Clark Nexsen acquired by Maryland firm

Virginia Beach architecture and engineering firm Clark Nexsen has been acquired by Maryland-based engineering, architecture and related services company Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson.

JMT‘s acquisition of Clark Nexsen closed on May 9. The company announced the merger May 21 and did not disclose the financial terms of the transaction.

Clark Nexsen’s approximately 325 employees will join JMT’s roughly 2,450-person workforce to form a firm with more than 2,750 employees. JMT is 100% employee-owned.

“The current structure of Clark Nexsen will continue as we build and strengthen both the JMT and Clark Nexsen brands to our clients and partners over the coming months,” JMT Chief Marketing Officer Eric Madden wrote in an email.

Clark Nexsen will help strengthen JMT’s capabilities in architecture and facilities engineering and in the transportation sector. Both companies serve the education and federal market sectors.

“Combining with JMT is transformative for all of us,” Clark Nexsen President Terri Hall said in a statement. “We will continue to build on more than a century of achievements, add new geographies and areas of expertise and provide our employees with many new avenues for professional growth. This is truly an exciting time.”

Founded in 1920, Clark Nexsen has nine offices across the Southeast. A notable project the firm worked on is a monument honoring the World War II predecessors of the Navy SEALS and special boat crews, unveiled in Normandy, France, in 2024.