4 January, 2023

Trilon: A Foundational Year of Growth

DENVER, CO – January 4, 2023 – As the Trilon Group (“Trilon”) celebrates its first anniversary, we reflect with pride on our accomplishments and look forward to a bright future. Trilon, founded in January 2022, partners with like-minded infrastructure services firms across the nation and aims to accelerate their growth through investment in talent, technology, and targeted M&A.

“We are well on our way to achieving our goal of building the next top 20 design firm in North America – as a functional family of firms” said Trilon Group CEO Michael (Mick) Renshaw.

With all its partner firms combined, Trilon has an annualized revenue of greater than $355m, almost 2,000 staff and more than 90 offices. This is equivalent to ranking #49 on Engineering News Record’s (ENR) 2022 Top 500 Design Firms.

“Not only has our strategy attracted quality firms, but the spirit of collaboration is surpassing all expectations. Trilon’s partners are winning and sharing work and most importantly bringing compelling new solutions to their clients.” Renshaw said.

Trilon has accelerated the growth of its partner firms by investing in the “three T’s” of Talent, Technology and Targeted M&A. Some key achievements include:

  • >200 new hires
  • >15% growth in backlog
  • >11% organic revenue expansion
  • >10 new partner firms

2023 will be a year of continued growth for Trilon.

“We are investing millions of dollars in business systems, and technology to seamlessly connect our partner firms and their technical talent to deliver sustainable infrastructure solutions to our clients,” commented Renshaw. Some examples include:

Talent – Our people-first focus and investment in an industry-leading Talent Acquisition function accelerates hiring and career advancement with the objective of making Trilon the best place to build a career in the A/E/C industry.

Technology – Leveraging digital and innovation to (a) deliver enhanced client solutions (tech enabled delivery), (b) better share best practices and resources (knowledge management) and (c) more seamless business collaboration (common core systems).

Targeted M&A – Emphasis will be placed on supporting our four platforms of Midwest, Transportation, Water, and Community Infrastructure to expand their services, markets, and locations. Trilon is also seeking to expand into new growth areas of Energy, Environmental and Canada.

We thank our extraordinary employees and partners for the strong level of success achieved in 2022 and look forward to accelerated career expansion and growth in 2023, Powered by Trilon.

 

About Trilon Group

Trilon Group was formed with a vision to build the next Top 20 infrastructure services firm in North America by bringing together some of the nation’s best infrastructure consulting firms. Trilon Group is backed by Alpine Investors, a people-driven private equity firm committed to building enduring businesses. Key focus areas include Transportation, Water, Utilities, Environment and Community Infrastructure. Trilon currently comprises 2,000 staff across 90 offices in the US.  For more information, visit www.trilongroup.com.