Long Point-backed BKF Engineers acquires Waterways Consulting

BKF Engineers, a portfolio company of Long Point Capital, has acquired Waterways Consulting. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Waterways Consulting works on stream restoration, fish passage design, dam removal and watershed planning, and provides land surveying and environmental consulting from offices in Santa Cruz, California, and Portland, Oregon. BKF is based in Oakland, California, and provides planning, engineering, surveying, program and construction management, and consulting for transportation, water, government and land development projects, with more than 900 people across 20 offices. Long Point invested in BKF in 2024.

The deal adds habitat and ecosystem restoration to the urban water and stormwater work BKF took on with its acquisition of Lotus Water. BKF president and CEO Darren Riegler said clients increasingly want integrated approaches to environmental and water resilience problems. Waterways clients will keep their project leaders, teams and points of contact.