Two long-practicing engineering and environmental firms, mainly serving the Southeast, have joined forces through the acquisition of Atlanta-based QORE Property Sciences by S&ME, Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

The acquisition, effective March 1st, results from S&ME’s purchase of the assets of QORE, Inc.

About 260 former QORE employees joined S&ME, increasing the company’s employment to 1,000. This staff will work from 28 offices in North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

QORE began in 1969 as Atlanta Testing and Engineering. The name QORE was adopted in 1998.