Fortis Location

Highland Beach structural and forensic engineering

Fortis BuildSafe Solutions is a forensic engineering firm serving Highland Beach condominium associations, cooperatives, HOA boards, owners and property managers from its Fort Lauderdale office. Fortis evaluates existing buildings, documents conditions, and develops engineering recommendations and repair documents.

Verification: Florida PE-led engineering, delivered to the Fortis Standard
Updated: November 5, 2026

Ledger for Palm Beach County: no countywide rule, 30-year statewide default with each city its own local enforcement agency, 25 years where Boynton Beach, Highland Beach and coastal Boca Raton adopted it, with SIRS as a separate requirement.

Office (Fort Lauderdale)

110 E Broward Blvd #1700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Phone

954-756-6876

County

Palm Beach County

Filing Authority

Town of Highland Beach building department

01 / Direct Answer

When is a Highland Beach milestone inspection due?

At 25 years from the certificate of occupancy, then every 10 years, for association buildings: condominium and cooperative buildings of three or more stories with at least four dwelling units. Palm Beach County has no countywide ordinance, so each municipality is its own Local Enforcement Agency under F.S. §553.899. The whole town is coastal, so no distance test applies here.

The Town of Highland Beach’s recertification program is how the milestone requirement is administered and satisfied in Highland Beach, for the buildings it covers. The operative local law is §110.9 of the town’s Administrative Code for the Florida Building Code, 8th Edition.

02 / City Process

Two things boards here get told wrongly

The cycle is 10 years, not 7. Guides in circulation describe Highland Beach as a 7-year repeat. The 10-year and 7-year intervals in §110.9(1)(b) both refer to threshold buildings, so an association building runs on the statutory 10 years under F.S. §553.899(3)(a).

Satisfaction runs one way, so scope the electrical work. The town’s phase one also requires a professional electrical engineer to certify the building electrically safe, or to list major and critical deficiencies with a repair timeframe. F.S. §553.899 does not require that. So a town recertification satisfies the milestone, but a bare milestone inspection does not satisfy Highland Beach.

The countywide picture is on the Palm Beach County service page.

Estimate the filing date from the Certificate of Occupancy with the milestone deadline calculator, then review milestone inspections and building recertification.

Deadline Tool

When Is Your Milestone Inspection Due?

Enter your Certificate of Occupancy date and jurisdiction. The calculator returns the deadline, with the governing authority behind the trigger age it used.

Open the deadline calculator

Input: Certificate of Occupancy date
Location: Pre-set to Highland Beach
Result: Deadline, authority, and verification date

Local Context

Town Program, Separate SIRS

The Structural Integrity Reserve Study under F.S. §718.112(2)(g) is a separate requirement on its own 10-year cycle, measured from the creation of the condominium. It is not part of the milestone inspection or the town recertification, and the two are scoped and delivered separately. See Structural Integrity Reserve Study (SIRS).

The town program also covers threshold and non-residential buildings, a restaurant and a church among them. Those have no milestone requirement to satisfy, so a recertification there is a town obligation on its own terms.

Beyond compliance filings, Fortis provides forensic investigations, building condition surveys, and building restoration oversight for Highland Beach properties.

Your assessment will be performed and sealed by a Fortis PE working to the Fortis Standard.

Existing Building Work

Engineering Support For Highland Beach Properties

Milestone Inspections

Phase 1 and Phase 2 milestone inspections under Florida law, keyed to your Certificate of Occupancy date.

Structural Integrity Reserve Study

Statutory study under F.S. §718.112(2)(g) for condominium and cooperative buildings three stories and up: a visual inspection of the structural, roof, waterproofing and electrical components and a funding schedule for their remaining useful life. Separate from a general reserve study.

Building Recertification

County-mandated recertification of structural and electrical safety. Miami-Dade: 30 years from the Certificate of Occupancy generally, 25 for qualifying coastal condominiums and cooperatives. Broward: 25 years countywide. Every 10 years thereafter, prepared and filed to the current county ordinance.

Establish where your Highland Beach building stands

Send the property details and Fortis will confirm which requirement applies and provide a written scope before any fieldwork begins.

Request an Inspection Or call 954-756-6876