Structural Engineer in Orlando, FL: PE-Sealed Plans Built for Karst Ground and Orange County Wind
HB Design and Engineering gives Orlando developers, GCs, and builders PE-sealed structural plans engineered for Central Florida's karst soils and Orange County wind, and we stay your engineer of record through plan review. Send us your drawings and soil report, get back a permit-ready set.
Your Needs, Our Services
1. PE-sealed structural calculations and drawings, signed by a Florida-licensed engineer who stays engineer of record through City of Orlando review
2. ASCE 7-22 wind analysis at Orange County's 130 to 140 mph design speed, with a continuous load path detailed roof to footing
3. Foundations sized to your geotechnical report for karst limestone, sandy flatwoods, and a seasonally high water table
4. Comment responses and resubmittals handled directly by the engineer of record, at no added charge
.png)
Why Orlando is a different structural problem
Orlando is inland Central Florida, and the structural work moves with the geography. There is no coastal storm surge and no High Velocity Hurricane Zone, so design wind sits lower than Tampa Bay or Broward, which lightens the envelope and takes cost out of the frame when it is engineered to the actual number. What leads here is the ground. The metro sits on sandy uplands and poorly drained flatwoods over karst limestone with a seasonally high water table, inside a cover-subsidence sinkhole zone, so foundation design and soils coordination drive the structure. We size the foundation to the geotechnical report for your specific Orange County lot rather than reusing a coastal detail where the ground behaves differently.
Who we work with
Developers, general contractors, and builders across Orlando and Orange County, from mid-rise and multifamily frames near Creative Village and Lake Nona to townhome and infill structures in Mills 50, SoDo, and the Packing District.
How it works
1.
Send us your drawings, survey, and geotechnical report. We scope the structural work and quote a flat fee.
2.
Our engineers run the wind analysis, size the frame, and design the foundation to your soil, coordinated with architecture and MEP in house.
3.
You get a PE-sealed set assembled for the Orlando Digital Permits (ProjectDox) portal, with calculations labeled the way reviewers expect.
4.
If the City comments, the engineer of record answers and resubmits, so review closes in one cycle.
frequently asked questions
Does Orlando's soil really drive the structural design?
Yes. The metro sits over karst limestone with a seasonally high water table in a cover-subsidence sinkhole zone, so settlement and subsurface voids are real design inputs. We design the foundation to the geotechnical report for your site, which matters more here than wind.
Is Orlando's wind design lighter than the coast?
It is. Orlando is outside the HVHZ, and Orange County design wind runs roughly 130 to 140 mph under ASCE 7-22, below Tampa Bay and well below Broward. An engineer who defaults to HVHZ detailing over-builds the frame and inflates your steel. We design to Orlando's actual number.
serving
Orlando, Orange County, and Central Florida, including Winter Park, Kissimmee, Sanford, Apopka, and Winter Garden.
Our Services
Get an Orlando structural engineer who designs for the ground under your project, not a template from the coast. Call (727) 320-2361 and put a Florida PE on your set.