Godspeed Capital-Backed ICE USA Announces Strategic Partnership with Robert G. Campbell & Associates
2024年10月3日 - 10:00PM
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Second Addition to Godspeed’s Transportation
Design, Engineering, and Consulting Platform, Strengthens Presence
in the Highly Strategic and Attractive Tennessee Market
Godspeed Capital Management LP (“Godspeed”), a lower middle
market Architecture, Engineering, & Consulting (“AEC”) and
Government Services focused private equity firm, today announced
the acquisition of Robert G. Campbell & Associates
(“RGC&A”) by ICE USA, its transportation-focused engineering
and consulting services and solutions platform holding company. The
transaction marks the second addition to Godspeed’s expanding ICE
USA platform and deepens its surveying, civil engineering, and
construction management capabilities for public works and
transportation agency customers within the highly attractive
Tennessee market.
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Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee,
RGC&A is a premier full-service consulting and engineering firm
specializing in civil engineering, inspection, and surveying
services primarily for state and local government clients in public
infrastructure development. The addition of RGC&A brings more
than 40 highly-skilled professionals to the ICE USA platform,
including its tenured leadership team which will remain with
RGC&A following the transaction and continue to lead the
business. RGC&A has established itself as a leader in the
rapidly growing Tennessee market, with expertise spanning various
sectors including transportation, water/wastewater, site
development, and residential projects. RGC&A will operate
side-by-side with Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering
(“ICE”), Godspeed’s inception platform investment, and IDCUS
Inc.(“IDCUS”), under the ICE USA platform.
“This transaction represents an important step for ICE USA as we
continue to scale our platform and build our presence across
geographies, especially the coveted Tennessee market,” said Elham
Farzam, P.E., President & CEO of ICE USA. “The addition of
RGC&A and its talented team to ICE USA will further strengthen
our platform’s collective ability to provide stellar services to
our customers in Tennessee and across the Southeastern U.S. We look
forward to working with the RGC&A team as we continue the build
out of our platform and support new and greater infrastructure
projects across the region.”
“Partnering with ICE USA is an exciting new step for the
RGC&A team, and we look forward to working as a part of the
expanded platform to continue providing exemplary service to our
longtime clients across the Southeast,” said Robert G. Campbell,
PE, Founder & Principal of RGC&A. “This partnership is an
outstanding cultural fit, and we are confident that our team’s
expertise will strategically complement ICE USA’s robust resources
and capabilities, enabling the platform to offer its customers an
unparalleled suite of transportation engineering services.”
“Godspeed is thrilled to have RGC&A join the ICE USA team
and views the acquisition as a critical step in developing and
strengthening customer relationships in the attractive Tennessee
market and our buy and build strategy of scaling platforms to
penetrate key growth markets,” said J. Cameron Terry II, Principal
at Godspeed Capital. “By complimenting ICE and IDCUS, we believe
RGC&A will open doors for ICE USA in growth markets across the
Southeast beyond Tennessee, further solidifying the platform as a
market leader in the civil and transportation engineering
markets.”
Latham & Watkins LLP acted as legal advisor on behalf of
Godspeed Capital. AEC Advisors, through its registered
broker-dealer affiliate AEC Transaction Services LLC, was the
exclusive financial advisor to Robert G. Campbell &
Associates.
About Robert G. Campbell &
Associates
Robert G. Campbell & Associates (“RGC&A”) is a premier
professional engineering and consulting firm specializing in
transportation, water/wastewater, site development, and residential
projects. Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee
with an additional office in Sevierville, RGC&A serves
strategic state and local government customers across the state of
Tennessee. For more information, please visit www.rgc-a.com.
About ICE USA
Aligned with RGC&A under the ICE USA platform,
Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering (“ICE”) is a
full-service transportation consulting and design firm focused on
public infrastructure projects in the Southeastern U.S. Founded in
2013 and headquartered in West Columbia, South Carolina, ICE
maintains 23 offices across states including North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, and West
Virginia and consistently ranks among the top transportation design
firms nationwide. For more information, please visit
www.ice-eng.com.
About Godspeed Capital
Partners
Godspeed Capital is a lower middle-market Defense &
Government services, solutions, and technology focused private
equity firm investing alongside forward-thinking management teams
that seek an experienced and innovative investment partner with
unique sector expertise, operational insight, and flexible capital
for growth. While a typical investment will involve companies
generating approximately $3 million to $30 million of EBITDA,
Godspeed Capital has significant support to complete larger
transactions through strategic co-invest relationships. The firm
focuses on control buyouts, buy-and-builds, corporate carve-outs,
and special situations. For more information, please visit the
Godspeed Capital website at www.godspeedcm.com.
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For Godspeed Capital: Alex Jeffrey/Iain Hughes Gasthalter &
Co. (212) 257-4170 godspeed@gasthalter.com