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BOYLE ENGINEERING

Boyle Engineering offers a range of servic-

es for a variety of applications, from water
treatment and distribution to sewerage and
water reclamation.

The Leader In Innovation

Boyle Engineering Corp. has more than doubled its growth in the past three years through acquisitions
and focusing on growing areas. It received an award for a water treatment plant earlier this year.

By Libby John Petrocelli explains. “California and Florida are national lead-

I n the past three years, Boyle Engineering Corp. has

grown from a $55 million company to a $115 million
one. President and CEO Phillip Petrocelli says the com-
pany more than doubled its growth by focusing on munici-
palities in California, Florida and the Rocky Mountains;
business development and strategic account management;
and cross-selling related water resources.
The company offers a range of services to help plan, de-
sign and construct infrastructure projects for water resourc-
es, water treatment and distribution, sewerage and water
reclamation, stormwater and transportation.
“For more than 60 years, we have
Boyle Engineering
www.boyleengineering.com enjoyed a reputation of being a leader in
2007 revenues: $115 million developing innovative solutions to meet
HQ: Newport Beach, Calif. the complex and ever-changing needs of
Employees: 640
Specialty: Infrastructure projects our clients,” the company says.
Phillip Petrocelli, president Most of its projects are in growing
and CEO: “Our long-term objec- regions, such as the Denver area and South-
tive is to service our clients well
so that they choose us over and west and Southeast United States. “It is not
over again.” easy to find clean water in those areas,”
ers in reusing water.”
The company also has participated in two acquisitions in
the past two years. In September 2005, it acquired Stodd-
ard Engineering, a Northern California-based company that
provided similar services.
In February 2006, it acquired LBFH Inc., based in South
Florida. Petrocelli says LBFH also offered similar services
as Boyle, as well as construction engineering inspection.
He says those acquisitions have helped Boyle expand serv-
ices into those regions, as well as offer construction engi-
neering inspection services to existing clients. “Our long-
term objective is to service our clients well so that they
choose us over and over again,” he says.
Growth Strategy
Petrocelli says one of Boyle Engineering’s goals is to grow
faster than the industry average. Last year, the company
grew by 53 percent, 23 percent of it organically.
This year, he anticipates 15 to 16 percent growth. “Our
enhanced growth strategy is a mix of organic and acquisi-

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