Recertification here runs through the City's Building Safety Inspection Program, filed online through LauderBuild. We handle the inspection, the report and that filing end to end, through to your proof of recertification.
In Broward every building starts at 25 years, coastal or not. Then every 10 years.
Notices go out by certified mail between June 1 and August 31.
Reports are digitally signed and sealed and filed online. The City no longer accepts paper submissions.
The City's February 2026 Special Magistrate agenda carried 43 building safety inspection cases.
Broward sends notices between June 1 and August 31 each year. You do not have to wait for yours. The earlier the process begins, the more control you have over the timeline and any repairs.
Find out where your building stands →Sources: City of Fort Lauderdale, Building Safety Inspection Program; Special Magistrate agenda, February 19, 2026; Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals, Building Safety Inspection Program (Policy 05-05, amended 2024).
ESi was founded in 2014 by Oscar Sebelen, P.E., a licensed Electrical Professional Engineer in Florida since 2005, with more than 25 years of engineering experience at the helm. We know how buildings are designed and built, where problems tend to hide and what each building department in Miami-Dade and Broward expects to see.
A draft report and a conversation about any repairs, before anything is filed.
We inspect. We do not design and we do not repair, so we have no incentive to report deficiencies that are not there.
The submittal and the correspondence with the City of Fort Lauderdale Development Services Department, at no additional cost.
Fort Lauderdale follows the Broward scope: structural and electrical. We keep both with one team, so the scope, the schedule and the accountability stay in one place.
The structural condition assessment your recertification requires, documented and signed by a licensed Florida professional engineer. For threshold buildings we offer a separate consultation on how the work is best structured.
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The complete electrical inspection your recertification requires, carried out and signed by our licensed professional engineers.
Learn more →Every building is different. We confirm the exact scope that applies to your building before any work begins.
Send it to us today. We confirm the deadline, the scope and the timeline before anything is scheduled.
When a building reaches its milestone age, Broward requires a documented inspection of its key systems: structural and electrical. Broward does not require infrared thermography or the parking lot illumination check. In Fort Lauderdale the reports are filed through the City's LauderBuild portal. You finish with proof of recertification on file and a record you can give to a board, a lender or an insurer.
In Broward every building starts at 25 years, regardless of location, and then repeats every 10 years. Notices go out between June 1 and August 31, and owners have 180 days from the notice to submit. The number most people still use is 40 years, but that is the older name for what is now a 25 year milestone. If a notice has arrived, the clock is already running. The earlier the process begins, the more control you have over the timeline, the scope of any repairs and the outcome.
This is the part most owners are quietly concerned about, and it is more manageable than it sounds. You receive a draft report and a conversation about what was found and what the options are, before anything is filed. Any repairs that are required go through proper permitting. You are never locked into a specific contractor. You choose who carries out the work, and we can work alongside whoever you appoint. Buildings with deficiencies are recertified every day. Finding something is not the end of the process, it is a step within it.
A two-page guide to what our team looks for at your property and how to prepare for inspection day. Nothing to fill out or return, we handle the evaluation. Tell us where to send it.
We will outline exactly what your recertification requires, what the scope covers and what it takes to file it with the City.