G2 Consulting Group acquired Schleede-Hampton Associates, a fellow construction engineering firm it has worked with for a few decades.
"I have known Schleede-Hampton forever," says Noel Hargrave-Thomas, principal of
G2 Consulting Group. "Jim Berry, who runs the Birmingham office that we purchased, I met him 30 years ago...I am very familiar with that firm."
Troy-based G2 Consulting Group specializes in construction engineering, including environmental and geotechnical engineering services. That work, such as soil testing or tracking vibration next to freeways, usually takes place below the ground.
Schleede-Hampton Associates, which is based in Birmingham, provides similar geotechnical engineering services to the construction industry.
G2 Consulting Group has been focusing on integrating more and more technology into its everyday work, such as outfitting its workers with mobile devices. Hargrave-Thomas sees bringing Schleede-Hampton Associates up to speed with its own technology use as a good opportunity for growth.
"It (the merger) is a nice fit," Hargrave-Thomas says.
G2 Consulting Group has been growing rapidly in recent years, hiring 19 people over the last year alone, growing its staff to 63. Schleede-Hampton Associates' staff of eight people will be integrated into G2 Consulting Group's staff this summer.
"We are continuously adding people," Hargrave-Thomas says.
Source: Noel Hargrave-Thomas, principal of G2 Consulting Group
Writer: Jon Zemke
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