David T. Gockel is CEO and president of Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
By Joshua Burd
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services has acquired Navix Engineering, a practice based just outside Seattle that focuses on the burgeoning data center market.
The deal by Parsippany-based Langan expands its presence in the Pacific Northwest while augmenting its platform in an increasingly critical asset class. Based in Bellevue, Washington, Navix has provided site-civil engineering in its home region and has grown its highly successful data center practice to support projects in nearly 40 states for hyper-scalers, colocation developers, architects, design-build contractors and allied consultants.
“Paul Manzer and the Navix team have done a phenomenal job building a platinum reputation in the Pacific Northwest and the highly competitive and rapidly growing data center market,” said David T. Gockel, Langan’s CEO and president. “Adding Navix to Langan strengthens both firms, and we are incredibly excited to integrate our forces to bring measurable value to our clients in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the United States.”
According to a news release, the acquisition will create multiple synergies that support clients and staff from both firms. Navix clients will stand to benefit from Langan’s environmental and geotechnical engineering services, as well as other technical disciplines including traffic engineering, survey/GIS and landscape architecture, while the latter will also provide technical and career development training to Navix staff.
“Many firms have pursued Navix, but Langan has the best cultural alignment to provide growth opportunities for our staff,” said Manzer, Navix’s president. “On the business front, we have been seeking a partner that could help us support projects around the country, and we have found that in Langan. This relationship also allows us to bring a greater suite of services to our clients.”
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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