Bowman Consulting Acquires WestLand's Land Development Engineering Practice

RESTON, Va., Sept. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd., a national design firm headquartered in Reston, Virginia and Tucson, Arizona based WestLand Resources, Inc. are pleased to announce that Bowman is acquiring WestLand's land development engineering practice in both the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas. As a component of this transaction, Bruce Larson, WestLand's Vice President in charge of its Phoenix office, will lead Bowman's engineering and planning practice throughout Arizona. "We are delighted to have Bruce and the other members of WestLand's land development engineering staff join our team here at Bowman. WestLand has an impeccable reputation for quality, service and culture and I look forward to this transaction as the first step in a long-term relationship between our firms", said Gary Bowman, President of Bowman.

"This transaction has been positive for all stakeholders and we really appreciate the concern and care expressed by Bowman for the employees and clients of WestLand. With Bowman's acquisition of WestLand's land development engineering group, we will continue our strategic focus on our core competencies in water and waste water engineering, landscape architecture, geomatics and land survey, environmental planning and permitting, and natural and cultural resources," explained Jim Tress, President and CEO of WestLand.

WestLand and Bowman will maintain a strategic alliance for landscape architecture and other services provided by the firms in support of current and future clients. WestLand's other disciplines and clients that they serve will remain unchanged.

About Bowman Consulting: Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd. is a multidiscipline design firm with the singular mission of "delivering success to our clients with a sense of urgency." We have more than 600 employees working together in over 30 locations across the country, serving a broad array of industries including urban land, transportation, water resources, and mining. Bowman's core services include civil engineering, land surveying, subsurface utility engineering, land planning, environmental consulting, construction management, landscape architecture, and right-of-way acquisition. For more information, visit http://www.bowmanconsulting.com

About WestLand Resources: WestLand Resources, Inc. is a Tucson-based engineering and environmental consulting firm with offices in Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff and Ft. Defiance. WestLand's expert staff of over 130 professional and technical employees in Arizona provide services in water/wastewater and civil engineering, landscape architecture, environmental planning and permitting, cultural resources, natural resources, and geographic information services. For more information, visit http://www.westlandresources.com

SOURCE Bowman Consulting Group