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Milestone Inspections, SIRS & Recertification.

Florida PE-led engineering for South Florida condominium boards, associations and property managers.

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Service area
Broward · Miami-Dade · Palm Beach
Governing law
§553.899 · §718.112See the compliance guide →
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Why Boards Work With Fortis

Engineered for fiduciary peace of mind.

01 / Licensed FL PE Oversight

Fortis

Every assessment is performed under the responsible charge of an active Florida Professional Engineer.

02 / Tri-County Jurisdictions

Broward · 25-Yr Recertification
Miami-Dade · §8-11 Recertification
Palm Beach · Per City Ordinance

Prepared and filed to each jurisdiction's current requirements — milestone inspections under F.S. §553.899.

03 / Independent Advocacy

We diagnose.
We don't sell repairs.

No restoration contracting, no building-product sales, no contractor referral fees — so our findings protect your reserves, not a repair invoice.

Conflict-Free Oversight

04 / One Documented Standard

Every finding photo-logged and carried into one PE-sealed report a board can act on.

Separate purposes. Separate clocks.

One building.
Two clocks.
Neither one waits.

The milestone inspection and the Structural Integrity Reserve Study are separate obligations under Florida law. They exist for different reasons. They run on different schedules. Reading one clock does not tell you what the other says.

The clocks below run on real statutory dates — §553.899 for the milestone inspection, §718.112(2)(g) for the SIRS. In Broward and Miami-Dade, the milestone clock is coupled to county recertification; the SIRS clock is not.

Clock 01
Milestone Inspection
§553.899 · trigger 25 or 30 yrs · recurring 10 yrs
04years to next
Next milestone inspection due 2030. In Broward, satisfied through county recertification — 25 years countywide.
Clock 02
SIRS
§718.112(2)(g) · reserve study · recurring 10 yrs
08years to next
Next Structural Integrity Reserve Study due 2034. Independent of milestone. Waiver restricted by statute.

In Broward & Miami-Dade, county recertification is how the milestone clock is administered — SIRS runs on its own clock.

1985
In Broward, the milestone inspection is administered through the county building recertification program and applies at 25 years countywide. SIRS is a separate obligation and is not replaced by recertification.
See the full compliance guide
Services · Point at what you're worried about

Every part of the building has an engineer's name for it. We know all of them.

Hover any part of the building to see the service that answers it, what triggers it under Florida law, and what a typical scope covers. The full catalog is a click away.

South Florida mid-rise · Cross-section10 stories · 1988
Interactive cross-section diagram of a South Florida mid-rise condominium building with 8 numbered hotspots. Each hotspot maps to a Fortis service: Roof & parapet (Building Recertification), Façade & balconies (Milestone Inspections), Window walls (Building Condition Survey), Structural frame (Structural Integrity Reserve Study), Garage & podium (Special Inspections), Foundation & slab (Forensic Investigations), Seawall & waterfront (Seawall Inspection), Active restoration (Owner's Representation).
Statutory · Fla. Stat. §553.899 · You pointed at façade & balconies
Statutory

Milestone Inspections

Concrete restoration, balcony spalling, railing anchorage — the visible failures that drive complaints and lawsuits. This is the Phase 1 milestone inspection. In Broward and Miami-Dade, a current county recertification satisfies the milestone requirement.

Triggered by
Fla. Stat. §553.899 · 25 or 30 yrs
Typical scope
Phase 1 visual, Phase 2 if triggered
Broward · Miami-Dade

The county recertification program satisfies the milestone inspection requirement in these two counties. SIRS is a separate obligation and is not replaced by recertification. In Palm Beach, the milestone inspection is administered directly under §553.899.

Local rule applies
How an inspection runs · 02 / 04

One rail.
Eight documented stops.

Intake through close-out on a single timeline. Every stage owns a deliverable, an owner, and a date. Nothing about your project lives in someone's inbox.

Start your project
§ 0Before we startClient-led · No fee until scope is signed
  1. 0.1
    Property details
    You send building name, address and any prior reports or notices.
  2. 0.2
    Requirement confirmed
    A call with the Fortis team to establish which scope of services applies.
  3. 0.3
    Written proposal
    Defined scope, fee and schedule signed before any field work begins.
§ 1 · The record · Stage 01 → 05
Every stage · Engineer-signed · Dated
  1. Scope & Records

    Relevant condo records and prior notices reviewed, so we know which requirements and deadlines apply to your building.

    Scope memo
  2. Field Inspection

    Every elevation, balcony, roof and garage slab walked and photographed by a licensed inspector — not a technician, not a subcontractor.

    Photo record
  3. Findings & Report

    Observation, evidence, recommendation, next step — signed by the engineer responsible for the work.

    Signed report
  4. Board Presentation

    We stand in front of your board, translate every technical term on first use, and answer owners directly.

    Board packet
  5. Repair & Oversight

    Restoration design, contractor selection support and construction administration through close-out.

    Construction admin
Gabor I. Nagy's signature
Gabor I. Nagy, PE
Author · The Fortis Standard · Rev. 4 · FL Licensed PE
Or call 954-756-6876
Fortis · A Lexicon · pp. 03–08

The words we
work by,
defined plainly.

Authored by
Gabor I. Nagy, PE
Founder · The Fortis Standard, Rev. 4
01Integrity| n. |

The reporting of what was observed, unaltered by budget or preference.

[at Fortis]Safety findings never soften to preserve a fee.
02Precision| n. |

Scope anchored to statute; evidence anchored to measurement.

[at Fortis]Reports withstand insurance, mediation and county review.
03Clarity| n. |

Language a non-engineer can act on without a translator.

[at Fortis]Every technical term is defined on first use.
04Hard Work| n. |

The willingness to be first on site and last to leave.

[at Fortis]The engineer signing the report walked the building.
05Trust| n. |

Consistency between what is promised and what is delivered.

[at Fortis]One documented standard, applied the same way every time.
06Community| n. |

A commercial relationship shaped by the other side's constraints.

[at Fortis]Scope is sized to what the building needs, not the fee we prefer.
Fortis BuildSafe Solutions · A Lexicon · p. 08
Read the full StandardAbout the Fortis Standard
§ III · Operating principles

Track Record

Four active recertifications and milestone inspections across South Florida. Click any building to open the case record.

Selected active projects. Full portfolio linked below.

Full Project Index →

Selected project records. Fortis BuildSafe Solutions · Broward & Miami-Dade.

See the full project list →

Founder

You Retain An Engineer,
Not An Account.

Gabor I. Nagy, PE, Founder of Fortis BuildSafe Solutions

Gabor I. Nagy, PE

Founder and author of the Fortis Standard — the documented method every Fortis engineer works to, so the answer does not depend on which engineer shows up.

RoleFounder
LicenseProfessional Engineer, State of Florida
BaseFort Lauderdale, FL
Service areaBroward · Miami-Dade · Palm Beach

Contact Fortis If

  • Your building needs a milestone inspection or recertification, with a deadline tied to its Certificate of Occupancy date.
  • Your association owes a Structural Integrity Reserve Study, or the last one was not based on a visual inspection.
  • A county recertification notice has been issued (Broward begins at 25 years, Miami-Dade at 30, each repeating every 10 years).
  • Cracking, spalling, leaks or movement need a documented cause before repairs are bid.

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