He built it off of partnerships | Tommy Mullen - #128

Fireside America with Ryan Robbins · Sep 3, 2026 · 1h 42m

Some guys are just wired to build.

Tommy Mullen spent nearly two decades helping build The Renaissance before deciding it was time to build something of his own.

With the backing of his mentor and boss, Bob, the owner of The Renaissance, Tommy started Excavating Services in 2007 while continuing his work with Renaissance and IPlay America.

Then came North American Pipeline in 2012, D&D Trenchless in 2013, Allstate in 2017, and by 2020, a merger with Vortex and a company with 53 employees.

There were plenty of risks, bumps and bruises, but Tommy kept building.

And behind all of it for 30 years…