Excalibur Investment Banking Advises Salas O’Brien on its Merger with Axiom
Excalibur Investment Banking is pleased to announce that Salas O’Brien and Axiom have joined forces, further expanding Salas O’Brien’s structural engineering design expertise.
Located in Idaho, Axiom is a structural engineering and design firm that blends deep structural expertise with innovative delivery models. The Axiom team enhances Salas O’Brien’s ability to help clients manage risk, improve predictability, and solve complex challenges across advanced, manufacturing, healthcare, education, government, and commercial markets. Together, the firms are positioned to support larger and more technically demanding projects while maintaining the responsiveness, collaboration, and personalized service clients expect.
“Axiom brings a distinctive approach to structural engineering that combines technical depth with a clear understanding of how projects are actually built,” stated Darin Anderson, Salas O’Brien Chairman & CEO. “Their expertise in integrated steel delivery and advanced BIM capabilities deepens our support for complex projects from the outset, helping clients manage risk, control costs, and accelerate delivery.”
Axiom specializes in structural design, integrated steel delivery, and advanced digital modeling. By leveraging building information modeling and early-stage collaboration, the firm helps teams engage sooner with more informed decisions and more accurate schedules and budgets in a way that aligns closely with Salas O’Brien’s integrated, multidisciplinary approach. Axiom will continue serving its long-standing clients while gaining access to Salas O’Brien’s broader resources, geographic reach, and diverse technical capabilities.
“Joining Salas O’Brien marks an exciting new chapter for Axiom and our clients,” shared Lee Harrison Axiom, Founder & Principal. “By aligning our structural and digital expertise with Salas O’Brien’s multidisciplinary platform, we can engage earlier in the project life cycle, bring greater certainty to complex projects, and create new opportunities for our team. We are proud to join a firm that shares our commitment to quality, collaboration, and innovation.”
Excalibur Investment Banking was engaged by Salas O’Brien to source and initiate the transaction.
“Axiom is a very strong structural engineering firm with incredible leadership and culture,” said Edward Novicky, Founder & Managing Director of Excalibur. “The merger between Axiom and Salas O’Brien will position both companies to better serve clientele with multidisciplinary design and engineering services across the most technical projects in the built environment. The partnership continues to strengthen Salas O’Brien as one of the leading structural engineering firms in the world.”
About Axiom
Founded by Lee Harrisson in 2011, Axiom provides structural engineering and design, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and integrated steel delivery. Axiom engineers seek opportunities to innovate, facilitate cost estimates and control schedule early in the building life cycle providing structural engineering consulting on projects throughout the United States. The firm is located in Boise, Idaho. For more information, please visit the firm’s website at https://axiompllc.com.
About Salas O’Brien
Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and technical services firm focused on advancing the human experience through the built environment. The firm is engineered for impact, helping clients solve complex engineering challenges with a focus on efficiency, resiliency, and sustainability, while advancing its team members through growth and opportunity. Salas O’Brien is a top firm, as ranked by Engineering News-Record and Consulting-Specifying Engineer, and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list of North America’s fastest-growing private companies for over a decade. For more information, please visit the firm’s website at www.salasobrien.com.
About Excalibur Investment Banking
Excalibur is an investment bank located in Washington, DC, that represents clients in buy-side mergers & acquisitions, sell-side mergers & acquisitions, and capital raising transactions. The firm’s typical investment banking engagements range from $50 million to $1 billion in a wide array of industry sectors and geographies. Excalibur’s strengths lie in the middle market and in its relationships with shareholders who take pride in company culture, leadership, and legacy in parallel with company profits. For more information, please visit the firm’s website at www.excaliburib.com.