Pape-Dawson Engineers Acquires RaganSmith
March 18, 2024
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).
- Buyers
- Pape-Dawson Engineers, LLC
- Targets
- RaganSmith
- Platforms
- Pape-Dawson Engineers, LLC
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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