Existing buildings
What the building is actually doing today — deterioration assessed, capacity evaluated, repairs engineered so they can be bid and built.
- Applies to
- Existing buildings
- Coverage
- Miami-Dade & Broward County, Florida
When you need it
Not every crack is a structural problem.
Cracking, spalling and movement all look alarming and mean very different things. Before spending on repairs, an owner needs to know which conditions affect capacity and which do not — and then needs repairs specified precisely enough to price.
- 01A recertification, BSIP or inspection report lists repairs and the contractors’ bids are not comparable because nobody defined the scope.
- 02Visible distress has appeared and someone needs to say whether it affects the structure.
- 03You are buying a building, adding a floor, changing its use or cutting an opening in a wall or slab.
Owners planning repairs or capital works · Buyers performing structural due diligence · Associations responding to inspection findings
Scope & deliverables
What's included
- Field assessment of the structural system in its current state
- Concrete deterioration and reinforcement corrosion evaluation
- Capacity evaluation of existing members where required
- Evaluation of alterations, overloads and change of use
- Repair design — concept, details and specification
- Prioritization and phasing guidance
What you receive
- Condition assessment report
- Deterioration mapping and photographic record
- Capacity evaluation where performed
- Repair drawings and specifications
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.
How the work runs
Understand the building
Original drawings, alterations and repair history reviewed; where drawings are missing, the structure is field-verified.
Assess condition
Deterioration mapped and its structural significance evaluated element by element.
Evaluate capacity
Where condition or use has changed, remaining capacity is checked against current demand.
Design the repair
Repairs described in enough detail to be bid, executed and inspected — not left as a general recommendation.
Good to know
What changes the scope — and what no engineer can promise.
- Assessments of existing structures carry uncertainty; where it matters, testing or exploratory openings are recommended rather than assumed away.
- Missing original documentation increases the field verification required.
- Repair design is scoped and quoted separately from the assessment that leads to it.
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.