David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA) acquired specified assets of Somers-Jaramillo + Associates, Inc. (SJ+A), a Public Involvement consultancy of Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 30, 2021. SJ+A employees have joined DEA’s Salt Lake City team in conjunction with the transaction. DEA is a nationally recognized professional services consulting firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
With over a decade of experience in Public Involvement, Somers-Jaramillo + Associates, Inc. has facilitated decision-making processes for a variety of owners on topics ranging from land-use planning to road construction and from strategic business to communications planning. The SJ+A staff will augment DEA’s existing Public Involvement team to help clients engage with stakeholders in a meaningful way and develop and maintain positive relationships with affected communities throughout the life of a project and beyond.
About the purchase, DEA Senior Vice President R.A. Plummer said, “Engaging in meaningful dialogue with the public allows the community’s values to be understood and incorporated into decisions that are important to them. DEA is pleased to welcome the SJ+A staff and expand these important services to support public agencies and communities throughout Utah.”
David Evans and Associates, Inc. is owned by David Evans Enterprises, Inc., which is the parent company of Flux Resources, LLC, and Disaster and Emergency Management Services International, LLC, which provide staffing and recruiting services to public- and private-sector clients.
For 45 years, DEA has provided clients with unique and innovative design services for transportation, water, environmental, land, energy and marine infrastructure systems. DEA’s staff includes engineers, surveyors, hydrographers, planners, landscape architects and natural resources scientists. DEA has 29 offices in 11 states and employs more than 800 people. DEA is an employee-owned corporation and consistently ranks among ENR’s (Engineering News Record’s) “Top 100 Pure Design Firms” in the United States. Find out more at deainc.com.