Galloway & Company Acquires Studio for Housing Design

ARA Services Partners and Kelso & Company Make Growth Investment in Galloway & Company

May 14, 2025

Engineering Services

Galloway & Company, a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering firm based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, received a strategic growth investment from ARA Services Partners and Kelso & Company to accelerate geographic, end-market, and service-line expansion. Galloway’s management will remain in place, employees retain significant ownership, and AEC Advisors served as exclusive financial advisor.

The Austin Company Acquires Gala & Associates, Inc.

January 31, 2022

Engineering Services

The Austin Company, a Cleveland-based design-builder, has acquired Gala & Associates of Beverly Hills, Michigan. The acquisition adds Gala’s architectural, engineering and project management capabilities for automotive assembly and heavy industrial facilities to Austin’s platform to expand its design and engineering share of the automotive and heavy industrial markets.

Bernhard Capital-Backed Grace Design Studios Acquires CRGA Design

June 11, 2025

Engineering Services

Grace Design Studios, a Bernhard Capital Partners-backed AEC platform, has acquired CRGA Design, a Baltimore-based architecture, interior design and planning firm specializing in healthcare facility design. The add-on expands Grace's healthcare capabilities and footprint in the Mid-Atlantic (Maryland, North Carolina and South Carolina) while CRGA will operate as a Grace Design Studio with its leadership remaining in place.

Huitt-Zollars Acquires Gavan & Barker to Expand Phoenix Public Works Capabilities

June 8, 2023

Engineering Services

Huitt-Zollars, an employee-owned full-service design firm headquartered in Dallas, acquired Phoenix-based Gavan & Barker, a civil engineering and landscape architecture practice, to expand its public works capabilities and footprint in the Phoenix market. The founders and their team will join Huitt-Zollars' Phoenix office, strengthening the firm's local presence and service offerings for municipal infrastructure, parks, and roadway projects.

McMillan Pazdan Smith Acquires Fuqua & Partners Architects

July 1, 2025

Engineering Services

McMillan Pazdan Smith has acquired Fuqua & Partners Architects, integrating FPA's leadership and approximately 30 team members into MPS' practice and establishing a Huntsville, Alabama studio as the firm's 10th Southeast office. The transaction is a strategic growth investment to expand McMillan Pazdan Smith's presence in North Alabama and southern Tennessee and to broaden project expertise across commercial, civic, education, and healthcare markets.

GALLS Acquires DesignLab, Inc.

January 6, 2026

Retail

GALLS, the national distributor of uniforms and equipment for public safety professionals, has acquired DesignLab, Inc., a regional supplier of public safety uniforms and gear. The acquisition adds six retail locations across South Carolina and Florida, strengthening GALLS' footprint in the Southeast and consolidating market share in those states.