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April 2008 AEC MA Update

Morrissey Goodale LLC tracked 15 deals in the AE industry over the past month, bringing the total number of deals in 2008 thus far to 96.

Our initial review of year-to-date activity confirms the increasing influence of international and publicly traded firms in shaping the AE industry. Over one in five domestic sales involve a publicly traded or international buyer. International firms are buying into the US at twice the pace that US firms are buying overseas.

4/25/2008

Fugro (Leidschendam, the Netherlands) announced it has taken over BKS Surveys (Coleraine, Northern Ireland) specializing in aerial photography and mapping services.

DutchNews Newsletter

4/23/2008

Tetra Tech (Pasadena, CA) has acquired 25-person WJA Design Collaborative (Seattle, WA).

Seattle Daily Journal

4/21/2008

MDE, Inc. (Easley, SC) has merged into Britt, Peters and Associates' Civil Engineering Department (Greenville SC).

Britt, Peters and Associates

4/15/2008

AECOM Technology Corp. (Los Angeles, CA) announced it has acquired Totten Sims Hubicki Associates of Ontario, Canada.

Los Angeles Business Journal

4/14/2008

Bureau Veritas (Paris, France) has acquired 100% of the capital of Analytical Solutions S.A. (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil).

Bureau Veritas

4/11/2008

Wardrop Engineering Inc. (Winnipeg, Canada) announced it will merge with CPG-Franz Environmental Inc. of Markham, Ontario.

Winnipeg Sun

4/8/2008

AMEC (Seattle, WA), the international engineering and project management company, announced that it has acquired the assets of Smith Williams Consultants, Inc. (Denver, CO).

AMEC

4/7/2008

Leeds-based Grontmij today announced the 100% acquisition of sustainable building services consultants Roger Preston & Partners (Maidenhead, UK), their third strategic acquisition in a month.

Grontmij

4/4/2008

Leeds-based engineering consultancy Grontmij has strengthened its building and civil engineering services with the acquisition of UK-based Trett Consulting.

Yorkshire Post

4/3/2008

MWH (Broomfield, CO), a global provider of environmental engineering, strategic consulting and construction services, today announced the acquisition of Northern EnviroSearch Ltd., an environmental consultancy headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.

MWH

4/2/2008

Billings, Montana-based HKM Engineering has merged with Anchorage, Alaska-based Dowl Engineers.

Billings Gazette

4/2/2008

AMEC plc (Seattle, WA) announces the acquisition of the leading project services company Rider Hunt International Limited (Surrey, UK).

AMEC

4/1/2008

Australian engineering services firm WorleyParsons Ltd. said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy U.S.-based deepwater hydrocarbons engineering firm INTEC Engineering (Houston, TX) for $108.5 million.

Reuters

4/1/2008

Harmsen & Associates Inc., a civil engineering in Monroe, WA, has merged with land surveying firm Fakkema & Kingma Inc. of Oak Harbor, WA.

Puget Sound Business Journal

4/1/2008

Fugro (Leidschendam, The Netherlands) acquired Nigel Press Associates Limited (NPA) of Kent, UK.

Fugro

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.

About Morrissey Goodale LLC

Morrissey Goodale LLC is a management consulting and research firm serving the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. Headquarters are located at Riverside Center 275 Grove Street, Suite 2-400, Newton MA, 02466. The company can be reached at 508-650-0040 or on the web at www.morrisseygoodale.com

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