Stage 1 · Information
Drawings, permits and history supplied.
Our services, in detail
Four engineering services, all under the responsible charge of a licensed Florida PE.
Program 01 · What is visible, stated as such
Structural assessment
Owners usually want a yes or no, and the honest answer is a report that distinguishes what was observed, what it indicates and what could not be seen. Concealed framing, undocumented past alterations and latent defects are limits of any visual assessment, and they belong in the report rather than being implied away.
Stage 2 · Site visit
Visible and accessible areas.
Stage 3 · Analysis
Observation against engineering judgement.
Stage 4 · Report
Including stated limitations.
Stage 1 · The change
What is being altered or added.
Stage 2 · Existing capacity
Established before designing.
Stage 3 · Calculations
Gravity and wind, documented.
Stage 4 · Design
Detailed so it can be built.
Program 02 · Loads actually run
Design & calculations
Removing a wall, adding a storey or hanging new equipment changes the load path, and in Florida wind loading governs more than people expect. Calculations are performed and documented, so the design can be defended to a plans examiner rather than asserted.
Program 03 · Signed, dated and sealed
Permit drawings
Permit drawings are prepared to what the local authority actually requires, which varies between jurisdictions more than most people expect. We respond to plan review comments as part of the work — a set that collects comments and is then abandoned helps nobody.
Stage 1 · Jurisdiction
What this authority specifically requires.
Stage 2 · Drawings
Prepared to that standard.
Stage 3 · Sealed
After the engineer's own review.
Stage 4 · Comments
Answered through to approval.
Stage 1 · Scope
What is being inspected and why.
Stage 2 · Inspection
Where it is safe to access.
Stage 3 · Findings
Damage distinguished from pre-existing.
Stage 4 · Report
Factual, with limitations stated.
Program 04 · Before and after
Inspections & post-storm
After a storm, owners and insurers both need an independent engineering opinion on what is damage and what was already there. We assess and report factually. We do not adjust claims, we do not represent anyone in a dispute, and we will not characterise pre-existing conditions as storm damage.
Got a structural question?
A free first conversation, including an honest answer about whether you need an engineer.