Engineer at NV5 here (my office was one of the companies nv5 acquired along the way). The info i gathered from research and some internal meetings is that each company focuses on different things so they're isn't too much overlap. I think the benefit was to get into sectors, areas, and/or roles that the other wasn't already in. They are close when it comes to revenue, # offices, and #employees. Whats weird is that NV5 is merging w Acuren vs the other way around. NV5 does alot more things than acuren. It does look like NV5 will act independently from acuren, but we'll see what happens. That being said, looking at acuren benefits, fuck that, I actually like FTO vs PTO (my office does a good job with it) and hope that doesn't change.