Roark Capital and Kohlberg Announce Strategic Partnership with GPRS Holdings

Kohlberg Acquires Majority Stake in GPRS from CIVC

June 29, 2020

Engineering Services

Kohlberg & Company has acquired a majority stake in GPRS Holdings, LLC from CIVC Partners, with GPRS CEO Matt Aston and the management team remaining significant owners and CIVC retaining a meaningful stake. Headquartered in the Toledo area, GPRS is a leading provider of ground penetrating radar, utility locating and concrete scanning services across the U.S.; financial terms were not disclosed.

GPRS Acquires Baker Utility Partners

February 2, 2022

Industrial Services

GPRS (a CIVC Partners portfolio company) has acquired Baker Utility Partners, a private utility locating service, as its eighth add-on acquisition. The deal expands GPRS's footprint and capabilities in regions including Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma and provides Baker with additional capital and resources while the business continues to operate under its existing management.

GPRS Acquires New York Leak Detection

July 5, 2021

Environmental Services

Ground Penetrating Radar Systems (GPRS), a CIVC Partners portfolio company, has acquired New York Leak Detection, a provider of utility locating and leak detection services in the Northeast. The acquisition is an add-on that expands GPRS’ leak detection capabilities and strengthens its market position in the Northeast.

GPRS Acquires Existing Conditions

August 1, 2024

Engineering Services

GPRS, a Maumee, Ohio-based provider of subsurface utility locating and reality-capture services (and a CIVC portfolio company), has acquired Existing Conditions, a Boston-based 3D laser scanning and reality-capture firm. The deal, which closed on August 1, expands GPRS' nationwide reality-capture and as-built documentation capabilities and geographic reach while retaining Existing Conditions' team and leadership.

GPRS (CIVC Portfolio Company) Acquires Pacific Coast Locators

November 20, 2020

Engineering Services

Ground Penetrating Radar Systems (GPRS), a CIVC portfolio company, has acquired Pacific Coast Locators, a California-based provider of private utility locating and concrete scanning services. The acquisition — GPRS' fifth — expands GPRS' footprint and capabilities in California and strengthens its market position in private utility locating and concrete scanning.

GHK Capital Partners Acquires CPL

February 26, 2026

Engineering Services

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.