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Pompano Beach, Florida – Structural Workshop is pleased to announce their recent expansion into the South Florida market. The new office is located in Pompano Beach, Florida and will be Structural Workshop’s third office.
The Mountain Lakes, New Jersey based firm will bring their extensive experience in conducting building inspections and reports, specifically for commercial, multifamily residential and parking structures to the South Florida market – specifically in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Pinellas and Collier Counties.
Structural Workshop plans to help building owners and property managers with all facets of structural engineering and assist with the 40 Year Recertification Inspections, which are now a mandatory, state-wide ordinance.
“There is a lot of opportunity in the condo world and beyond for engineering services in Florida,” says President Joe DiPompeo, PE, F.SEI, F.ASCE. “There is an immediate need to help condo associations and commercial buildings keep up with compliance and maintain a safe place for their tenants. We also have some multifamily ground up projects in Florida that we can better serve from a Florida office.”
About Structural Workshop
Structural Workshop is a Structural Engineering and Building Consulting firm founded in 2004. We provide a full range of Structural Engineering and Building Consulting Services for all types and sizes of projects from a single-family home to mid-rise buildings and everything in between. For more information, please visit: www.structuralworkshop.com or contact us at info@structuralworkshop.com
Florida Office
2301 NW 33rd Court, Unit #102
Pompano Beach, FL 33069
(754) 277.4245
Communication is the key to everything and we make sure our clients and their tenants are up-to-date and informed on everything throughout the project duration.
Emails and daily reports are sent to the client and representatives every day.
That’s not a bad idea; unless you’re cutting back on your legal counsel reviewing all of the contracts provided to you by those engineers, architects or general contractors who perform any of these inspections or repairs.
I’m starting to see more of this and it’s an alarming trend. It boggles my mind that an association would spend millions of dollars on a contract for repair of their property, but won’t spend a few hours on their attorney reviewing that contract first. No question in my mind that the failure of the Board to have that contract reviewed by counsel before signing, is a breach of their fiduciary duty to the unit owners they represent.
I teach a class called “Before You Sign That Contract.” It talks about so many ways in which the association can suffer financial loss by having the wrong clauses in the contract or by failing to insert certain clauses into the contract. Once sentence can potentially cost the association hundreds of thousands of dollars. And you chose to cheap out on a few hours of attorney’s time? Really?
Even smaller contracts need to be reviewed. If the association does not have the proper remedies in the contract for the contractor’s breach, the situation can turn into a long lasting nightmare where the association will never be made whole. And…….the association will have to spend its own attorney’s fees now to correct the problem with no chance of recovering them later on.
They will be everywhere, in every condominium. Be careful. If you didn’t hear me the first time, I said BE CAREFUL AND DON’T BE CHEAP. GET LEGAL HELP BEFORE SIGNING.
DON’T COME TO ME AFTER YOU SIGNED A CONTRACT AND SAY “HEY ERIC…OUR ASSOCIATION SIGNED THIS MULTI MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT. CAN YOU NOW GET US OUT OF IT?
THE ANSWER IS OFTEN TIMES……NO I CANNOT. YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED ME TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE SIGNING IT.
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Allstate Resource Management’s team of experts specializes in storm drain cleaning in Broward County and storm drain cleaning in South Florida. We will keep your stormwater systems and storm drains clean and operating properly and in compliance with government standards. Various government agencies in Florida have specific regulations regarding the maintenance of these complex systems. Non-compliance can result in fines and unnecessary expenses. We can help ensure that your stormwater systems are working effectively and comply with Florida’s regulation standards. Our team are experts at storm drain cleaning and will make sure your stormwater systems are working properly. Stormwater systems accomplish many vital functions. Their primary purpose is to prevent flooding by rapidly removing surface water. A properly functioning drainage system also helps to maintain water quality, capture pollutants and contributes to balancing Florida’s precious drinking water supply.
Tonight’s the night! Ft. Lauderdale city officials are expected to approve raising sea walls by just over a foot to meet a county mandate.
The move will mean dilapidated sea walls will have to be replaced, and new ones will be required to be at least 5 feet high to help protect against future tidal flooding.
Was established to fulfill the unique needs of structures in coastal areas such as South Florida. The team’s rare combination of expertise in Civil/Structural Engineering and Corrosion Engineering makes SRI unique in providing concrete rehabilitation/protection services related to condominiums and other near-sea structures. SRI also provides Concrete Diagnostic testing (Ground Penetrating Radar, monitoring corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete structures) to its clients or other engineering firms.
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