Key Takeaways
- • BKF Engineers, a Long Point Capital portfolio company, acquired Waterways Consulting, a West Coast engineering firm specializing in stream restoration, wetlands, and fish habitat work; terms were not disclosed.
- • Waterways brings stream restoration, fish passage design, dam removal, watershed planning, land surveying, and environmental consulting from offices in Santa Cruz, California, and Portland, Oregon.
- • BKF, headquartered in Oakland, California, has more than 900 employees across 20 offices and was invested in by Long Point Capital in 2024.
- • The deal extends BKF's urban water and stormwater capabilities, following its earlier acquisition of Lotus Water, into habitat and ecosystem restoration.
Summary
BKF Engineers, a portfolio company of Long Point Capital, has acquired Waterways Consulting, an engineering firm that restores streams, wetlands and fish habitat along the West Coast. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Waterways provides stream restoration, fish passage design, dam removal and watershed planning, along with land surveying and environmental consulting. The firm operates from offices in Santa Cruz, California, and Portland, Oregon.
Oakland-based BKF provides planning, engineering, surveying, program and construction management, and consulting services for transportation, water, government and land development projects. The firm has more than 900 people across 20 offices. Long Point Capital invested in BKF in 2024.
The acquisition adds habitat and ecosystem restoration to BKF's existing urban water and stormwater work, which was expanded earlier through its acquisition of Lotus Water. Darren Riegler, president and CEO of BKF, said clients increasingly want integrated approaches to environmental and water resilience problems. Waterways clients will keep their project leaders, teams and points of contact.
Waterways provides stream restoration, fish passage design, dam removal and watershed planning, along with land surveying and environmental consulting. The firm operates from offices in Santa Cruz, California, and Portland, Oregon.
Oakland-based BKF provides planning, engineering, surveying, program and construction management, and consulting services for transportation, water, government and land development projects. The firm has more than 900 people across 20 offices. Long Point Capital invested in BKF in 2024.
The acquisition adds habitat and ecosystem restoration to BKF's existing urban water and stormwater work, which was expanded earlier through its acquisition of Lotus Water. Darren Riegler, president and CEO of BKF, said clients increasingly want integrated approaches to environmental and water resilience problems. Waterways clients will keep their project leaders, teams and points of contact.
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