S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc. based in Bangor with an office on Route 100 in Gray, has acquired Summit CMT, a construction materials testing subsidiary, from CES, Inc., a Brewer-based engineering, sciences and surveying firm. Summit CMT operated from offices in Augusta and Lewiston.

CES will retain Summit Environmental Consultants, which it acquired earlier this year, and will continue to operate in Lewiston. Summit CMT staff will move to S. W. Cole offices in Augusta and Gray and will operate under the parent company’s name; S. W. Cole Engineering Inc., which provides construction materials testing and geotechnical engineering services.

According to Bob Chaput, senior vice president of S. W. Cole, Darrell Gilman, manager of Summit CMT, and all CMT staff will be retained and will continue serving Summit CMT clients. Chaput noted that the acquisition brings S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc. staff to about 95 employees. S. W. Cole, founded in 1979, has seven branch offices – Augusta, Caribou and Gray, Maine; Keene, Manchester and Somersworth, N.H.; and White River Junction, Vt. The firm’s services include geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing and geoenvironmental services. S. W. Cole’s offices all have laboratories that provide physical testing of concrete, soil, aggregates and asphalt. The firm’s technicians provide special inspections and field testing of construction materials for projects that include buildings, roads and bridges, infrastructure such as water and sewer projects, industrial projects, wind power and transmission projects and manufacturing plants, throughout New England.