2020 Environmental Group, LLC ("2020") is pleased to announce that Sherwood Design Engineers ("Sherwood"), a nationally recognized civil engineering and sustainable infrastructure firm headquartered in San Francisco, California has joined Verdantas, a leader in digitally enabled technical consulting for the environment, water, and energy transition markets.
2020 Environmental Group represented Sherwood as their exclusive M&A Advisors, managing the process, identifying Verdantas, and offering strategic guidance throughout the negotiation and execution of the deal.
Founded in 2003, Sherwood has built a reputation for integrating natural systems into the built environment through innovative engineering, planning, and design solutions. The firm's multidisciplinary team of approximately 120 engineers, designers, and support professionals operates from eight offices across the United States and Latin America including San Francisco, Petaluma, Napa, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, New York City, Des Moines and San Jose, Costa Rica.
Sherwood provides engineering and design services across sustainable infrastructure, water resources, ecological systems, urban development, resilient infrastructure, integrated resource planning, and innovative water and wastewater systems. The firm is widely recognized for its work on complex projects involving climate resilience, ecological restoration, sustainable campuses, public infrastructure, parks and open spaces, and resource management.
"This is a natural fit for both organizations," said Jesse Kropelnicki, CEO of Verdantas. "Sherwood brings a distinctive approach to sustainable infrastructure that combines technical excellence with a deep understanding of ecological systems. Their team has built an impressive reputation helping clients solve complex challenges at the intersection of water, infrastructure, resilience, and environmental stewardship. Together, we are expanding our ability to deliver integrated solutions that help communities and clients adapt, grow, and thrive."
"We have always believed that engineering can create positive environmental and community outcomes when natural and built systems are considered together," said Bry Sarte, founder and CEO of Sherwood. "Verdantas shares that mindset. By joining forces, we gain the scale, resources, and multidisciplinary capabilities to accelerate our impact while continuing to serve our clients and communities with the same commitment and vision that has defined Sherwood for more than two decades."
"Sherwood brings a highly complementary set of capabilities in sustainable infrastructure, water resources, ecological restoration, and climate resilience that further strengthens the Verdantas platform," said James Soldano, Managing Partner at Sterling Investment Partners. "The addition of Sherwood expands Verdantas' ability to help clients address increasingly complex environmental and infrastructure challenges while continuing to build a differentiated technical consulting firm positioned for long-term growth."
The acquisition expands Verdantas’ presence across several key growth markets, including California, New York, and Atlanta, while broadening the firm’s client relationships across higher education, technology, utilities, hospitality, government and provide development sectors. It also adds Sherwood’s Costa Rica operation, complementing Verdantas’ existing global delivery model and enhancing the firm’s ability to support clients with complex infrastructure and environmental challenges.