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TRANSACT IONS KARINS ACQUIRES MOMENEE Karins and Associates , an engineering, surveying and planning firm, announced the acquisition of Momenee & Associates and Momenee Survey Group , civil engineering and surveying firms specializing in land development and water resources engineering. The new entity will go by the name of “ Momenee, Inc., a Karins Company .” “Momenee has built an impeccable reputation providing services to institutional, residential, and commercial clients over the last 34 years,” says Dev Sitaram, PE, president of Karins and Associates. “Their services and markets parallel Karins’ in Delaware. We’re excited to increase our presence in the Pennsylvania market with the Momenee acquisition. Their culture of providing responsive service and practical solutions to complex problems is very similar to ours. We welcome and look forward to the integration of their 17 employees into the Karins’ fold. Kevin Momenee, the founder and president, will continue to manage the office as vice president.” “Karins’ operations and services are so closely aligned with our business that it’s a natural fit,” says Kevin Momenee, PE, PLS. “We will continue to provide engineering, planning and surveying services and will add 3-D laser scanning, traffic engineering, and hydrographic surveying to our offerings. We will be building market share by expanding our customer base but we will continue to provide the high level of responsive service to which our clients are accustomed. We’re all very excited about becoming a part of a larger organization and offering capabilities of Karins and Associates to our clients.” JENSEN HUGHES ACQUIRES AON FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION Jensen Hughes , the global market leader in the fire protection engineering, fire code consulting and related

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life safety services industry, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Aon FPE . Formerly known as Schirmer Engineering, Aon FPE is one of the leading global providers of fire protection engineering, fire code consulting and security services to commercial, industrial and government facilities through 15 office locations in North America and a significant presence in the Middle East. Jensen Hughes is majority- owned by Gryphon Investors, a middle market private equity firm based in San Francisco, which purchased the firm in partnership with management in December 2015. Terms of this transaction were not disclosed. The combination of Jensen Hughes and Aon FPE brings together the two leading brands in the industry and increases the technical expertise and resources available to provide fire protection and forensic engineering, risk analysis and fire modeling, system design, code consulting, commissioning, research and testing and project management solutions that encompass fire protection, life safety, security and related disciplines to clients of both companies on a global basis. After the acquisition, Jensen Hughes will provide services to a majority of the Fortune 500 companies and other blue chip clients through more than 60 offices in North America, Asia and the Middle East and will employ nearly 1,000 professionals. Jensen Hughes CEO Phil Rogers stated “We are very excited to have completed the highly strategic acquisition of Aon FPE which is one of the leading firms in our core market and shares with Jensen Hughes a commitment to technical excellence and the capability of addressing its clients’ most complex engineering needs. This acquisition adds a talented group of managers and engineers to the Jensen Hughes team and strengthens our ability to provide lifecycle consultancy services to clients all over the world.”

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(and more), made in communications coming from people in our firm recently. Tighten it up! Kill the stilted English – we no longer live in the Victorian era. “Herewith, therein, hereto, please find.” All bad! We don’t utilize – we use. Write like you speak. Don’t put apostrophes on plurals. Thank a client for meeting with “Joe and ME ,” not “Joe and I.” “Your” is not the same as “You’re.” Your never welcome. “Whose” is not the same as “Who’s.” Regiment, regimen, and regime, are three completely different words with different meanings. They cannot be used interchangeably. “It’s” doesn’t have the same meaning as “Its.” Drop clichés such as, “At the end of the day.” They say nothing. We like people WHO are good at something – not people THAT are good at something. Let’s be known as an outfit with outstanding communicators at every level. Let’s not confirm the worst stereotypes someone may have about those of us from the center of the country, or the Left Coast, or wherever we are. I don’t want to pick on anyone – everyone hates the grammar police. But this is critical stuff and we can all do better! Thanks! MARK ZWEIG is Zweig Group’s founder and CEO. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup.com.

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