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= Henry Echezabal, Sr. = Mr. Echezabal has had a wide range of experience and training in the fields of civil engineering and land surveying.

Mr. Echezabal has been involved as a designer, project manager, office manager, and principal in charge on a variety pf major projects throughout the State of Florida over the past 33 years related to surveying, civil engineering, land planning, rezoning and development of major projects including recommendations on planning on zoning matters and the updating of local codes and ordinances and review of the record plats while representing the Firm as the Deputy Engineer and Surveyor for various cities and counties in Florida.

Mr. Echezabal is a native of Tampa, he attended local schools, the University of Tampa Pre-Engineering, and the University of Florida Civil Engineering. He is president of the West Coast Land Surveyor Association of Florida and a member of the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the National Society of Professional Land Surveyors, the Florida Engineering Society, the Tampa Bay Society of Professional Land Surveyors, the Sun Coast Section, Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association and the Tampa Board of Realtors, liaison for the Tampa Bay Society of Professional Land Surveyors to the Tampa Board of Realtors and former Chairman of the City, County, Planning Commission in Hillsborough County, Florida.

Mr. Echezabal is active in community affairs, he is the president of the Magdalene Grove Civic Association, Inc. (representing 139 homes)- He is a member of the Temple Terrace Rotary Club, Egypt Temple Shrine, Advisory to the Committee to the Masonic Youth Park, former Member of the Hillsborough County Citizen Advisory Committee and past President of the MacFarland Park Optimist Club.

During his career he has supervised all phases of surveying, including work for the Corps of Engineers in establishing the alignment of two 180-mile sections of the Intercoastal Waterway. He also supervised establishing the horizontal and vertical controls for a section of the Florida Cross - State Barge Canal and the location of utilities and site improvements at MacDill Air Force Base, the latter requiring security clearance and was involved with the design of Hidden Lake Airport and the Tampa Downs Airport in Pasco County.

As President of American Engineering, Inc., he supervised a staff of more than 30 engineers, surveyors, and technicians over a period of 30 years. During this time, the firm was responsible for the design of all or portions of projects with a total construction cost of over $345,000,000. Mr. Echezabal was responsible for the client relation, land planning, civil engineering design, staff supervision, preparation of exhibits, attending public hearings and obtaining the required governmental approvals for site development, subdivision, condominiums, and low rent housing projects throughout the State of Florida and also coordinating with the client's attorneys and title companies in the preparation of the required legal documents.

Mr. Echezabal has been involved as an expert in eminent domain and condemnation suites representing the public sector and assisting the client's attorneys in the negotiation and preparation of the case. Mr. Echezabal was instrumental in the planning and developing of such major assignments as a 175 mile route survey of U.S. Highway No. 1 from Florida City to Key West and From U.S. Highway No. 1 to Ocean Reef Resort for the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and also coordinated with the Florida Department of Transportation the alignment on a major portion of the proposed water transmission main.

Mr. Echezabal was also in charge of a 30 mile route survey along U.S. Highway No. 1 from Big Coppett Key to Marathon, Florida and responsible for establishing the preliminary and final alignment and pole location in open water along the Seven Mile Bridge, Bahia Honda, Spanish Harbor and other small waterways and the balance of the power main was in very environmental sensitive or developed areas for the proposed construction of a 13B/KV transmission line from Big Coppett Key to Cudjoe Key and from Big Pine Key to Marathon in Monroe County, Florida and in a combined effort with the Utility Board of the City of Key West, Florida staff and consultants obtained the approval of all the Governmental Agencies having jurisdiction including but not limited to the following agencies; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Key Deer Wildlife Refuge; DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, Corps of Engineers; UNITED STATES COAST GUARD; STATE OF FLORIDA, Department of Environmental Regulation; STATE OF FLORIDA Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recreation and Parks, Bureau of Park Lands and Development; STATE OF FLORIDA, Department of Transportation; also meetings with various Citizen Advisory Committees to assure that the concerns of the communities have been addressed.

Mr. Echezabal was the Principal in charge in developing the triangulation survey procedure, formulas format and criteria to determine the amount of sag, location of the power poles and insulators of an existing 10 mile 138/1N Power Transmission line along U.S. Highway No. I from Cudjoe Hey to Big Pine Key, Florida for the purposes of correcting a vibration condition on the existing 138/EV Transmission line. The Power Transmission line was located on the water or in environmental areas not readily accessible.

In all projects Mr. Echezabal has undertaken, environmental concerns have received utmost consideration. As a result, Mr. Echezabal has established excellent rapport with citizen advisory committees and governmental agencies exercising regulatory control or concerns over the environmental and construction aspect of the projects.

Mr. Echezabal was awarded Honorary Conch by Key West Mayor Wardlow and given the Key to the City of Key West. He was also awarded the title of Lt. Colonel of The Great State of Alabama by Senator George Wallace.

Mr. Echezabal has had over fifty years of experience in the Land Surveying Profession in the Tampa Bay area. Mr. Echezabal began his survey career as a designer and ultimately advanced to become the President of his own land surveying company. Mr. Echezabal has worked on a wide range of projects ranging from boundary and topographic surveys to Florida Department of Transportation right-of-way maps. Mr. Echezabal’s area of expertise lies in the management of the daily operations of the company.

Mr. Echezabal studied Engineering at the University of Tampa and Civil Engineering at the University of Florida. He has held licenses as a Professional Surveyor and Mapper in the state of Florida and licensed Florida Real Estate broker.

Henry is a Shriner and 32nd Degree Mason and is also a member of the Knights Templar.

His strong beliefs in second chances has given many people whom he has helped a new lease on life and has changed them for the better.

He believes in people and in the human spirit. “Everyone makes mistakes and if they have no one to believe in them then that is a true tragedy” says Echezabal.

Mr. Echezabal is now retired and resides in Tampa with his wife Hope and their two sons Henry Jr. and Kenneth.

Professional Survey Florida License #3940 (Retired)