Three year-end acquisitions expand IMEG’s Texas and Northwest U.S. presence

Three year-end 2023 acquisitions by IMEG—JQ Engineering, E&D Company, and ES²—help expand the firm’s national industrial capabilities and full-service offerings in the Northwest and Texas. The deals capped off a 12-month period that added seven firms, helping grow IMEG to nearly 2,600 team members at 86 U.S. locations.

JQ Engineering (JQ), a Texas-based firm, has served clients since 1984, providing structural and civil engineering, land surveying, and facility assessment solutions in multiple market sectors including aviation, commercial, education, government, healthcare, hospitality, housing, science & technology, and sports & recreation. Read more.

Engineering System Solutions (ES²) has offices in Idaho Falls, ID, Sacramento, CA, and Las Vegas. The firm delivers structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design solutions to clients in the commercial, corporate, education, government, healthcare, hospitality, and housing market sectors among others. Read more.

E&D Company, is an Idaho Falls-based owner’s representative and engineering firm providing civil, rail, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering design along with automation, geotechnical, and owner’s representative services. For nearly 20 years E&D has worked with private and public organizations across the globe. E&D is in market d.b.a. ES². Read more.

“We are extremely pleased to welcome the JQ, E&D, and ES² teams into our company,” said IMEG President/CEO Paul VanDuyne. “The cultural synergy and expanded specialties these three firms bring us help grow our full-service engineering presence throughout the U.S.—aligning with our value proposition to deliver a client-centric approach with national expertise and local connections.”

The firms are doing business, respectively, as JQ Engineering now IMEG, Engineering System Solutions (ES²), now IMEG, and E&D d.b.a. ES², now IMEG. They will continue to operate out of their existing locations.