It is the second deal by Contollo this year after completing its inaugural partnership in February with cost and project management consultancy Abacus.

TACE has offices in Manchester, Liverpool and London and its 35 staff will remain within the business operating from current locations.

Ruth Percival, CEO of Contollo Group, said: “TACE has a reputation for excellence in engineering with a specialism in highly sustainable, large-scale, government-backed projects and we’re very proud to welcome them to the Contollo Group.

“Contollo was established to bring together highly respected regional consultancies, to create a national multi-disciplinary group and TACE is the first M&E consulting business to join.

“We’ve built a great relationship with the leadership team and look forward to working with Nigel Griffiths, Nick Thomas and James Massey to help build our nationwide capacity and we expect to make further acquisitions imminently.”

Nigel Griffiths, director TACE added: “Joining the Contollo Group is the perfect next step for TACE as our business evolves. It will enable us to offer greater scale, expand our additional services and build our range of sector-specific capabilities.  Working within the Contollo Group will allow us to offer the same exceptional service to our clients, whilst also bringing extra benefits through our shared expertise and values.”

Contollo Group is looking to acquire up to seven businesses in the North West, Midlands, and South East over the next five years as part of its ambitious growth programme, which now brings the head count in the Group to 140.

Contollo is working with commercial developers to offer building consultancy (MEP and Cost Management), with particular expertise in smart buildings to help them decarbonise.