Gannett Fleming TranSystems Acquires Scalar Consulting Group

Gannett Fleming Merges with TranSystems; Sentinel Exits via Combination with OceanSound-backed Gannett Fleming

August 7, 2024

Infrastructure

Gannett Fleming, a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, has completed a strategic merger with TranSystems, a Sentinel Capital Partners portfolio company, creating a national infrastructure consulting leader with roughly $1.3 billion in combined revenue and more than 5,000 employees. The deal represents Sentinel's exit of TranSystems and expands Gannett Fleming's capabilities and geographic coverage across transportation end markets including highways, bridges, mass transit, freight rail, and aviation.

Gannett Fleming TranSystems Acquires Muller & Muller Ltd.

December 3, 2024

Engineering Services

Gannett Fleming TranSystems has acquired Chicago-based architecture firm Muller & Muller Ltd. (M2), a team of about 65 professionals with offices in Chicago, Dallas, Seattle and Peoria. The deal, announced Dec. 3, 2024, adds architectural, planning and structural engineering expertise—particularly in transit and aviation—to Gannett Fleming TranSystems’ service offerings as a PE-backed platform.

Gannett Fleming Receives Strategic Investment from OceanSound Partners

January 9, 2023

Engineering Services

Gannett Fleming, a U.S.-based infrastructure engineering and consulting firm, received a strategic growth investment from OceanSound Partners. Management will retain a significant ownership stake and OceanSound will support investments in technology, talent, and geographic expansion to accelerate the firm’s growth across transportation, water, federal, power, and energy markets.

Gannett Fleming Acquires DiGioia Gray

August 1, 2023

Engineering Services

Gannett Fleming has acquired DiGioia Gray, a specialist provider of transmission, substation, geosciences, geotechnical, and civil engineering solutions. The deal expands Gannett Fleming's power and utility capabilities and scales its transmission and substation engineering offering; Gannett Fleming is a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners.

Gannett Fleming Acquires DEC, Texas-Based Water & Transportation Engineering Firm

March 18, 2024

Engineering Services

Gannett Fleming has acquired DEC, a Houston-based civil engineering firm specializing in transportation, water, wastewater and hydrology, with seven offices across Texas and more than 200 employees. The deal—an add-on to Gannett Fleming (a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners)—deepens Gannett Fleming's presence in Texas and will have DEC's CEO, Michel Maksoud, join as senior director of Texas operations.

TranSystems Acquires NCM Engineering Corp to Strengthen California Presence

April 11, 2024

Engineering Services

TranSystems Corp. has acquired NCM Engineering Corp., a Santa Ana, California-based transportation planning and engineering firm with a 40-person team. The addition expands TranSystems' capabilities and reinforces its presence in California as part of its ongoing infrastructure-focused growth alongside partner Sentinel Capital Partners.