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Danvers-based Hancock Assoc. has acquired a Boston land planning and civil engineering firm.
The company, a local provider of land surveying, civil engineering and wetland science services, announced this morning that it has acquired H.W. Moore Assoc. Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
H.W. Moore Assoc. was founded in 1967 to provide consulting services in civil, traffic, environmental and land use engineering for federal, state, municipal and private projects. The company’s areas of expertise include site analysis, master planning and development, feasibility studies, detailed site engineering and approval processing.
“With H.W. Moore as a division of Hancock Assoc., we’re able to offer expanded planning and civil design services for public and private entities,” Hancock President Wayne C. Jalbert said in a statement. “To support H.W. Moore, Hancock is outfitting the office with a full land surveying staff including field crews. By bringing the two firms together, we’re able to offer more services, expand our reach and serve our clients even more efficiently. We’re excited for the future.”
H.W. Moore will continue to operate under its corporate name and Jim White, Fred Keylor and Bob Carter will remain as the lead engineers in the Boston office. Jason Ellis will lead the new land surveying department. Ellis is one of Hancock’s project managers, an associate of the firm and has over 20 years of land surveying experience.
“H.W. Moore has enjoyed great success for over 50 years so it was very important for us to join a firm that would continue that tradition,” H.W. Moore Assoc. outgoing President Hal Moore said in a statement. “By joining Hancock’s team, we’re able to add land surveying and wetland science to our services and insure success for the next 50 years.”
