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acquiring so many different types of firms, the stage is set
for another strong and exciting year of deal-making for
ACEC firms.

To

view the most up-to-date and "live" versions of the
M&A heat maps, and to see who are the buyers and sellers
in each state, go to www.morrisseygoodale.com.

ACEC DEAL-MAKERS
APRIL 2019

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.

Thornton Tomasetti (New York) acquired Becker Structural
Engineers, Inc. (Portland, Maine), a structural engineering

firm with specializations in mass timber, parking structures and
highway bridge projects. Both firms are ACEC members.
Engineering and architecture firm Gannett Fleming (Camp
Hill, Pa.) expanded its presence in the West with the acquisition
of SAGE Engineers (Roseville, Calif.), a geotechnical firm. Both
firms are ACEC members.
MARCH 2019

ACEC member SmithGroup (Detroit) merged with Paulien &
Associates (Denver), a higher education planning firm.
ACEC member WSP (Montreal) announced its intent to
acquire Indigo Planning Ltd. (London), an independent town
planning consultancy that provides specialist planning advice to
the residential, retail, commercial, industrial, leisure, tourism,
infrastructure and energy markets.
ACEC member NV5 (Hollywood, Fla.) announced the
acquisition of The Sextant Group (Pittsburgh), a provider
of audiovisual, information and communications technology,
acoustics consulting and design services. The Sextant Group is
known for creating integrated technology solutions for a wide
range of public and private sector clients.
Consulting and engineering firm Ardurra Group (Tampa,
Fla.) acquired Design South Professionals, Inc. (Anderson,
S.C.), an ACEC member. Design South is an engineering
consulting firm serving the water and wastewater market.
ACEC member Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. (Springfield,
Ill.) acquired Stone Engineering Group (SEG) (Jacksonville,
Fla.). SEG provides transportation, water, stormwater, site design
and construction inspection services to state, municipal and
private clients.
ACEC member Hardesty & Hanover (New York) acquired
Frederick P. Clark Associates, Inc. (Rye, N.Y.), a community
planning, development, environmental and transportation
consulting firm. Hardesty & Hanover is a bridge engineering
services firm.
VHB (Watertown, Mass.) acquired The Johnson Co.
(Montpelier, Vt.), a 30-person environmental science and
engineering firm. VHB provides transportation planning and
design, land development and environmental services. Both firms
are ACEC members.
ACEC member CBS Squared, Inc. (Chippewa Falls, Wis.)
acquired Fleming, Andre and Associates, Inc. (Eau Claire,
Wis.), a design and construction engineering firm. CBS Squared
is a multidiscipline engineering, architecture and surveying firm.
ACEC member CHA Consulting, Inc. (Albany, N.Y.)
acquired Daedalus Projects, Inc. (Boston), a project and construction management firm. CHA is a full-service engineering
consulting firm that provides a wide range of technologyenhanced planning and design services to public, private and
institutional clients.

ACEC member DLZ (Columbus, Ohio) acquired Johnson
& Anderson (Waterford Township, Mich.), a municipal, water

and wastewater engineering firm. DLZ provides architectural,
engineering and surveying services.
Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED) (Southfield, Mich.), an ACEC
member, merged with Integrated Design Group, Inc. (Boston),
a data center designer. The merger allows HED to reach new
audiences in the data center market sector.
Full-service engineering and architecture firm, Thompson &
Litton (Wise, Va.), announced the acquisition of two engineering
firms, Stafford Consultants, Inc. (Princeton, W. Va.), and
Beeson Lusk & Street (Johnson City, Tenn.). Thompson &
Litton and Stafford Consultants are ACEC members.
FEBRUARY 2019
Nishkian (San Francisco), a structural engineering firm, joined
IMEG Corp. (Rock Island, Ill.), a design and consulting firm.

Both firms are ACEC members.
ACEC member H2M architects + engineers (Melville,
N.Y.) acquired Wiedersum Associates Architects
(Hauppauge, N.Y.), an architecture firm that focuses on the education market. H2M is a multidiscipline professional consulting
and design firm.
GSE Systems (Sykesville, Md.), a provider of engineering,
expert staffing and simulation software to clients in the power
and process industries, acquired DP Engineering (Fort Worth,
Texas), an ACEC member. DP Engineering is a provider of
engineering services and solutions to the nuclear power industry.
ACEC member RESPEC (Rapid City, S.D.) acquired Mine
Development Associates (Reno, Nev.), a firm that serves
the mining industry with geologic expertise and engineering
services. RESPEC is a pioneering geoscience, engineering and
technology firm.
ACEC member James W. Sewall Co. (Old Town, Maine)
acquired Maine Traffic Resources (Gardiner, Maine), a
transportation engineering firm. James W. Sewall provides services in aerial photography, surveying and GPS, photogrammetry,
cadastral mapping, GIS, forestry consulting and engineering.
Halff Associates, Inc. (Richardson, Texas), acquired Genesis
(Tampa, Fla.) and its construction engineering and inspection
company, Genesis CE&I Services. Genesis will do business as
Genesis Halff and Genesis CEI will do business as Genesis Halff
CEI. Both Halff and Genesis are ACEC members. n
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