Gene Brown, PE, LEED AP BD+C

President & CEO

Gene Brown is President and CEO of FSB Architects + Engineers, responsible for overall strategic plan and operational performance of each of the firm’s market sectors. He will continue to play a critical role in fostering client relationships, including key federal clients. With twenty-five years’ experience at FSB, Gene brings a distinct appreciation for FSB’s employees and their families. He has a strong understanding of FSB’s values and culture, having held various positions within the firm including as a structural engineer and project manager on many FSB projects and more recently as Federal Market Sector Principal.

Having been an FSB shareholder since 2016, Gene has helped build an Architectural-Engineering firm that has grown from being known as Oklahoma’s largest A-E firm to one that now reaches beyond our coasts.

Gene’s leadership has resulted in high-profile project honors for FSB's design team including Outstanding Project of the Year Award from the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations, Federal Energy and Wastewater Management Award and many DoD Honor, Citation and Merit Awards. Recently appointed by the Governor, Brown also serves on the Oklahoma State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, and he serves on the OSU School of Architecture Professional Advisory Council.

“I am fully committed to each and every member of the FSB family, including advancement of the positive impacts our talented and growing teams are making locally, regionally and nationally.”

Navigating Sustainable Projects for Federal Clients

Few projects involve more requirements and regulations than those with federal agencies. Between carefully controlled funding documents, environmental considerations and, often, more stringent security precautions, helping clients to navigate regulations is an important part of designing government facilities. “If you don’t have that experience and familiarity with federal regulations or LEED standards and you try […]

Aircraft Maintenance Hangars: Floor Markings for Function & Safety

Checklists, requirements and standards are commonplace in the world of Commercial and Federal Aviation. This consistency promotes occupational safety and protection of aircraft assets, resulting in fewer mishaps and increased performance for the industry. With these multitudes of requirements in place, it can be interesting to delve into those areas where clear, consolidated standards do […]

Top Flight: Best Practices for Long Span Design of Aircraft Hangars

The length of multiple football fields end to end, and with ceilings as high as ten stories, an aircraft hangar might house hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of aviation assets on any given day. Since 1951, the designers and engineers of FSB have begun each federal, commercial and private hangar project by asking clients the […]

P750 Helicopter Maintenance Hangar

Frankfurt Short Bruza Associates was an Outstanding Award Winner for the P750 Helicopter Maintenance Hangar project in the 2014 NCSEA Annual Excellence in Structural Engineering awards program (Category – New Buildings $30M to $100M). The Helicopter Maintenance Hangar was constructed at Naval Air Station North Island, the birthplace of naval aviation. Architects and structural engineers […]