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Hancock Associates acquires Acton Survvey

Hancock Associates has completed the merger/acquisition of Acton Survey & Engineering and its business partner Andrysick Land Surveying of Princeton. Hancock will operate both the Acton and Andrysick offices at their present locations and will retain all existing staff. The combined resources of the three firms ensure that Acton and Andrysick clients' existing and future needs can be met with quick project scheduling, while allowing for continuing growth regionally by Hancock. These additional resources, as well as wetland science and large project experience across a wide breadth of market sectors, will allow Hancock growth at each location. Founded in 1978, Hancock Associates is a multi-disciplinary surveying, engineering and wetland science firm with offices in Danvers, Marlborough and Chelmsford, Mass., and Salem, N.H.
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