AEC M&A Update 03-28-08

Morrissey Goodale LLC tracks AEC industry mergers and acquisitions on a daily basis and reports them weekly. This report is from the week ending March 28, 2008.

Newton, MA (PRWEB) March 30, 2008 -- Morrissey Goodale LLC tracked 2 deals in the AE industry over the past week, bringing the total number of deals in the first quarter of 2008 to 73. This is an increase of 13% over the same period last year. Also included in this update are an additional 7 deals that occurred this quarter that we had not previously reported on. Details on all of these deals are listed below.

3/27/2008
Engineering firm Vision Land Consultants Inc. (Golden, CO) said Wednesday it has purchased G&H Consulting Engineers in Granby, CO specializing in construction management and civil engineering.
Denver Business Journal

3/22/2008
Milone & MacBroom (Cheshire, CT) has acquired transportation planning and traffic engineering firm Barkan & Mess Associates of Branford, CT.
New Haven Register

3/14/2008
Netherlands-based engineering consultancy DHV Group announces that, pending South African Competition Commission approval, it has acquired the entire share capital of Turgis Consulting (Pty) Ltd. of Northcliff, South Africa.
DHV Group

3/10/2008
CDM (Cambrige, MA) the global consulting, engineering, construction, and operations firm, announces the acquisition of the Polish environmental project design company CTBK Ekotechnika, headquartered in Warsaw.
CDM

3/5/2008
Infrastructure services company, Cardno Limited (Brisbane, Australia) today announced the acquisition of Newbury, Berkshire, UK-based water engineering software company Micro Drainage.
Cardno

2/25/2008
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Clinton, NJ) announced today that it has significantly strengthened its position in the biotech and pharmaceutical markets by acquiring privately held Biokinetics Inc. of Philadelphia, PA.
Foster Wheeler Ltd.

1/11/2008
Delta Consultants (St. Paul, MN), an environmental, safety and sustainability consulting firm announced it has been acquired by Oranjewoud, a Netherlands-based environment, safety and engineering consulting firm.
Oranjewoud

1/9/2008
AMEC (Seattle, WA), the international engineering and project management company, has acquired Steward and Associates of Snohomish, Washington.
AMEC

1/9/2008
AMEC (Seattle, WA), the international engineering and project management company, has acquired Marine & Environmental Testing, Inc. of Portland, Oregon.
AMEC

A full listing of all transactions recorded in 2007 and 2008 can be found on the AEC M&A Monitor at the firm's website www.morrisseygoodale.com. You may also sign up to receive email updates as deals occur.

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