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Frank L. Bennardo, PE

After receiving his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in May, 1988 from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, Frank L. Bennardo, P.E. trained with the Florida Department of Transportation in their highly acclaimed Professional Engineer Training Program where he was promoted in July, 1992 to the Department’s head of the Permits and Contracts departments and sole Broward County expert engineering witness.

In February, 1993, He became licensed as a Florida Professional Engineer and in July, 1994 as a Florida General Contractor, designing and constructing residential additions and renovations.  In 1995, he took on the structural design of large housing developments in South Florida, and excelled as a proficient structural designer and field inspector.

This work introduced him to the need for proper specialty designs for structures such as aluminum pool and patio enclosures, component product approvals for windows, doors, and storm protection devices, and commercial storefront design.  Work in these areas let to licensure in 24 states in the U.S. spawning nationwide attention to their resources and abilities.  Specialty work grew to marine engineering, specialty structures, and custom renovations and inspections.

His focus then turned to developing an engineering company to meet these evolving and growing engineering needs of contractors, manufacturers, homeowners, architects, and developers nationwide utilizing state-of-the-art technology, cutting edge industry resources, and a highly skilled staff.  Engineering Expresstm is the realization of that dream,  a revolutionary concept aimed at accomplishing in engineering what the Home Depot did for hardware, providing these smaller yet widely needed engineering services to manufacturers, contractors, architects, and homeowners in a systemized fashion with rapid deployment and in a manor never before imagined...


Design Considerations for Withstanding Hurricane Forces

Frank L. Bennardo, PE 

The presentation will cover design principals in high wind velocity and rain events, engineering theory and fundamentals in design of wind resistant structures, tools available for design, and economic and aesthetic considerations.