Tracked deals
6
6 tracked deals across 2021-2022.
East Goscote, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Formerly known as CTS, CTS Group (construction testing solutions), CTS Group (construction testing)
UK-based provider of construction materials testing, structural and pavement investigations, subsidence and ground investigations, calibration/certification services, and compliance/inspection across the built environment and infrastructure markets, supported by a nationwide network of laboratories and offices.
Tracked deals
6
6 tracked deals across 2021-2022.
Recent pace
0
0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Addon
3 addon · 3 buyout
Last 2 years
Supporting Data
CTS Group, backed by private equity firm Palatine, has acquired geotechnical and geo-environmental specialist In Situ Site Investigation Limited. The St Leonards-on-sea business (37 employees) will expand CTS's ground investigation and site testing capabilities as part of its ongoing buy-and-build growth strategy to broaden geographic coverage and service offerings across the infrastructure and construction markets.
CTS Group, the Palatine-backed construction testing and geotechnical services platform, has acquired Concept Engineering Consultants Limited. The acquisition — CTS's eighth since Palatine's investment in 2018 — expands CTS's geotechnical consulting, coring, drilling and site investigation capabilities and brings Concept's ~105 employees and Leicester headquarters into the group.
Construction Testing Solutions (CTS) has acquired GT Certification, a UK-based measurement services company specializing in construction materials testing and torque and force calibration. The deal expands CTS's materials testing and calibration capabilities and brings GT's 39 staff and Tipton laboratory into CTS's nationwide network.
Construction Testing Solutions (CTS) has acquired Mason Evans, a Glasgow-based geo-environmental consultancy founded in 1995. The deal expands CTS’s geographic coverage into Scotland and enhances its geo-environmental, geotechnical and environmental monitoring capabilities to better serve construction, energy/waste and public-sector clients.
Construction Testing Solutions (CTS), backed by Palatine Private Equity, has acquired Sheffield-based Silkstone Environmental Limited (SEL), a 12-person environmental consultancy specialising in minerals and waste planning & permitting, site investigation, environmental monitoring and surveying. The bolt-on deal expands CTS's environmental, landfill and quarry monitoring and permitting capabilities across the UK; Silkstone's former owner Mark Barrett will remain with the business.
Construction Testing Solutions (CTS) has acquired Nicholls Colton Group Ltd, an independent construction testing and consultancy business headquartered in Leicester. The deal brings over 100 staff and in‑house chemistry testing capabilities to CTS, strengthening its UK construction testing offering and creating operational synergies; former owner Ian Elliot will join CTS as a Director to support integration.
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