Engineering Services Buyout Acquisitions in 2026

GHK Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, has acquired CPL, an architecture, engineering, and planning firm headquartered in Rochester, New York. The partnership will support CPL's accelerated growth strategy — including geographic and end-market expansion, strategic technology investments, and an active M&A program — while financial terms were not disclosed.

Private equity firm First Reserve has acquired WGI, Inc., a multidisciplinary engineering and professional services firm headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. Monroe Capital served as lead left administrative agent on a senior credit facility to finance the acquisition; WGI operates 23 offices nationwide and provides transportation, environmental, geospatial, land development and municipal professional services.

Stratus Team, LLC acquired Kestrel Engineering Group, an industrial process facilities engineering and design firm with six offices across the U.S. Northwest and Upper Midwest. The deal expands Stratus' geographic footprint into the Northwest and Upper Midwest while adding specialized industrial/process engineering capabilities to its multi-disciplinary platform.

Colliers has acquired Ramos Consulting Services (Ramos CS), a California-based provider of program management, construction management, and engineering services for public transit projects. Financial terms were not disclosed; Ramos’ senior leadership will continue to lead the California transit business and become significant shareholders in Colliers Engineering under the firm’s partnership model.

DAR Investment Management, a Delaware-based private investment firm, has acquired a controlling interest in Intecsa Engineering Group, a Madrid-headquartered multidisciplinary engineering and consulting firm. Intecsa's management retains significant ownership and will continue leading the firm as DAR provides capital and strategic support to accelerate Intecsa's expansion into the U.S. market through organic growth and selective acquisitions.

Pape-Dawson has acquired Louisville-based civil engineering firm Prism Engineering, marking the firm’s first expansion into Kentucky. The acquisition adds Prism’s civil engineering and land-development expertise to Pape-Dawson’s regional platform, enabling expanded services for commercial, industrial and residential development projects in Kentucky and the surrounding region.

Englobe Corporation, Colliers' Canadian engineering platform, has acquired Tetranex Solutions Inc., a Calgary-area multidiscipline engineering consulting firm. The deal brings roughly 200 professionals and expands Englobe's electrical, instrumentation & controls (EI&C), automation and procurement capabilities to support work across oil & gas, agri‑food and industrial clients; senior Tetranex leaders will become shareholders and take leadership roles. Terms were not disclosed.

Stratus Team, LLC has acquired Stewart, a Raleigh-based multidisciplinary engineering, planning, landscape architecture, surveying, and design firm. The acquisition expands Stratus' structural engineering and landscape architecture capabilities and strengthens its footprint across the Carolinas and the broader Southeast.

Troy, Michigan-based G2 Consulting Group has acquired Construction Testing Services (CTS), a long-standing Michigan engineering and materials testing firm with a nine-person team. The succession-driven acquisition expands G2's in-state footprint and adds CTS' geotechnical and materials testing capabilities while preserving CTS' staff and client relationships; financial terms were not disclosed.

Control Point Associates, Inc. has acquired Virginia-based Rouse-Sirine Associates, Ltd., expanding Control Point's land surveying and geospatial services footprint into Virginia and increasing its East Coast office network. The deal will integrate Rouse-Sirine's team and subsurface utility engineering capabilities into Control Point's platform while preserving local staff and ongoing client engagements.

VDL Groep has acquired Sintecs, a Hengelo-based electronics design specialist, adding a ~75-person team and Sintecs' Scalys cybersecurity product line. The purchase expands VDL's in-house electronics design and production-support capabilities (PCB design, embedded software, signal/power integrity analysis) and complements prior electronics acquisitions to strengthen manufacturability and testability across VDL's operations.

Englobe Corporation, Colliers' Canadian engineering platform, has acquired BESTECH Canada Limited, a Sudbury-based multidisciplinary engineering firm with over 100 professionals. The acquisition expands Englobe's mining and high-voltage power engineering capabilities and strengthens its presence in Ontario; BESTECH's senior team will take leadership roles and become shareholders under Colliers' partnership model. Terms were not disclosed.

Portuguese engineering consultancy Quadrante has acquired Los Angeles-based Right Analytics as its first U.S. acquisition to establish Quadrante US and expand its capabilities in electrical transmission, data centers and power systems. Right Analytics brings active contracts with Tier-1 clients including Google and several major utilities; Quadrante expects the deal to accelerate its U.S. growth and follow-on acquisitions.

GSE Solutions has acquired Iddeal Concepts, Iddeal Services, and Iddeal Solutions, adding the IDDEAL Software Suite and specialized ASME Section XI inspection and O&M code testing expertise. The acquisition expands GSE's engineering programs and inspection/compliance capabilities for nuclear and power generation customers; Iddeal will operate under GSE Solutions with key leadership retained.

Arlington Capital Partners has acquired Pond & Company, a full-service design and engineering firm that supports federal government and private clients across energy, infrastructure and life sciences. The deal is Arlington's first platform investment from its oversubscribed $6 billion Fund VII; Pond is headquartered in Peachtree Corners, Georgia and employs more than 850 professionals across 21 offices. DC Capital Partners, which held a majority stake since 2019, sold the business.

Security 101 has acquired AV-Worx, an audio-visual systems integrator that specializes in mission-critical control rooms, emergency operations centers, and advanced visualization systems. The deal expands Security 101's capabilities by integrating high-reliability AV engineering and visualization with its existing electronic security services to better serve utilities, public safety, transportation, government, and enterprise customers.

ZenaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZENA) acquired L.D. King, Inc., a long-established civil engineering and land surveying firm based in the Los Angeles area, marking ZenaTech's 20th acquisition for its Drone as a Service expansion. The acquisition strengthens ZenaTech's footprint in Southern California to support wildfire management, public works and to deploy drone-enabled surveying and inspection services at scale.

Aecon Group Inc.'s subsidiary Aecon Utilities Group Inc. has completed the acquisition of K.P.C. Power Electrical Ltd. and K.P.C. Energy Metering Solutions Ltd. (collectively, KPC). The acquisition adds high-voltage testing, commissioning and energy metering capabilities in Ontario to Aecon's utilities platform, strengthening its position for grid modernization and electrification projects.

Align Capital Partners has acquired Armko Industries, a Dallas–Fort Worth building envelope, roofing and waterproofing consulting firm, and will operate Armko as its newest AEC platform. Founder Rodney Ruebsahm will retire and industry executive Josh Brown will lead the company as ACP pursues geographic expansion across the U.S. South and add-on acquisition opportunities to grow service offerings.

Salas O’Brien has merged with TechSource, bringing TechSource’s scientific and engineering consulting capabilities into Salas O’Brien’s employee‑owned engineering platform. The deal combines TechSource’s deep expertise in national security, nuclear, and high‑tech projects (supporting U.S. national laboratories and federal agencies) with Salas O’Brien’s engineering scale to expand capabilities for federal and critical‑infrastructure programs.