Trevor Acorn

Trevor Acorn is a Principal and Senior Project Manager in the firm’s Kansas City structural engineering practice. He works closely with architects, owners, and project teams to develop structural systems that support design intent while remaining practical, efficient, and buildable. Known for his collaborative approach, Trevor helps clients navigate complex project challenges by balancing aesthetics, constructability, and long-term performance.

Trevor is a recognized leader in mass timber design and serves as founder and leader of Walter P Moore’s Mass Timber Community of Practice. Established in 2017, the practice advances the firm’s expertise in timber design and supports project teams across a wide range of building types. Trevor has led the design of mass timber systems, contributed to feasibility studies, and provided firmwide guidance on timber projects nationwide. 

His experience spans educational, civic, commercial, government, and sports facilities, with expertise in timber, steel, concrete, and masonry structural systems. Trevor is particularly skilled at creating elegant structural solutions for architecturally ambitious projects, leveraging design exploration and close coordination with project teams to achieve outcomes that are both efficient and constructible.

Urban Lab Kansas City
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American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
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B.S., Architectural Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
M.S., Civil Engineering, Kansas State University