Pape-Dawson Acquires KSA Engineers

Palm Beach Capital Invests Growth Capital in Pape-Dawson Engineers

April 20, 2023

Engineering Services

Palm Beach Capital has formed a strategic partnership with Pape-Dawson Engineers, providing growth capital to support Pape-Dawson's expansion within Texas and across the United States. Pape-Dawson's management and the Dawson family will remain majority owners as the firm pursues broader service offerings, geographic expansion, and potential partnerships with other engineering firms.

Pape-Dawson Engineers Invests in Costello, Inc.

September 5, 2023

Engineering Services

Pape-Dawson Engineers, LLC announced an investment and partnership with Houston-based civil engineering and surveying firm Costello, Inc. The deal expands Pape-Dawson’s capabilities (including landscape architecture and structural services) and strengthens its presence in Texas while supporting broader growth across the United States.

Pape-Dawson Acquires Prism Engineering

February 3, 2026

Engineering Services

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.

Pape-Dawson Acquires Gaskins + LeCraw

September 15, 2025

Engineering Services

Pape-Dawson, a national civil engineering and professional services firm, has acquired Georgia-based civil engineering and surveying firm Gaskins + LeCraw. The acquisition expands Pape-Dawson’s footprint in Georgia and Alabama by adding Gaskins + LeCraw’s ~176 employees across six offices and broad civil engineering, surveying, landscape architecture and planning capabilities.

Pape-Dawson Engineers Acquires RaganSmith

March 18, 2024

Engineering Services

Pape-Dawson Engineers, LLC has acquired Tennessee-based engineering firm RaganSmith to expand its civil engineering, surveying, and land planning capabilities and presence in the southeastern United States. RaganSmith, founded in 1933 and headquartered in Nashville with about 170 employees across offices in Nashville, Chattanooga and Murfreesboro, will join Pape-Dawson's national platform (which is backed by Palm Beach Capital).

Pape-Dawson Acquires Morris Engineering & Consulting

May 8, 2025

Engineering Services

Pape-Dawson has acquired Sarasota-based civil engineering firm Morris Engineering & Consulting, expanding its Florida footprint. The deal is Pape-Dawson's third acquisition in Florida and is intended to broaden its land development, engineering, surveying and related services in the greater Sarasota and Southwest Florida markets.