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Perth-based land development firm Gilbert Rose Consulting has been acquired by Queensland engineering services company Cardno Ltd in order to strengthen its presence in Western Australia.

Queensland-based infrastructure services company Cardno Ltd will acquire Mt Pleasant-based structural and civil engineering consultancy Buckland Engineers Australia in a cash and scrip deal, the company has announced.

The rush to consolidate the minerals services sector continues unabated, with Cardno Ltd buying Buckland Engineers Australia, while Leighton Holdings Ltd negotiates to acquire Australian Mine Services Pty Ltd.

ENVIRONMENTAL consulting firm RPS Group has boosted its position in the Perth market with the recent acquisition of water resource and environmental consultancy Aquaterra Consulting.

Infrastructure services group Cardno has acquired Perth-based electrical engineering firm BEC Engineering for $45 million.

Infrastructure services firm Cardno has acquired Bunbury-based Geotech Materials Testing Services in a transaction worth up to $26.7 million.

Investment bank Gresham believes conditions are right for significant corporate finance activity in mining services as companies in the sector look at growth and diversification strategies.

Professional infrastructure and environmental services firm Cardno has appointed Richard Di Perna as business unit manager for engineering services WA.

Infrastructure and environmental services company Cardno has appointed Nick Pugliese as senior project manager.Mr Pugliese was most recently engineering manager of Calibre Global.

Infrastructure and environmental services firm Cardno has appointed Andrew Nathan as section leader of the civil infrastructure team.

Queensland-based infrastructure services company Cardno has bought oil and gas engineering consulting firm PPI Technology Services for $US145 million.

Infrastructure and environmental services firm Cardno has appointed Julia Morgan as team leader, environment in Perth.Ms Morgan was previously the land development portfolio lead at Strategen. 

Professional infrastructure and environmental services company Cardno has appointed Peter Royle as a senior civil engineer in its Perth office.Mr Royle has more than 14 years’ experience in civil infrastructure in WA.

Infrastructure and environmental services firm Cardno has appointed Keith Palmer to the role of branch manager for its growing Busselton office.Mr Palmer has more than 25 years’ business and professional services experience, including eight years in the South West.

Infrastructure and environmental services company Cardno has appointed Cara Clifton to the role of section leader – landscape architecture in their Perth office.

Infrastructure and environmental services company Cardno has appointed Michael Waite as section leader – environment. Mr Waite has previously worked for the United Nations, Inpex, Water Corporation, the Department of Environment and the Environmental Protection Authority.

Cardno, professional infrastructure and environmental services company, has appointed Geoff Pereira as Project Director-Infrastructure & Property.

The board of infrastructure services group Cardno has told its shareholders to reject a $215 million takeover proposal it received earlier in the week from Crescent Capital Investments.

Crescent Capital Investments has sweetened its takeover offer for infrastructure services group Cardno, boosting the deal to $3.45 per share, one week after competitor Coffey announced a friendly takeover deal with global player Tetra Tech.

Programmed Maintenance Services is among five companies to be added to the S&P/ASX200 in changes to the market indices set to occur after market close on December 18.

Jonathan Murray has been appointed as a non-executive director of Vietnam Industrial Investments. Mr Murray is a partner at Steinepreis Paganin, and a non-executive director of Peak Resources and Hannans Reward.