North American design company 5346 Stantec has signed a letter of intent to acquire Lexington, Kentucky, USA-based 5349 Entran, a 115-person transportation consulting company that also has offices in Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Charleston, West Virginia; Louisville, Kentucky; and Nashville, Tennessee.
Stantec anticipates the close of the transaction in October, 2011.
"The addition of Entran will augment Stantec's transportation practice in the US south-east and Mid-west and expands our aviation services into new markets," says Scott Murray, Stantec senior vice president of its US East operations.
"Entran has a well-established reputation in the region and has been successful in securing large-scale assignments in Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia, and Virginia where our presence is growing."
Founded in 1969, Entran provides a range of transportation infrastructure services, including aviation planning and design, bridge design, roadway design, traffic engineering, transportation planning, and construction engineering services.
"Stantec provides us with the geographic reach and resources we need to continue our expansion and compete for surface transportation and aviation projects of greater size and complexity," says Entran chief executive officer J. David Sigler. "Becoming part of Stantec''s international network will give our clients access to a much wider range of services and expertise and create new career opportunities for our staff."
Entran's current projects includes design for US 460 over Grassy Creek in Buchanan County, Virginia, which will be the tallest bridge in the state of Virginia when complete; US 68 widening in Lexington, Kentucky, which includes the first double crossover diamond interchange in the state of Kentucky, and one of only a handful in the country, and the Kennedy Interchange redesign in Louisville, Kentucky, part of the largest public works project in Kentucky history.
Other recent signature projects have included programme management and design services on the Kingery/Borman Expressway in Cook County, Illinois, and Lake County, Indiana; and the Eastern Corridor preliminary engineering/
environmental impact statement in Hamilton and Clermont counties, Ohio, which was the first two-tiered EIS [Environmental Impact Statement] process conducted in the state.
Stantec's current Kentucky operations encompass 200 employees in Lexington and Louisville, providing a range of geotechnical engineering, water infrastructure, GIS, and environmental services.
Stantec anticipates the close of the transaction in October, 2011.
"The addition of Entran will augment Stantec's transportation practice in the US south-east and Mid-west and expands our aviation services into new markets," says Scott Murray, Stantec senior vice president of its US East operations.
"Entran has a well-established reputation in the region and has been successful in securing large-scale assignments in Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia, and Virginia where our presence is growing."
Founded in 1969, Entran provides a range of transportation infrastructure services, including aviation planning and design, bridge design, roadway design, traffic engineering, transportation planning, and construction engineering services.
"Stantec provides us with the geographic reach and resources we need to continue our expansion and compete for surface transportation and aviation projects of greater size and complexity," says Entran chief executive officer J. David Sigler. "Becoming part of Stantec''s international network will give our clients access to a much wider range of services and expertise and create new career opportunities for our staff."
Entran's current projects includes design for US 460 over Grassy Creek in Buchanan County, Virginia, which will be the tallest bridge in the state of Virginia when complete; US 68 widening in Lexington, Kentucky, which includes the first double crossover diamond interchange in the state of Kentucky, and one of only a handful in the country, and the Kennedy Interchange redesign in Louisville, Kentucky, part of the largest public works project in Kentucky history.
Other recent signature projects have included programme management and design services on the Kingery/Borman Expressway in Cook County, Illinois, and Lake County, Indiana; and the Eastern Corridor preliminary engineering/
environmental impact statement in Hamilton and Clermont counties, Ohio, which was the first two-tiered EIS [Environmental Impact Statement] process conducted in the state.
Stantec's current Kentucky operations encompass 200 employees in Lexington and Louisville, providing a range of geotechnical engineering, water infrastructure, GIS, and environmental services.
