Verdantas Acquires Crawford Environmental Services (CES)

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 Civil West Engineering Services, Inc.

January 14, 2025

Engineering Services

Verdantas, a PE-backed engineering and environmental consulting firm, has acquired Civil West Engineering Services, Inc., a Coos Bay, Oregon-based municipal engineering firm. The bolt-on purchase expands Verdantas' water, wastewater, stormwater and land development capabilities and strengthens its geographic presence in Oregon and the broader Pacific Northwest.

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 cbec eco engineering

August 15, 2024

Environmental Services

Verdantas, a Sterling Investment Partners–backed environmental science and engineering firm, has acquired cbec eco engineering to expand its water resources and ecological restoration capabilities in the Western United States. The acquisition brings roughly 40+ water-resources and restoration specialists into Verdantas, strengthening its coastal, estuarine, riverine and wetland service offerings in California and beyond.

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.

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.