Structural Engineer in Fort Lauderdale, FL: PE-Sealed Plans Built for Broward's 170 mph HVHZ
HB Design and Engineering delivers PE-sealed structural plans engineered for Broward County's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, with a continuous load path from roof to footing and foundations sized for the coastal water table. Send us your drawings and get back a sealed set built for LauderBuild review.
What you get
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Sealed structural calculations and drawings under a Florida PE stamp, matched to the plans line for line so a reviewer traces the load path without guessing
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A continuous roof-to-foundation load path with the uplift connections, straps, and tie-downs Broward's 170 mph design wind requires
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ASCE 7-22 wind analysis and Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) framing, coordinated with our in-house architectural and MEP sets
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Value engineering that carries the steel and concrete the code requires on expensive coastal sites, without a padded frame
Why Broward is its own structural problem
Fort Lauderdale sits fully inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, the strictest wind regime in the state. A structural set here is designed to a 170 mph wind speed under ASCE 7-22, with engineered tie-downs and wind-borne-debris and large-missile impact protection, and the envelope products carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance (NOA) or Florida Product Approval. Add a high water table near the New River, the Intracoastal, and the canals, and the foundation choice is set before design begins. A firm that only works Tampa Bay under-specs all of it. We engineer to Broward's regime from the first calculation.
Who we work with
Developers, general contractors, and builders across Fort Lauderdale and Broward, from Flagler Village and the downtown corridor to the waterfront lots in Rio Vista, Coral Ridge, and the Las Olas Isles.
How it works
1. Send us your architectural drawings and the site details.
2. We run the ASCE 7-22 wind analysis, size the frame, and detail the load path to the HVHZ standard.
3. A Florida PE seals the set and we prepare it for LauderBuild submittal.
4. We stay engineer of record and answer Building Services Division comments through approval.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes Fort Lauderdale structural design different from Tampa or Orlando?
Broward County is entirely in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so plans are designed to a 170 mph wind speed under ASCE 7-22 with engineered tie-downs, impact protection, and Miami-Dade NOA or Florida Product Approval on envelope products. Gulf-coast and inland markets sit outside the HVHZ, so a set built for them draws comments here.
Do you stay engineer of record through plan review?
Yes. The Florida PE who seals your set stays engineer of record and answers Building Services Division comments directly through LauderBuild. Comment responses and resubmittals are included, so one point of contact carries the structural package to approval.
Serving:
Fort Lauderdale and Broward County, including Hollywood, Pompano Beach, Plantation, and Wilton Manors.
Get a structural set engineered for Broward's HVHZ from the first calculation. Call (727) 320-2361 and put a Florida PE on your Fort Lauderdale project.
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