Dean Collins is the founder and
president of Axis Companies. Dean began his career in 1989 working for a large engineering consulting
firm, Bergmann Associates in the transportation and site development group. Within four years Dean was ready for a bigger challenge joining a start-up engineering firm, FRA
Engineering.
Dean led the transportation design group where he prepared traffic studies, development plans, and roadway
plans for McDonald’s, Rite Aid, CVS, Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart and several large
shopping center developers around the country. In addition, he worked on single-family
and multi-family residential, office parks, institutional, and manufacturing facilities.
In 2003, Dean made partner and moved to Georgia where he opened an office to expand
FRA’s service offerings throughout the southeast. In 2007, FRA was acquired by
T.Y. Lin International, an international consulting firm with 32 offices in the
United States and 12 offices in China and Southeast Asia. As director for
facilities, Dean was responsible for all vertical planning, design and
construction-related services throughout the Americas, China and Southeast
Asia.
Dean founded Axis Companies in 2016 and has once again found success in the construction development and management industry.