Real Estate 2025: BORTELL, BRIAN F.

Since starting with the company as an entry-level engineer and working his way up to his current role, Bortell has had a career with Timmons Group that’s spanned three decades. As chairman
and CEO, he sets the strategic direction for the approximately 1,160-person firm and oversees its four operating divisions. Timmons’s fiscal 2024 revenue totaled $226 million.

Bortell received his MBA from Averett University and his bachelor’s in civil engineering from Virginia Tech. Under Bortell’s leadership, Timmons Group landed on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing privately held companies from 2016 through 2021.

In September 2024, Timmons acquired Dutton + Associates, a Chesterfield firm specializing in integrating historic properties into modern development projects.

In March, the company moved 400 employees into its new Chesterfield County headquarters from its Richmond base. Timmons also opened a Roanoke office in March, its 20th location in five states and Washington, D.C. In April, Timmons was ranked No. 125 on Engineering News- Record’s Top 500 Design Firms, up 10 spots from 2024.

Bortell serves on Feed More’s board and TowneBank’s Richmond region board.

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