Engineering Services Acquisitions in Washington

Stratus Team, LLC acquired Kestrel Engineering Group, an industrial process facilities engineering and design firm with six offices across the U.S. Northwest and Upper Midwest. The deal expands Stratus' geographic footprint into the Northwest and Upper Midwest while adding specialized industrial/process engineering capabilities to its multi-disciplinary platform.

Verdantas, a PE-backed technical consulting firm, has acquired PACE Engineers, a Kirkland, Washington-based multidisciplinary engineering, surveying, and environmental consulting firm. The deal (terms undisclosed) expands Verdantas' multidisciplinary capabilities and Pacific Northwest footprint while providing additional resources and development opportunities for PACE staff.

Ardurra Group, Inc. has acquired Perteet Inc., a Washington-based infrastructure and transportation consulting firm. The acquisition strengthens Ardurra’s transportation capabilities and expands its Pacific Northwest presence while Perteet will continue to operate from its Everett, Washington headquarters.

Atwell has acquired a majority stake in Centurion Power, a Washougal, Washington-based provider of electrical acceptance testing, inspection, certification, and commissioning services. The acquisition expands Atwell’s electrical testing and commissioning capabilities to support its growth in the power and energy, renewable, industrial, and data center markets; terms were not disclosed.

Langan Engineering & Environmental Services has acquired Navix Engineering, a Bellevue-based site/civil engineering firm with a strong data center practice. The deal augments Langan's data center land development and site/civil capabilities and expands Navix's ability to support projects nationally; terms were not disclosed.

Core States Group, an integrated A/E/C firm headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, has acquired Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc., a multidisciplinary civil engineering and land surveying firm based in Kent, Washington. The transaction expands Core States' national footprint, capabilities and service offerings across the Pacific Northwest and California and combines the firms' office network and technical resources.

RMA Companies, a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, has acquired Earth Engineers, a Camas, Washington–based geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, and special inspection firm. The add-on expands RMA's Pacific Northwest footprint (adding offices in Camas, Springfield and Aiea) and strengthens its geotechnical and materials testing capabilities as it builds a national testing, inspection and certification platform.

Quest Global has acquired a majority stake in People Tech Group, expanding its North American footprint and strengthening capabilities in automotive software (SDV/HMI) and enterprise software, cloud, data engineering and analytics. The partnership will keep People Tech's leadership in place while leveraging Quest Global's global resources to scale operations and serve Fortune 500 clients.

Coffman Engineers has completed an asset purchase agreement to acquire Seattle-based acoustical consulting firm BRC Acoustics & Audiovisual Design, bringing BRC's president and five staff into Coffman's Seattle office. The acquisition is part of BRC's ownership transition/retirement plan and expands Coffman's acoustical capabilities and services across the Northwest and companywide.

Atwell, a national consulting, engineering, and construction services firm, has acquired the operations of Mead Gilman & Associates, a Woodinville, Washington-based land surveying firm. The deal expands Atwell’s surveying and mapping capabilities and strengthens its geographic footprint in the Pacific Northwest; terms were not disclosed.

Atwell, a national consulting, engineering, and construction services firm, has acquired Blueline, a 75-person civil engineering, land planning, and landscape architecture firm based in Kirkland, Washington. The acquisition expands Atwell’s capabilities and geographic footprint in the Pacific Northwest, strengthening support for its residential, commercial, industrial, and public works clients in the region.

SAM Companies, a leading provider of geospatial and inspection solutions, has acquired Axis Survey & Mapping, a Redmond, Washington-based geomatics firm. The deal expands SAM's technical capabilities and geographic presence in the Pacific Northwest; the entire Axis team, including CEO Travis Bradley, will join SAM. Axis was represented by Chinook Capital Advisors in the transaction.

RMA Companies, a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, acquired GeoTest Services, a provider of geotechnical, environmental, materials testing, specialty inspection, and building science services in Washington state. The acquisition expands RMA's testing and inspection capabilities and strengthens its geographic footprint in the Pacific Northwest; terms were not disclosed.

SOCOTEC Consulting, Inc., the U.S. arm of global TIC provider SOCOTEC, has completed the acquisition of Trinity | ERD, an architecture and engineering firm specializing in building envelope consulting, forensic investigation, and litigation support. The deal expands SOCOTEC's U.S. footprint with Trinity's offices in Seattle, Honolulu and New Orleans and strengthens its technical services capabilities for existing buildings and forensic engineering.

Bellevue-based Fresh Consulting acquired Glacier River Design (headquartered in the Seattle area) on March 31, 2022. The deal brings Glacier River's embedded systems and firmware engineering expertise into Fresh's end-to-end product development capabilities, with Glacier River CEO Jon Perrin joining Fresh as Embedded Systems Director.

Los Angeles-based engineering firm Psomas has acquired Seattle-based interdisciplinary design, planning and surveying firm KPG, rebranding it as KPG-Psomas. The acquisition adds KPG's 100+ employees and expands Psomas' capabilities in landscape architecture, urban design, surveying and construction management while extending its geographic footprint into the Pacific Northwest.

CBRE Group has acquired Buildingi, a provider of occupancy planning, CAD and BIM services, to strengthen CBRE's occupancy management and workplace technology capabilities. Buildingi will integrate into CBRE's Occupancy Management team and bring a shared service center in Costa Rica to expand around-the-clock planning and technical drawing services.

Fremont-Wright LLC has acquired Harmsen & Associates, Inc., a civil engineering and land surveying firm based in Washington state. The buyer intends to integrate Harmsen's surveying, land-use planning and civil engineering capabilities into its national platform to expand service offerings and geographic coverage.

Cambridge Consultants, part of the Altran group, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Synapse, a US West Coast product development firm headquartered in Seattle, to expand its US footprint and consumer-technology capabilities. The deal (acquiring Synapse's business assets) will strengthen Cambridge Consultants' presence on both US coasts and is expected to grow Altran's Innovative Product Development revenues by ~50% on a pro forma basis.