Pape-Dawson Engineers Acquires Maxwell-Reddick

Pape-Dawson Acquires Eberly & Associates

January 13, 2025

Engineering Services

Pape-Dawson has acquired Atlanta-based Eberly & Associates, a land planning, civil engineering, and landscape architecture firm founded in 1982. The acquisition expands Pape-Dawson’s presence and capabilities in Georgia, adding Eberly’s expertise in commercial project design to Pape-Dawson’s existing services and regional footprint.

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 KSA Engineers

October 8, 2024

Engineering Services

San Antonio-based Pape-Dawson Engineers has acquired KSA Engineers, a Longview, Texas civil engineering firm with roughly 170 employees across 11 offices. The deal expands Pape-Dawson’s geographic footprint in Texas (and into Louisiana and Oklahoma) and adds capabilities in municipal engineering, aviation planning and design, architecture, and surveying.

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 GradyMinor

April 15, 2024

Engineering Services

Pape-Dawson Engineers has acquired Bonita Springs, Florida-based multidisciplinary engineering firm GradyMinor as part of its strategy to expand its Florida footprint and national multidisciplinary engineering practice. GradyMinor, founded in 1981, has approximately 75 team members and additional offices in Fort Myers; the acquisition strengthens Pape-Dawson's municipal engineering, land development, surveying and landscape architecture capabilities.

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.