Verdantas Acquires JM Sorge, Expanding EAR and EHS Capabilities

Verdantas Acquires Environmental Strategies & Management (ES&M)

September 7, 2022

Environmental Services

Verdantas, a private-equity-backed engineering, planning, and science services provider, has acquired Environmental Strategies & Management (ES&M), an EHS consulting and engineering firm with offices in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The deal expands Verdantas' New England footprint and enhances its capabilities to secure Brownfields funding and provide site assessment and remediation services; RTC Partners is the private equity investor backing Verdantas.

Verdantas (Sterling-backed) Acquires Five Environmental & Water Firms

April 8, 2025

Environmental Services

Verdantas, a Sterling Investment Partners–backed environmental and engineering consultancy, completed five add-on acquisitions—Horizons Engineering, Aqua Engineering, Advanced Earth Sciences (AES), Atlantic Resource Consultants (ARC), and Atlantic Environmental Consulting Services—to broaden its technical capabilities and geographic footprint across the U.S. The deals strengthen Verdantas' water, geotechnical, remediation, permitting, and surveying capabilities while adding new offices in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine and enhancing remediation resources in New Jersey.

Verdantas Acquires Surf to Snow Environmental Resources Management (S2S)

June 5, 2025

Environmental Services

Verdantas, a portfolio company of Sterling Investment Partners, has acquired Surf to Snow Environmental Resources Management, Inc. (S2S), a San Ramon, California-based environmental consulting firm with ~90 staff. The add-on expands Verdantas' technical capabilities in stormwater management, permitting, biological analysis and water resources while increasing its geographic footprint across the western United States, particularly in the Bay Area and power utilities market.

Verdantas Acquires Aegis Environmental

September 17, 2024

Environmental Services

Verdantas, a Tampa-based environmental and engineering consulting firm backed by Sterling Investment Partners, has acquired Aegis Environmental, a Richmond, Virginia environmental consultancy. The acquisition expands Verdantas' geographic footprint into Virginia and strengthens its environmental health & safety, permitting, stormwater, and sustainability capabilities as an add-on to the Verdantas platform.

Verdantas Acquires Crawford Environmental Services (CES)

December 8, 2025

Environmental Services

Verdantas, a Sterling Investment Partners-backed environmental and engineering consulting platform, has acquired Crawford Environmental Services (CES), a Roanoke, Virginia-based firm specializing in site assessment, remediation, emergency response, and compliance services. The add-on expands Verdantas' technical capabilities and geographic footprint—enhancing support for federal, industrial, and commercial clients across 18 states.

Verdantas Acquires CT Consultants, Inc.

April 10, 2024

Environmental Services

Verdantas, a private-equity-backed environmental and engineering firm, has acquired CT Consultants, Inc., a century-old engineering and environmental consulting firm with a 320-person team. The deal expands Verdantas's water/wastewater, municipal, and transportation engineering capabilities across the Great Lakes region and surrounding states; EFCG advised Verdantas and AEC Advisors advised CT.