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EMA help architects, builders, and developers to get high-quality structural engineering services including structural design, structural analysis for buildings, structural drawings preparations, structural peer review, structural Inspections of building throughout Florida. Condo Milestone Inspections are done to validate the structural soundness of a building’s components such as framing, foundation, beams, columns, posts, or trusses.
Milestone Inspections
We do condo milestone inspections for condominium buildings in Daytona, Orlando, Tampa and surrounding . Our licensed engineers are proficient in in structural damage and condition of concrete, structural steel and wood buildings per Florida Building Code and SB-4D law. We also provide threshold inspections, construction inspections under various building code statues for commercial residential buildings.
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We do forensic building damage assessments post storm events including wind and hail damage, foundation damage, cause & origin study, fire damage inspections in Florida, Texas & Louisiana.
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Florida Milestone Inspections
We understand you need a complete structural assessment of your condominium building in compliance with the Florida Law SB-4D that works for you and your organization, and it must function well.o provide milestone inspections phase one and phase two throughout Florida for condo building including Orlando, Tampa, Daytona, Palm Coast, Clearwater, Palm Beach & Fort Lauderdale.
Commercial Construction
We are very familiar with the challenges of creating high-quality, structural design and renovations for commercial, high-rise, buildings and residential buildings throughout Florida, Texas & Louisiana.
Roof Moisture Inspections
We perform roof moisture inspections for commercial and industrial flat roof and moisture surveys for detecting moisture under the roofing system. We employ electrical impedance and infrared techniques during roof moisture surveys.
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Robert Levine, Lexington Club, Delray Beach
EMA did perform a forensic damage assessment, construction deficiency report and threshold inspection for 180 roofs in our association after Hurricane Charlie. Their reports and certification were accepted by the Palm Beach County.
EMA performed a professional structural damage assessment to eight storage buildings located at our Corpus Christi facility. Their engineers was professional with tons of knowledge and the report was excellent. Thank you.
EMA engineers performed a post damage assessment for our apartment building after Hurricane Ian in Melbourne. Their work was excellent and led us to beef-up roof connections to the walls which has caused the ceiling-wall cracks due to minor uplift of the roof after hurricane.
EMA Engineers successfully did a cause & origin study of the leaning balconies for our $42 million apartment buildings in Florida. Their report was excellent, resulting in a litigation against the developer for construction deficiencies. +++++
Dr. Ali supervised a team of engineers and technicians to complete a post Hurricane damage assessment for 15 port buildings after hurricane Katrina and provided an excellent report with ACV for a positive settlement with our insurance carrier. +AAAA
Condo Milestone Inspections
Condo Milestone inspections engineers or condo milestone Inspections SB-4D means a structural inspection of a building, including an inspection of load-bearing walls and the primary structural members and structural systems as defined in F.S. s. 627.706, by a licensed architect or engineer authorized to practice in this state to attest to the life safety and adequacy of the structural components of the building and, to the extent reasonably possible, determining the general structural condition of the building as it affects the safety of such building, including a determination of any necessary maintenance, repair, or replacement of any structural component of the building. The purpose of such condo Milestone inspections is not to determine if the condition of an existing building complies with the Florida Building Code or the fire safety code.
When a condominium building celebrates its 30th birthday, it must be inspected by an engineer or architect to ensure its structural integrity (after the 40-year mark, buildings must also be re-certified every ten years thereafter that ride, any building three stories or higher and within 3 miles of the coastline must get inspected starting at the 30th year of construction. The remainder of the condo buildings must be inspected starting their 30th birthday. The condo inspection professional engineers’ best palm beach structural inspections apply to all buildings except for single-family homes, duplexes, and buildings with an occupant load of 10 or less and 2,000 square feet
Phase One Condo Milestone Inspections
When a building becomes forty years old, county or city code compliance officials send a Notice of Required Inspection to the property owner. Recertification dates are based on the Annie the original Building or Structure’s Certificate of Occupancy anniversary.
What Does Milestone Inspections Include?
Licensed architects or condo inspections professional engineers must perform Condominium Inspections for structural safety. These experts look at many aspects of the building’s foundational and electrical systems, including foundation, roofing systems, masonry bearing walls, steel frames, flooring, concrete framing systems, windows, wood framing, loading, electrical service, branch circuits, conduit raceways, and emergency lighting.
What If I Do Not Receive a Notice for Inspection?
In some cases, owners of property that is 40 or more years old do not receive a Notice of Required Inspection. However, property owners are still responsible for obtaining the recertification. They are also responsible for having the building recertified every ten years following the initial recertification. If buildings are not recertified, owners can be liable for an accord accident or other incident.
Do you know someone who owns a building coming up on its 40th birthday? Have you received a letter from your municipality that is rg 40-year recertification? If so, we can complete the inspection and provide a thorough report for your building. Please share this information with your friends and family.
Here are some common questions about the newly instituted Florida Milestone Inspections:
1. What is a Milestone Inspection?
a. Florida has now imposed a state-wide structural inspection program for condominium and cooperative associations three (3) stories or more in height, defined as a “milestone inspection.”
2. Who is responsible for complying?
a. Community association managers or management companies contractually hired by a condominium association subject to this inspection must comply with this section as directed by the board.
3. Are milestone inspections required for all buildings in Florida three (3) stories or more in height?
a. Milestone inspections must be performed by December 31 of the year the building reaches 30 years in age, based on the issue date of the building’s certificate of occupancy, and every ten years after that.
b. Buildings within 3 miles of the coastline must perform a milestone inspection by December 31 of the year they reach 25 years old, aoldry ten years later.
4. When has the State required the milestone inspections to begin?
a. Buildings with a certificate of occupancy issued on or before July 1, 1992, must have the initial milestone inspection performed before December 31, 2024.
b. All others follow the year based on the issue date of the building’s certificate of occupancy mentioned in question 3.
5. Who is responsible for the cost of the milestone inspection?
a. Condominium and cooperative associations are responsible for the scheduling and costs associated with the milestone inspection.
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