Existing buildings
Miami-Dade recertification, Broward’s Building Safety Inspection Program (BSIP), milestone inspections, structural assessments and repair design for buildings already in service. 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.
- A notice arrivedA Notice of Required Inspection has come from your city or county — recertification in Miami-Dade, the BSIP in Broward — and the board needs a structural engineer engaged before the deadline.
- Visible distressCracking, spalling, corrosion staining or movement has appeared and someone needs to say whether it affects capacity.
- Before you spendRepairs are being priced and the scope has not been defined by an engineer, so the bids are not comparable.
- Before you buyStructural due diligence on an acquisition, including alterations and change-of-use questions.
Services for existing buildings
01Existing buildings
Miami-Dade Building Recertification
A clear path from the Miami-Dade notice to a closed recertification — inspection, the structural report on the county’s form, repair scope, reinspection.
- When you need it
- A Notice of Required Inspection has arrived from your city or from Miami-Dade County — or a courtesy notice says one is on its way.
- What's included
- Notice review · Structural inspection · Report on the county’s form · Repair scope · Reinspection
- What you receive
- Structural recertification report on the county’s own form, signed and sealed
- Next step
- Send the notice — a phone photo is enough — or the address and the year built. We confirm what your Building Official is asking for and reply with a proposal for the inspection and the structural report.
02Existing buildings
Broward Building Safety Inspection Program (BSIP)
From the Notice of Required Inspection to the completion letter that closes the file — inspection, the structural report on the program’s official form, repair scope, reinspection.
- When you need it
- A Notice of Required Inspection has arrived from your city’s Building Official — or the building is nearing the age at which one will.
- What's included
- Notice review · Structural inspection · Report on the official form · Repair scope · Reinspection & close-out
- What you receive
- Structural report on the program’s official form, with a written narrative and color photographs, signed and sealed
- Next step
- Send the notice — a phone photo is enough — or the address and the year of the certificate of occupancy. We read what your city is asking for and reply with a proposal for the inspection and the structural report.
03Existing buildings
Milestone & Structural Safety Inspections
Florida’s milestone inspection explained for your building, further investigation when a report calls for it, and structural safety inspections outside a program cycle.
- When you need it
- Your board needs to know whether Florida’s milestone law reaches the building, and how it is met in your county.
- What's included
- Applicability review · Structural inspection · Further investigation · Prioritized findings
- What you receive
- Inspection report with photographic record
- Next step
- Tell us the building’s county, age and number of stories, and what raised the question — a notice, a report, a sale. We reply with which rules apply and a proposal for the inspection.
04Existing buildings
Structural Assessments & Repair Design
What the building is actually doing today — deterioration assessed, capacity evaluated, repairs engineered so they can be bid and built.
- When you need it
- A recertification, BSIP or inspection report lists repairs and the contractors’ bids are not comparable because nobody defined the scope.
- What's included
- Field assessment · Deterioration mapping · Capacity evaluation · Repair specification
- What you receive
- Condition assessment report
- Next step
- Send photographs of the conditions and any previous report. We tell you whether a site visit is needed and what the assessment will cover.
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. We run the structural side so the board 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
Structural inspection on site — frame, slabs, balconies, roof and exposed foundations — documented in the field, with photographs tied to their locations.
Report filed
The structural report goes on the official form the county requires, in language a board can act on, and is filed even when it lists 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
Completed repairs are reinspected and documented against the original findings.
Close-out
An amended report — in Broward, with a signed and sealed completion letter — states that the repairs are complete. That closes the file 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.
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.