Fortunato Orlando, PE

Senior Associate Principal

Fortunato Orlando arrived at Severud Associates in 1996 after working as an engineer in his native Italy for two years. With more than 25 years of experience, he has become well versed in most structural systems and materials. Fortunato has engineered many important and large-scale projects, including the new corporate headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, and both the original and recent redevelopment of 3 Times Square, all in New York City. His other significant projects include the Greenwich Lane condominiums and townhouses in Manhattan, the AirTrain JFK–Jamaica Station addition and renovation in Queens, as well as many international projects.

Fortunato contributes to the structural engineering profession as an on-call volunteer with the Structural Engineer Emergency Response Plan (SEERP) of the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY). He is also a past director and past secretary of SEAoNY.

Fortunato is co-author of the articles “Building Big,” which appeared in Modern Steel Construction in January 2024, about 270 Park Avenue, as well as “New Brunswick Gateway Transit Village,” which appeared in Structure in March 2012, and “It Takes a Village,” which appeared in Modern Steel Construction in July 2012, about the mixed-use project near Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Fortunato is licensed as a professional engineer in New York and three other states and is also a registered engineer (inactive) in Italy. He was certified by the Structural Engineering Certification Board until the program’s sunset in 2022. He earned a Master of Science in civil engineering from La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy.