Northern Engineering & Consulting, Inc. (NECI), with offices in Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming, has joined the Quad Cities-based engineering firm IMEG, the Rock Island company announced Tuesday, Sept. 3.
In a news release, IMEG said the merger expands its civil engineering group to more than 500 team members.
Details of the financial transaction were not disclosed.
Since 1997, NECI has provided civil engineering, land surveying, right-of-way design, GIS, site development, water and sewer design, and other civil services for municipal and tribal nation clients throughout the upper Midwest and mountain states. Headquartered in Bemidji, Minnesota, NECI was a woman and Indian-owned engineering firm previously.
“We are extremely pleased to bring NECI into our company,” IMEG President/CEO Paul VanDuyne said in the release. “We look forward to growing our civil presence within the upper Midwest and mountain states and bringing IMEG’s full-service engineering portfolio to NECI’s municipal and tribal clients.”
NECI President Lisa Gladstone also said the firm is excited to become part of IMEG and help drive continued growth in the regions it serves. “The merger provides growth for all our employees as well as our clients and teaming partners,” she said. “This decision is a direct result of our success over nearly 27 years, and we look forward to continuing to deliver the same high-quality product and relationships along with the added resources of a nationwide company.”
Ms. Gladstone will continue to lead the NECI team, overseeing regional civil operations with existing NECI leadership. The firm and its staff of 40 will continue to operate out of their Minnesota, Montana, and Wyoming offices, doing business as Northern Engineering Consultants Inc., now IMEG.
The merger comes nearly a month after IMEG announced that Illuminating Concepts, a full-service lighting design studio in Farmington Hills, Michigan, had joined IMEG.
IMEG is a leading U.S.-based engineering design firm owned by its employees. With 94 offices and 2,800 team members, IMEG serves regions and markets with full-service, in-house engineering design. IMEG is a Top 5 Engineering Firm in the U.S. (BD+C) and ranked #52 on ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms list. For more information, visit imegcorp.com or www.neciusa.com.
