40-Year & 50-Year Building Recertification in Broward County
When the Board of Rules and Appeals notice lands, the inspection is only the start. Academia is the contractor that turns the engineer’s recertification report into permitted, completed repairs across Broward — structural, electrical, and envelope — under one Florida license stack.
Administered county-wide by BORA.
Broward County requires a building safety inspection at 25 years of age, and every 10 years thereafter (Broward Administrative Provisions §110.15; BORA Policy 05-05). Unlike Miami-Dade — where individual municipalities run the program — Broward’s is administered county-wide through the Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals (BORA), which issues the safety-inspection requirements and tracks compliance.
A Florida-licensed engineer or architect inspects the building’s structural and electrical systems and files the recertification report. Where deficiencies are found, repairs must be permitted and completed to keep the building certified. For condominiums three stories and taller, the statewide SB-4D Milestone Inspection and Structural Integrity Reserve Study now run alongside the county safety-inspection program.
The inspection is the easy part. Execution isn’t.
Report to scope
We convert the recertification report’s narrative findings into a quantified, permittable scope — structural repairs, electrical corrections, concrete spalling and rebar remediation, and waterproofing — with realistic Broward unit costs.
Through the building department
We pull and manage the repair permits with the local Broward building official, coordinate the engineer of record, and keep the recertification clock from running out.
Self-performed, in-house
General contracting, roofing, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and solar are held in-house — so the structural and electrical corrections the report demands are completed under one accountable operator, on occupied buildings.
Recertification across Broward County.
We work recertification and restoration scopes from the coast to the western suburbs — the aging mid-rise and high-rise inventory under the most insurance and structural pressure.
Fort Lauderdale · Hollywood · Pompano Beach · Pembroke Pines · Coral Springs · Davie · Plantation · Sunrise · Deerfield Beach · Dania Beach · Hallandale Beach · Lauderdale-by-the-Sea · Wilton Manors · Weston · Miramar · Tamarac · Lauderhill · Oakland Park
Broward recertification, answered.
When does my Broward County building need to be recertified?
Broward requires a building safety inspection when the building reaches 25 years of age, then every 10 years after. The Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals (BORA) sets the safety-inspection requirements county-wide, and the local building official issues the notice. The owner then has a defined window to file a recertification report prepared by a Florida-licensed engineer or architect.
How is Broward’s program different from Miami-Dade’s?
The core requirement — a structural and electrical safety inspection, then every 10 years — is similar, but the trigger ages differ: Broward inspects at 25 years of age, while Miami-Dade recertifies at 30. The other difference is administration: Broward runs it county-wide through the Board of Rules and Appeals, while in Miami-Dade individual municipalities administer the program. Practically, that means consistent requirements across Broward cities, but you still permit repairs through your local building department.
Who performs the inspection versus the repairs?
A Florida-licensed engineer or architect performs the recertification inspection and files the report — an independent role. Academia is the contractor: we take the completed report and execute the structural, electrical, and envelope repairs it requires, permitted through the local building department and coordinated with the engineer of record.
What happens if we miss the recertification deadline?
Missing the deadline can trigger code-enforcement action, fines, and — where unsafe structural conditions are identified — an unsafe-structure determination affecting occupancy. Delay also compounds cost and creates insurance and lender friction. The fastest resolution is a contractor who can scope, permit, and execute without another round of delay.
How quickly can the repairs be completed?
It depends on the report scope, but the bottleneck is usually scoping, permitting, and coordination — not the construction itself. Because we self-perform across trades and manage permitting and engineer coordination in-house, we compress the gap between report and repairs. Send us the recertification report for a realistic Broward timeline and budget within one business day.
Have a Broward recertification report in hand?
Send us the report or the BORA notice. We’ll translate it into a permitted scope, schedule, and budget — and respond within one business day.
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