Engineering Services Acquisitions in Washington
Engineering Services Deals in Washington
Engineering services acquisitions across Washington, United States show a consistent theme: established A/E/C and technical consulting firms growing through targeted capability adds—surveying, civil/site engineering, environmental and compliance, and specialized power or testing services.
Recent transactions also point to a clear geographic pull within the Pacific Northwest. Several deals expand local office networks in Washington and, in a number of cases, position acquired teams to continue operating from their existing Washington locations.
What Stands Out
- Buyers repeatedly strengthening multidisciplinary engineering and adjacent technical services (e.g., site/civil, land surveying, environmental consulting, inspection and certification).
- Power, energy, and data center–adjacent capabilities appear in multiple deals, including electrical acceptance testing and commissioning, and site/civil with a data center practice.
- Many acquisitions preserve local operating footprints—acquired teams often continue from their Washington headquarters (e.g., Everett, Bellevue, Kirkland, Camas, Woodinville).
- A common strategy is building or expanding a Pacific Northwest presence while scaling services nationally.
| Recurring buyer / group | Notable deal theme (Washington) | Example target |
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January 8, 2026
- Buyer
- Verdantas
- Target
- PACE Engineers, Inc.
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Addon
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.
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September 15, 2025
- Buyer
- Ardurra Group, Inc.
- Target
- Perteet Inc.
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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August 7, 2025
- Buyer
- Atwell
- Target
- Centurion Power
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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November 20, 2024
- Buyer
- Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
- Target
- Navix Engineering
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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October 31, 2024
- Buyer
- Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.
- Target
- Exeltech Consulting, Inc.
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Exeltech Consulting, Inc., a Washington-based provider of bridge design, transportation planning, environmental compliance, and related civil engineering services. The acquisition is expected to initially operate at an annualized net service billing run rate of approximately $7.0 million and is subject to customary closing conditions expected on or after November 5, 2024.
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August 12, 2024
- Buyer
- Core States Group
- Target
- Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc.
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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July 2, 2024
- Buyer
- RMA Companies, OceanSound Partners
- Target
- Earth Engineers
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Addon
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.
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- Buyer
- Quest Global
- Target
- People Tech Group
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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September 12, 2023
- Buyer
- Coffman Engineers, Inc.
- Target
- BRC Acoustics & Audiovisual Design, Inc.
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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September 6, 2023
- Buyer
- Atwell, LLC
- Target
- Mead Gilman & Associates
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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- Buyer
- Atwell, LLC
- Target
- Blueline
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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March 13, 2023
- Buyer
- SAM Companies
- Target
- Axis Survey & Mapping
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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February 22, 2023
- Buyer
- RMA Companies, OceanSound Partners
- Target
- GeoTest Services, Inc.
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Addon
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.
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October 11, 2022
- Buyer
- SOCOTEC Consulting, Inc., SOCOTEC Group
- Target
- Trinity | ERD
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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April 11, 2022
- Buyer
- Fresh Consulting
- Target
- Glacier River Design
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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January 18, 2022
- Buyer
- Psomas
- Target
- KPG
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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January 5, 2022
- Buyer
- CBRE Group
- Target
- Buildingi
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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October 3, 2018
- Buyer
- Fremont-Wright LLC
- Target
- Harmsen & Associates, Inc.
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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- Buyer
- Cambridge Consultants, Altran
- Target
- Synapse Product Development
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which engineering services subsectors are showing up in Washington acquisitions?
Common subsectors in these Washington transactions include civil/site engineering, land surveying and geospatial/geomatics, environmental and compliance consulting, and specialized services such as electrical testing/commissioning, geotechnical and materials testing, and acoustical design.
Do acquired firms typically keep operating in Washington after the deal?
Several transactions explicitly note continuity of the Washington operating location and leadership (for example, targets continuing from Everett, Bellevue, Camas, and Woodinville).
What kinds of buyers are most active in these Washington engineering deals?
Recurring buyers include firms such as Atwell, Ardurra Group, Inc., Verdantas, RMA Companies (portfolio company of OceanSound Partners), and OceanSound Partners, alongside other established A/E/C or technical consulting companies.
Are data center and power/energy services part of the Washington M&A pattern?
Yes. The page includes deals that expand capabilities tied to power and energy (e.g., electrical acceptance testing, inspection, certification, and commissioning) and a site/civil practice described as strong in data center work.