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Retired Airport Engineer Joins TBE Group, Inc. as Aviation Manager
02/12/2008
- Frank Aiello, retired airport engineer from the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport joins TBE Group as Aviation Manager
- TBE broadening services provided to local and regional airports in Florida
CLEARWATER, FL – TBE Group, a full service civil/environmental engineering and consulting firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Frank W. Aiello as Aviation Manager. Based in TBE’s Clearwater office, Aiello will be responsible for providing technical expertise on aviation projects and promoting TBE’s aviation services to airports in Florida.
Aiello joins TBE after retiring from the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport which is owned and operated by Pinellas County. Aiello served 30 years with the County and Airport. As Airport Engineer, Aiello was responsible for administration and management of a variety of aviation design, permitting and construction projects. His works spans a variety of civil and environmental disciplines and has included airside, terminal, landside and master planning projects.
Aiello’s airside experience includes runway extensions, runway lighting, fueling systems, aircraft hangers, aircraft rescue fire fighting facilities, automated flight service stations and several environmental assessments. Terminal project experience includes lobby renovations, departure terminal expansions, roofing projects, TSA baggage claim areas, and security access control systems. Aiello has completed airport landside projects for controlled access parking lots, industrial parks, roadway improvements, shoreline restoration, drainage ponds, and revenue-producing property development. His master plan experience includes airport master plans, drainage master plans, and landside development master plans.
Prior to working directly for the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, Aiello managed professional engineering consultant agreements for the Pinellas County Public Works Design Division. Out of the many projects that he coordinated were McMullen Booth Road, Tampa Road and the award-winning Pinellas Trail railroad bed conversion to a recreational trail.
“Frank’s extensive experience with Pinellas County and with the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport brings great depth to TBE’s airport group,” said Steve Howarth, vice president for the Developmental and Environmental Services Division of TBE. “He is a key player in TBE’s efforts to step up and broaden the services that we provide to both local and regional airports.” Aiello holds a BS in civil engineering technology and resides in Seminole with his family.
TBE Group, incorporated in 1984, offers a full range of consulting, design, engineering and construction services, including civil, environmental, transportation planning and design, right-of-way acquisition/relocation, subsurface utility engineering, surveying and mapping, 3-D underground imaging, and utility coordination. TBE currently ranks, #5 on Trenchless Technology’s Top 50 Design Firms (2007), #176 on Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) List of Top 500 Design Firms (2008), #5 and #6 respectively on the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s lists of top engineering firms (2007) and top environmental engineering firms (2006). TBE has received numerous industry and civic awards, including the 2004 Large Business of the Year Award from the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers (FICE) 2005 Grand Award for its Clearwater Northwest Fire Station brownfields redevelopment project. TBE is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, and has more than 40 offices throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China and Puerto Rico. Visit us at www.tbegroup.com.
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380 Park Place Blvd., Suite 300, Clearwater, FL 33759
t: 727.531.3505 / 800.861.8314 f: 727.539.1294
www.tbegroup.com
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