Construction &Engineering Report PE trends and investment strategies Contents PE activity3 Institutional Research Group Jim CorridoreLead Research Analyst, Industrialsjim.corridore@pitchbook.com Oscar AllawaySenior Data Analystpbinstitutionalresearch@pitchbook.comPublished on June 5, 2026 Q1 2026 timeline Construction & engineering PE deal summary Segment data Construction Engineering Construction technology References30 PE activity Key takeaways •Q1 2026 saw an estimated 501 deals, the highest quarterly total on record and up 32.2% from Q12025. Deal value of $24.4 billion pulled back from a strong H2 2025 but was still up 12.4% YoY. •Exit activity was strong, with 58 exits producing $9.5 billion in value, more than double •The biggest deals and exits of the quarter shared a common thread: grid modernization, cleanenergy construction, and utility services. Electrical contracting posted its highest single-quarter •Record deal counts show sponsors are not sitting on the sidelines despite tariff and oilprice volatility. Instead, diligence has gotten more rigorous, with price escalation clauses, •Specialty construction led all subcategories in deal count, with HVAC remaining active despitestretched valuations and electrical standing out as the quarter’s most dynamic subcategory. This market map is an overview of PE-backed companies ranked by total capital raised.Click to view the full map on the PitchBook Platform. Construction & engineering PE investor map Investor map is a representative overview of active investors in global buyouts and growth equity. Investors are classified by the size of the fund out of which they primarily invest Construction The construction segment had an estimated 251 deals in Q1 2026, up 13.1% from 222 in Q1 2025. Dealvalue of $11.3 billion was down 9.6% from Q1 2025’s $12.5 billion. Q4 2025 and Q3 2025 remain thestrongest recent quarters for construction deal value at $16.6 billion and $20.3 billion, respectively. On Specialty construction retained its position as the dominant subcategory with 115 deals in Q1 2026.The fragmented nature of the market continues to be the primary draw for PE: Plumbing, electrical,interiors, metal fabrication, concrete, and roofing are all categories where a handful of platform Within specialty construction, HVAC remained the strongest space with 34 deals and a deal value of$1.5 billion, which averages out to roughly $44.1 million per deal. Notably, deal count was up sharplyYoY (+240%) and QoQ (+21.4%), but deal values were down from Q4 as average transaction sizes Electrical was another standout subcategory in Q1 with an estimated 19 deals and $853 million indeal value. This is the highest single-quarter deal value for the electrical subcategory in our dataset. References 13:“Monthly Construction Spending, March 2026,” US Census Bureau, May 7, 2026. 1:“I Squared Capital Acquires Ramudden Global, a Leader in Traffic Management and Infrastructure Safety,”BusinessWire, January 7, 2026. 14:“Employment Situation News Release: March 2026,” US Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 3, 2026. 2:“Triton to sell Ramudden Global to I Squared Capital,” Triton, January 7, 2026. 15:“GDP (Advance Estimate), 1st Quarter 2026,” BEA, April30, 2026. 3:“Leidos to Acquire Power Design Firm ENTRUST, Bolstering Its Energy Infrastructure Portfolio,” PR Newswire, 16:“US Consumer Confidence Edged Up Again in April,” PR Newswire, April28, 2026. January 26, 2026. 4:“Soaring Fuel and Metals Costs Send Prices Higher for Construction Materials in February; Iran War Makes Further Increases Likely,” AGC, March18, 2026. 5:“Impact of Tariffs on U.S. CRE Construction Costs,” Cushman & Wakefield,” Jacob Bohnaker and Owais Ansari, 2026, accessed May 26, 2026.