenton,
Mo.). The acquired firm has a staff of 30 and specializes in the
food and beverage sector.
ACEC member Clapsaddle-Garber Associates (Marshalltown, Iowa) and Ryken Engineering and Land Surveying
(Ackley, Iowa) have merged. Both engineering and land surveying
firms combined resources to better serve their existing and new
clients in central and north central Iowa.
NOVEMBER 2017

ACEC member King Engineering Associates, Inc. (Tampa,
Fla.), acquired Stouten-Cramer, Inc. (Cape Coral, Fla.), a
surveying firm. King Engineering also merged with Ardurra
Group (Metairie, La.), an engineering and disaster recovery firm.
Stouten-Cramer's two principal owners will join 26 employee
owners from King Engineering and the Ardurra Group.
Big Red Dog (Austin, Texas), an ACEC member, acquired
MSP Engineering Group (Sugar Land, Texas), a six-person
structural engineering firm. Big Red Dog is a civil and MEP
engineering firm specializing in real estate and natural resource
development projects.
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (Pittsburgh),
expanded its regional capabilities in the Southwest through the
cooperative transition of the Lake Havasu City, Arizona, office
of Slater Hanifan Group (Las Vegas). Both firms are ACEC
members. ■
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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