Reliant Energy Solutions, a unit of Reliant Energy’s retailgroup, has announced an agreement to acquire the assets ofSouthland Industries’ Energy Services Division, a Long Beach,CA-based design-build mechanical contractor.

Under the agreement, Reliant Energy Solutions will acquirecertain Southland Industries’ energy services contracts and haveaccess, through continuing services arrangements, to SouthlandIndustries’ engineering, technical and project managementpersonnel, and construction services. The parties also will have amarketing alliance to leverage marketing and sales efforts directedat complex energy services projects of large commercial andinstitutional energy customers.

Southland Industries is a leading mechanical design-build firmwith 13 offices and 12 divisions located in California, Colorado,Oregon, Nevada, Virginia, and the State of Washington. The 50-yearold Southland Industries operates on a “customer for life”philosophy which has drawn the likes of Motorola, Western Digital,and Marriott and Hyatt Regency hotels.

“This acquisition is an ideal fit, because we’re engaged inproviding a wide range of design-build and operational energyservices, including energy system and central plant retrofits.Projects such as these are heavily dependent on mechanicalengineering and construction expertise, which this acquisition willprovide,” said Waters S. Davis, president of the Reliant EnergyRetail Group. The alliance will enable Reliant Energy Solutions toself-perform the energy systems design/build function that waspreviously outsourced.

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