kind of work environment that I’ve been fortunate to enjoy.” “I think I’ve been successful,” he says. “Every time I do reviews with the guys, they’re telling me that they appreciate the environment we have here. They’re very happy to be working here and working with the team we have put together.” Moving forward, Trent’s goal is to continue treating employees well and to continue fostering that happiness, especially as the company grows and adds more people. And the company is definitely growing, Trent says. They have grown quickly over the last five years, they have opened and staffed a second office in Surrey, and “we have no plans of slowing down.” As they grow, they also want to get better, Trent adds. They are currently taking a hard look at their processes and looking for ways to be more efficient, and to make their work in the field a little more streamlined. The company recently hired a couple more people in the office specifically to work on that, freeing Trent up to personally focus more on business development. On the topic of business development, Trent sees a lot of future opportunity on the service side of the business: “There seems to be a big demand there,” he says. “There are a lot of existing buildings with control systems that need to be monitored or improved. There is also a huge opportunity to look at energy efficiency and how we can make existing systems operate better.” “A lot of time what will happen is a controls company that comes in, they’ll do the project, then once they’ve done their final check they wipe their hands and they walk away. But there’s almost always room for improvement. There are always different sequences of operations and different programming strategies that can increase efficiencies or help lower the building’s energy consumption.” “We’re doing a lot of that now,” Trent concludes. “We’re using the skills we have in our team to help our clients save money. We think there’s room to do a lot more, and we’re excited about the opportunity.” FEBRUARY 2023
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