Structural Engineering/Inspections & Reports
Inspections and reports
Structural Inspections, Reports and Engineer Letters in Florida
A licensed Florida Professional Engineer looks at the structure, tells you what is going on in plain language, and gives you a signed report you can hand to a buyer, an insurer, a lender or a building department.
What we inspect
When you need an engineer, not an opinion
Home inspectors describe. Engineers evaluate. When a crack, a sag, a wet slab or a storm leaves a question only a licensed engineer can answer, we come out, measure, assess and put our findings and our stamp on paper.
Typical requests
- Foundation and settlement inspections: cracks, sloping floors, separated stem walls and slabs.
- Pre-purchase structural evaluations for buyers and the lenders who finance them.
- Engineer letters for permits: a building department asks for a signed letter before it will issue or close a permit.
- Insurance reports after hurricane, wind, water or impact damage, written to what the adjuster needs to see.
- Truss repair letters and framing assessments after a roof repair, a solar installation or storm damage.
- Screen enclosures, pool cages, lanais and attached structures: assessments and engineered repairs.
- Post-storm assessments for homeowners, associations and contractors who need a safe-to-occupy answer fast.
What you receive
A written report signed and sealed by a licensed Florida Professional Engineer: what we observed, what it means, what to do next and, when the structure needs it, a repair design your contractor can price and permit. We state the limits of what a visual inspection can establish and tell you when testing or a geotechnical investigation is the honest next step.
How it works
From your call to a signed report
We designed our process so you always know what to expect.
- 01Step 01 - Schedule
Schedule
Call us or send the form with photos if you have them. We reply with next steps the same business day and book the visit.
- 02Step 02 - Site visit
Site visit
The engineer measures, photographs and assesses the structure, and consults with you on site about what the findings mean and what a repair would involve.
- 03Step 03 - Report
Report
You receive a signed report. If a repair is needed, we design it; if a permit is needed, we prepare the documents and handle the review.
Frequently asked questions
Inspection questions, answered
Straight answers from licensed engineers — no jargon, no runaround. If your question is not listed here, call us and we will answer it directly.
Is this the same as a home inspection?
No. A home inspection is a general visual survey by a home inspector. A structural inspection is an engineering evaluation by a licensed Professional Engineer, and it ends in a signed report that building departments, insurers and lenders accept.
Can you write the letter my building department is asking for?
Yes, once we have inspected the condition the letter has to address. We never sign for work we have not seen.
Will you tell me if the structure is fine?
Yes. Many inspections end with a report that documents sound construction. You pay for an answer, not for a repair you do not need.
Do you inspect after hurricanes?
Yes. Post-storm assessments and insurance reports are a core part of structural practice in Florida, and we prioritise them when a storm has passed.
Is this a milestone inspection?
A milestone inspection is a specific statutory inspection for condominium and cooperative buildings of three or more habitable stories. See our condo milestone and SIRS page for that service.
Tell us where the property is and what you are seeing. We will get back to you within one business day with a scope, a date and a fee. No pressure. No runaround.