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We engineer it, draw it, permit it and inspect it.

A full-service Florida engineering and architectural firm that also files the permits and performs the inspections. Structural, MEP, life safety, civil and every trade plan — then the permit, then the private provider inspection. No handoffs, no waiting on a third party.

  • Engineering, architecture and drafting in house — signed and sealed
  • Licensed private provider: skip the county plan review queue
  • 40-year recertification, milestone inspections and the repairs that follow
  • After-the-fact and expired permits — the files other people decline

Get my permit moving

One form. We will tell you which jurisdiction controls it and what it takes.

We respond within 30 minutes, day or night. No obligation, and we answer with a straight assessment — including when you do not need us. Or call (866) 314-6931.

5,000+Permits & projects handled
67Florida counties served
400+Municipalities filed in
15+Years in Florida permitting

What we do

Engineering, plans, permits and inspections — one firm

We are a full-service engineering and architectural firm that also runs the permitting and the inspections. Whatever stage your project is at — not yet drawn, stuck in review, already built without a permit, or held up at closing — it does not need four vendors.

Engineering Services

Architectural, structural, MEP, life safety, civil and specialty trade plans — produced in house and filed by the same fir…

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Plans, Design & Drafting

Every permit starts with a set of drawings, and most permit rejections start with a bad one. We draw them, so the set that gets …

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Permit Facilitation & Filing

You have a crew scheduled, a client asking for dates, and a permit sitting somewhere in a queue you cannot see. We file it, we t…

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Private Provider Plan Review & Inspections

Florida law lets you hire a licensed private provider to perform your plan review and inspections instead of waiting in the buil…

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Inspections

Building department inspections, statutory structural inspections, recertification, insurance inspections and pre-purchase asses…

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40-Year Recertification & Milestone Inspections

A recertification notice arrives with a deadline attached, and missing it escalates fast — unsafe structure notices, fines, and …

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After-the-Fact & Expired Permits

Work done without a permit. A permit that expired before final inspection. A permit an old contractor opened and walked away fro…

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Code Compliance & Violations

A code enforcement case does not pause while you decide what to do about it. In many Florida jurisdictions fines run daily from …

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Asbestos, Mold & Environmental

Most demolition and renovation permits in Florida stall on the same thing: the building department wants an asbestos survey befo…

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How it works

Four steps, and we do all four

Most permit delays are not caused by the building department. They are caused by an incomplete submittal, a lapsed registration, or a comment that sat on somebody's desk for two weeks. All three are preventable.

STEP 01

Tell us the address and the problem

One call or one form. We identify which building department, planning office, fire marshal, health department or state agency actually controls your project — including which of the 400+ Florida municipalities you are really in, which is not always obvious near city lines.

STEP 02

We review the file before it goes in

Most permit delays are not caused by the building department. They are caused by an incomplete submittal that gets kicked back. We check the package against that jurisdiction's current checklist, confirm your license and municipal registration are active, and fix the gaps before filing.

STEP 03

We file and we track it

We submit through the correct portal, pay the fees, and follow the file. You get status updates without having to call anyone. When review comments come back, our own engineers and drafters make the correction and we turn the resubmittal around fast — usually the same day — because a missed cycle can cost weeks.

STEP 04

We close it out

Approved permit in hand is not the finish line — an unclosed permit becomes tomorrow's problem at closing. We schedule inspections, chase corrections, and drive the permit to final so it is closed on the record.

Why contractors call us

Florida only. Every day. That is the whole point.

Engineering and permits, one roof

Most permit companies stop when a comment needs a drawing changed. We do not — the engineers, the drafters and the permit techs all work here. Signed and sealed drawings, as-builts, revisions and the filing itself, without a handoff.

Florida only, and that is the point

We do not file in fifty states. We file in Florida, every day, which is why we know that Tampa and Hillsborough County run separate portals, that Pinellas licenses trades through PCCLB rather than DBPR alone, and that a Miami-Dade product approval is not the same thing as a statewide one.

You get a person, not a ticket number

Every project has a named specialist who knows the file. When you call, you talk to someone who can tell you exactly where it stands without looking it up.

We take the ugly ones

Expired permits. Work done without a permit. Code enforcement liens accruing daily. Permits an old contractor abandoned mid-project. These are the files other people decline, and they are a large part of what we do.

Se habla español

Full Spanish-language support across intake, filing and inspection coordination.

What clients say

Contractors, realtors and owners we have unstuck

★★★★★
They handled our after-the-fact permit situation when we thought we were stuck. Two months of dead-end phone calls, and they had it resolved and closed.
Michael R.General Contractor · Miami, FL
★★★★★
We were three days from closing when the title search turned up an open permit from 2019. They got it closed out and the deal went through on time.
Sarah T.Realtor · Jacksonville, FL
★★★★★
Our plans had been sitting in review for seven weeks with no movement. They took over the file, chased the comments, and we had the permit in twelve days.
James C.Developer · Orlando, FL

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Where we work

Every county in Florida, with real depth on the Suncoast

We file statewide. Our deepest bench is Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and Tampa Bay — the jurisdictions we are in weekly, where we know which reviewer wants what.

Florida permitting questions, answered

What is a permit expediter, and what does one actually do?

A permit expediter — sometimes called a permit runner or permit puller — manages the permit application process on your behalf from intake to final close-out. That means assembling and reviewing the submittal package before it goes in, filing it with the correct department, tracking it through plan review, responding to review comments, coordinating revisions and resubmittals, scheduling inspections, and closing the permit out at the end. We design it, we draw it, we file it, and where it helps we inspect it ourselves as a licensed private provider. The construction itself is performed by your crew.

How much does permit expediting cost in Florida?

Pricing depends on the jurisdiction, the permit type, and how much of the file already exists. Straightforward residential filings sit at the low end; multi-agency commercial packages, after-the-fact permits and code violation resolutions cost more because they take more work. We quote a flat professional fee up front, separate from the government fees the building department charges, so you know both numbers before we start. Call (866) 314-6931 and we will scope it on the phone.

How long does a building permit take in Florida?

Broadly: simple residential trade permits run about two to six weeks in most jurisdictions; residential new construction and larger remodels run six to twelve weeks; commercial projects run eight to sixteen weeks or longer where multiple agencies review in sequence; after-the-fact permits and code compliance cases run eight to sixteen weeks because they include an investigation phase. Those are ranges, not promises — the single biggest variable is whether your submittal is complete on the first pass.

Do you work in my county?

Yes. We file in all 67 Florida counties and more than 400 municipalities. Our deepest bench is on the Suncoast — Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and Lee — plus Tampa Bay, but we handle Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Orange and Duval work daily.

Can you pull a permit under my contractor's license?

Both ways, depending on what suits your project. We can file as your authorized agent under your license and qualifier with signed authorization on file, or we can pull the permit under our own license as authorized agent so you do not have to be registered in that jurisdiction at all. That second option is worth knowing about if you are working outside your usual area — it removes the registration problem entirely. We also keep your own licenses, registrations and insurance certificates current in every jurisdiction you file in.

What is an after-the-fact permit?

It is a permit issued for work that was already performed without one. Florida jurisdictions generally allow it, but the process is different from a normal permit: there is usually an investigation fee, often at a multiple of the standard permit fee, the work may need to be exposed for inspection, and you may need sealed drawings or an engineer's letter certifying what was built. It is resolvable. It is not fast, and it gets worse the longer it sits.

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One call tells you which jurisdiction controls your project, what it will take, and what it will cost. Most of the time we can scope it on the phone.

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