Existing buildings
The building is already standing. Miami-Dade recertification, Broward’s Building Safety Inspection Program (BSIP), milestone inspections, structural assessments and repair design. We document what is actually there, explain what it means structurally, and define the work that follows.
- For
- Associations, owners, managers
- Coverage
- Miami-Dade & Broward
- Output
- Reports, repair scopes, reinspections
When to call
Four moments that need an engineer.
Find the one that is yours. Each leads to the service that answers it.
01
A notice arrived in Miami-Dade.
That is Miami-Dade’s building recertification. Send us the letter: one team delivers the complete package the county asks for — structural, electrical and the certificates that go with them — from the first visit to the report that closes it. The program’s page gives the ages and the deadline that apply.
Miami-Dade Recertification →
02
A notice arrived in Broward.
That is the Building Safety Inspection Program, the BSIP, and your city’s letter sets its own date. We start from that letter and deliver the whole package — the structural and electrical inspections, the written report and the program’s official forms — through to close-out.
Broward BSIP →
03
The board asks whether the milestone law reaches the building.
The state law and the county programs overlap. We tell you which rules reach your building and how they are met in your county — and we inspect when no notice has come but a purchase, a lender or visible distress gives a reason to look.
Milestone Inspections →
04
A report lists repairs, or something worries you.
Before contractors price anything, an engineer says which conditions affect the structure and defines the repair, so every bid answers the same scope. The same assessment serves before you buy a building or alter one.
Assessments & Repairs →Recertification & BSIP
A clear path from the notice to close-out.
Miami-Dade calls it building recertification; Broward calls it the Building Safety Inspection Program. The ages and the deadlines are different, and each county’s are on its own page. The sequence is the same: the report is filed first, repairs follow under permit, and a final report closes the file. One team delivers the complete package each county asks for, so the board makes one call and knows what happens next at every stage.
Notice review
We read the notice and the building record, confirm what the Building Official is asking for, and set the schedule against the date on the letter.
Inspection
Inspection on site, structural and electrical — the frame, slabs, balconies, roof and exposed foundations, and the building’s electrical systems — documented in the field, with photographs tied to their locations.
Report filed
The reports, structural and electrical, go on the official forms the county requires, in language a board can act on, and are filed even when they list repairs.
Repairs under permit
Where repairs are required we define what must be corrected and to what standard, so the work can be bid fairly. Work that needs a permit waits for it.
Reinspection
When the work is finished we return to the repaired areas and record them against what the first report found.
Close-out
An amended report — in Broward, with a signed and sealed completion letter — states that the repairs are complete. The file then stays closed until the next cycle.
Requirements vary by jurisdiction, building age, construction type and scope. This describes a typical sequence, not a guaranteed procedure or outcome.
Who we work with
Two licensed firms, one team.
From the notice to close-out you deal with one team: this practice and Precision Source Inc., a Florida-certified general and electrical contractor in Miami that works with us on recertifications and BSIP inspections. Between the two firms: more than 30 years of combined experience.
Next step
A county notice in your hand, a building that worries you or a new project — describe it and attach what you have. A phone photo of the letter is enough. You hear back from the engineer, with questions or with a written proposal.
The proposal is free. We usually reply within two hours.