Rosanne Frandina, PE, LS has over 35 years experience in Civil Engineering and Land Surveying.  Beginning as a teenager on the original Frandina and Frandina survey crew, she has had a varied career in both the public and private sectors.

Rosanne received her BS, Cum Laude, in Civil Engineering in 1981 and an MBA, concentrated in Finance, in 1983 from The State University of New York at Buffalo.  She began her career at Malcolm Pirnie and in 1985 was hired as the Engineer of the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency.  Buffalo Mayor James D. Griffin appointed her Director of Development of the City of Buffalo in 1988.  Here she oversaw the design and construction of many commercial projects including the Waterfront Village townhouses, the New Buffalo Industrial Park, Key Center, Rotary Rink at Fountain Plaza, the downtown overhead walkway system and many neighborhood community centers. 

In 1992, she was named Executive Secretary of the Buffalo Sewer Authority and then became Treatment Plant Administrator for the Bird Island Waste Water Treatment Plant.  In 2000, she left public employment to join her father at Frandina Engineering.   In 2005, she established Frandina Engineering and Land Surveying as a wholly owned Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE).

She served on several Civic boards including the original Horizons Waterfront Commission, Friends of the Buffalo River and chairwoman of the Buffalo Water Board.

In 1998, she became the first woman, and 4th member of her family, elected President of the Erie Niagara chapter of the New York Society of Professional Engineers.  She was honored by the Society on the National level as its 1990 National Young Engineer of the Year.  She currently serves the chapter as webmaster of www.erieniagaraPE.org and was recently honored with both the State and Local chapter Meritorious Service Awards.

Rosanne, along with her brothers and father, were named the 2001 Engineers of the Year by the University of Buffalo Engineering Alumni Association in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the Engineering community.

She is licensed in NY as a Professional Engineer, Land Surveyor and Real Estate Broker.

She lives in North Buffalo with her husband and 3 children and is actively involved in Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. 


Philip F. Frandina, PE, LS  got an early start in construction. His father, upon immigrating from Sicily, became a concrete contractor and all 5 of his sons were expected to help in the family business. In 1956, after working several construction jobs, Phil decided to begin working toward an engineering degree at the University of Buffalo's Millard Fillmore College. While attending night school, he worked days in such jobs as a welder, a City of Buffalo Engineering Inspector, and an Erie County Highway Department Engineering Assistant.  In 1964, after 8 years of night school, working days and raising a family, he received his BS in Civil Engineering.

Phil worked his way up the ranks and held all of the engineering titles in the Erie County Department of Public Works, including Deputy Commissioner for Highways. In 1982 he was appointed Commissioner of Public Works by County Executive Edward J. Rutkowski.

As Commissioner of Public Works, he led one of the largest County Departments with over 1,000 employees. He was responsible for all county highways, bridges and buildings. The $60 million Downtown Holding Center and the Alden Correctional facility were completed on time and under budget in spite of the County's 1984 financial crisis. Phil also implemented a county-wide energy conservation program for public buildings. As the county's representative on the Erie-Niagara Planning Board and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Committee, he approved funding leading to many local transportation projects including the construction of the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport. He also implemented a road-widening program. Under his guidance, 35 miles of county roads were reconstructed per year using in-house employees only, saving Erie County taxpayers huge sums of money.

In 1988, Phil retired from Erie County after 30 years of outstanding public service.   This provided the opportunity for Phil and his son, Joseph, to form a consulting firm, Frandina Engineering, PC. They designed several highways, bridges and buildings, including the luxury suites for the National Football League's Buffalo Bills at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Phil served as president of the Erie-Niagara Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers and was selected as the "Engineer of the Year" in 1987. He was awarded the Basinski-Wohler Distinguished Service Award in 1995 and the State Meritorious Service Award in 1997. He has served as president of the Technical Societies Council and of the Buffalo section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Phil founded the local chapter of the Association for Bridge Construction and Design. In 1988, the state chapter of the American Public Works Association named him as their candidate for the "Top Ten Public Works Officials".   In 2001, Phil and his 3 children, all Civil Engineers, were named the Engineers of the Year by the University of Buffalo Engineering Alumni Association.

At present, Phil is highly regarded as an expert witness in engineering and as an arbitrator in construction disputes.  He is an expert in Structural Engineering and Design and has designed dozens of bridges and highways in the Western New York region.

He is licensed as a Professional Engineer in New York and Pennsylvania. He also holds a New York State license in Land Surveying.