DEA, a nationally recognized professional services consulting firm of more than 900 people headquartered in Portland, Oregon, acquired Civil Works Engineers, Inc. (CWE), a professional civil engineering consulting firm headquartered in Costa Mesa, California on July 15. CWE provided a range of planning, design, and project management services for public and private clients in southern California.
CWE employees have joined DEA’s office in Tustin, California. The staff of CWE specialize in transportation engineering, traffic engineering design, drainage engineering, and civil site improvements. The acquisition expands DEA’s breadth and depth of transportation services in Southern California.
About the acquisition, DEA Chief Executive Officer Al Barkouli, Ph.D., P.E., said, “DEA and CWE have a long history of successful projects as teaming partners. We are excited about the growth this acquisition affords us. CWE staff bring new, additional expertise to help DEA meet and exceed our clients’ expectations in Southern California”.
CWE Principal Marie Marston, P.E., said, “We are very excited to join DEA, as it will allow us to offer additional resources to our current clients as well as increase our client base. In working together, our firms have long shared a commitment to provide excellent service to our clients and create a company culture where employees thrive. We can do this even more successfully together.”
