Private Equity

Key Trends in the Sector
 

Private equity firms need to be more proactive in their approaches, better understand the timing of making investments and uncover the nuances of the sectors where they’re looking to deploy capital.

Facility services, building products, roofing, and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) services remain consistent areas of private equity focus. In addition to these sectors, we’re seeing an increase in areas that are benefiting from investment related to federal infrastructure funding bills and environmental, social and governance (ESG) trends. Emerging opportunities can be found in environmental solutions, infrastructure services, specialized consulting and engineering firms, and other industrials.

As interest in investing in the built environment grows, private equity funds are becoming increasingly proactive in business development, engaging our team to help find the niches that most align with their goals. By delving deeply into a sector preemptively to uncover the business types that benefit from the macro trends and align with key investment criteria, private equity firms can confidently make decisions and secure a proprietary opportunity.

Our private equity consultants also provide clients with a competitive advantage in a tight deal environment by helping them understand unrecognized value through targeted market due diligence. This can be especially valuable before the letter of intent (pre-LOI) to understand market trends.

How We Help
 

With a focus on answering specific questions, we deliver highly customized and targeted commercial due diligence, investment thesis development and sell-side market studies across all areas of the built environment. Our team’s sole focus on this sector provides unrivaled insight into markets and ability to uncover areas of value and risk that others cannot.

Additionally, we help:

• Provide market analysis, including the size, shape and dynamics of the total addressable market, based on research and feedback from industry insiders.
• Develop a strategy for making acquisitions in a particular sector and to understand valuations.
• Identify areas of value creation and market risk for the sector by defining key buying practices and trends impacting it.
• Quantify the market share of potential acquisitions, understand the competitive landscape and determine ways to improve operations.

Benefits

• Work with our dedicated private equity consulting team, which has extensive first-hand knowledge of companies in the built environment and what drives success.
• Find data-driven insights that help you make informed decisions faster than the competition.
• Tap into our consultants' expertise of nuanced aspects of the built environment to understand acquisition targets and gain business insights specific for private equity firms.
• Engage our team to help you discover value and ways to unlock efficiencies and savings once you acquire a company.

Areas of Expertise

• Infrastructure Services
• Engineering
• Building Products and Distribution
• Industrial Services
• Energy and Cleantech
• HVAC Service
• Construction Materials
• Construction Technology
• Utility Services
• Specialty Trade Contractors
• General Contractors
• Building Services
• Construction Equipment and Tools