Frankfort, Kentucky (June 6, 2024) – HMB Professional Engineers, a Kentucky‐based engineering firm, is
thrilled to announce the add‐on acquisition of Wiser Consultants (Wiser). The acquisition more than
triples HMB’s presence in the rapidly growing Nashville metro area market and further strengthens
HMB’s roadway design and survey capabilities, including the addition of mobile LIDAR services. HMB
brings additional engineering services to existing Wiser clients in Tennessee, including full‐service
environmental and water/wastewater design.
”It is said that opportunities don’t just happen but are created. Bringing together two great firms like
Wiser and HMB will create many new opportunities for all involved,” said HMB President Rob
Dowler. “New opportunities for our employees to grow professionally. New opportunities to provide
additional services to our clients. And new opportunities to pursue bigger and more complex projects. I
am truly excited to see what the future holds for this new, stronger HMB team!”
Wiser Consultants is a Tennessee‐based premier roadway design, site development, CE&I, and surveying
services provider. Wiser is a fully integrated planning, engineering, surveying, design, and CEI consulting
firm serving a broad range of local and state government agencies. Wiser has 30 years of experience
providing professional engineering services throughout the Tennessee Valley region.
“Wiser Consultants is thrilled to be joining the HMB/Trilon family,” said Justin Rains, President and CEO
of Wiser Consultants. “After spending time with HMB’s leadership team, it became clear that our culture
and values are very well aligned, making this transition nearly seamless. We are most excited about the
depth of resources and new capabilities we can bring to our clients along with the amazing growth
opportunities for our team.”
Founded in 1979, HMB is a leading provider of engineering services to state and local agency clients
throughout the southeast. HMB sees the opportunity to better serve our infrastructure clients with the
addition of Wiser’s talented staff.
“We are happy to announce that Wiser has officially joined forces with HMB, marking an exciting new
chapter for both companies,” said Wes Mattingly, Vice President and Head of Tennessee Operations at
HMB. “This acquisition brings together two industry leaders whose cultures and services are a natural fit.
As a united team, we are committed to delivering even greater value to our clients.”
HMB is a part of the Trilon Group, a family of companies focused on growing infrastructure capabilities
to better serve our clients through investments in talent, technology, and targeted mergers and
acquisitions. The Trilon Group, which is backed by people‐driven private equity firm Alpine Investors,
seeks to build the next Top 10 design firm in North America by bringing together the nation’s best
infrastructure consulting firms and by investing in those firms to accelerate the growth and careers of
their employees.
About HMB Professional Engineers
HMB is a premier provider of engineering services primarily focused on state and local agency clients in
the transportation, water, and environmental markets. Headquartered in Frankfort, Kentucky, HMB also
has offices in Lexington, KY, Louisville, KY, Nashville, TN, New Albany, IN, and Montgomery, AL. HMB was
founded in 1979 and has over 150 employees across six offices. For more information, visit hmbpe.com.
About Wiser Consultants
Wiser Consultants, LLC (Wiser) is a professional consulting services company offering customers
inventive answers to complicated problems. Based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Wiser is a fully
integrated planning, engineering, surveying, design, and CEI consulting firm serving many local and state
government agencies. Wiser has 30 years of experience providing professional engineering services
throughout the Southeast, including master plan development, transportation/greenway design,
roadway and structural plans, traffic engineering, construction management, site design, environmental
studies/coordination, permitting, utility coordination, advanced survey technologies, including
terrestrial lidar and SUE, hydraulic/hydrological analysis, and letting preparation services.
About Trilon Group
The Trilon Group was formed with a vision to build the next Top 10 design firm in North America by
bringing together some of the nation’s best infrastructure consulting firms. Key focus areas include
Transportation, Water, Utilities, Environment and Community Infrastructure. Trilon Group collectively
employs over 4,500 employees across 13 Partner Firms. For more information, visit trilongroup.com.
About Alpine Investors
Alpine Investors is a people‐driven private equity firm that is committed to building enduring companies
by working with, learning from and developing exceptional people. Alpine specializes in investments in
companies in the software and services industries. Its PeopleFirst strategy includes a talent program that
allows Alpine to bring leadership to situations where additional or new management is needed posttransaction.
For more information, visit alpineinvestors.com.
Contacts
For Trilon Inquiries
Johnny Heller, Corporate Development
johnny.heller@trilongroup.com
For HMB Inquiries
Rob Dowler, President
rdowler@hmbpe.com