Company History

The CEO and founder of Belt Engineering, LLC

The engineering division was initially established in 1989 under the parent company Belt Construction (founded in 1951), and officially separated to form Belt Engineering in 2011. 

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Company History

1968

Townsend W. Belt registered as a general contractor in Hillsborough County.

March 1972

Townsend W. Belt, Inc was created – a commercial general contractor company in Tampa, Florida.

October 1987

The company name was changed to Townsend W Belt, LLC and Joseph W. Belt, son of Townsend Belt, became the owner of the construction company.

August 1989

Name changed to Belt Construction Corp of Tampa (current construction company name, under Joseph W. Belt).

1991

Joseph W. Belt receives his PE (professional engineer) license. Engineering division under Belt Construction is started.

2011

Belt Engineering, LLC is created – separating the engineering practice from Belt Construction as the engineering company grew. Joseph W. Belt is CEO of both construction and engineering companies.

2021

Sam Dean, PE and Joseph Guagliardo, PE join Joe Belt, PE as principal owners of Belt Engineering, LLC.