TRC Names Mark Hall Vice President of Power Development

LOWELL, MA--(Marketwired - Aug 4, 2015) - TRC Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRR) announced today that Mark Hall has joined as Vice President of Power Development. In this role, he will lead the strategic growth of the Company's engineering, environmental and infrastructure services within the power generation and renewable energy market sectors to develop new business opportunities and deliver creative solutions to clients.

"With more than 25 years of generation industry experience, Mark's knowledge and relationships will create value for our Company and our clients," said TRC's Chief Marketing Officer Todd Williams. "Throughout his career, Mark has been actively involved in navigating the industry through changes and challenges related to the way electricity is produced. We look forward to his contributions to the success of our Power Development Initiative."

"TRC has served the electric generation industry for more than 40 years with engineering and environmental support," said Hall. "I look forward to growing TRC's generation- and power production-related businesses, building relationships with clients and expanding TRC's service portfolio to meet the ever-changing needs of the industry."

Prior to joining TRC, Hall was Executive Vice President and Chief Environmental Officer for Lakeside Energy LLC, where he was responsible for evaluating risk and value creation opportunities for new and existing business ventures, including a portfolio of three power plants, a solid waste-to-fuel business and a gasification technology company. He also managed environmental and regulatory diligence for numerous acquisition opportunities.

Hall's range of experiences and responsibilities includes corporate business development, operations planning, environmental risk and compliance due diligence, environmental, health and safety, public policy, marketing, communications and legislative and regulatory advocacy. Previously, he served in leadership positions for a number of energy companies, including Primary Energy Ventures LLC and Trigen Energy Corporation.

Hall was a co-founder of the U.S. Combined Heat and Power Association while at Trigen and has been an active member of several industry associations that work with federal, state and local legislators, regulators and related stakeholders in the areas of energy and environmental policy. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Austin College in Sherman, Texas and a Master of Science degree in Environmental Science from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs in Bloomington, Indiana.

About TRC
A pioneer in groundbreaking scientific and engineering developments since the 1960s, TRC is a national engineering, environmental consulting and construction management firm that provides integrated services to the energy, environmental and infrastructure markets. TRC serves a broad range of clients in government and industry, implementing complex projects from initial concept to delivery and operation. TRC delivers results that enable clients to achieve success in a complex and changing world. For more information and updates from the Company, visit TRC's website at http://www.trcsolutions.com and follow TRC on Twitter and StockTwits at @TRC_Companies and on LinkedIn.