Field notes
What we know about buildings on this coast
Written for the people who have to make the decision — owners, boards, property managers and chief engineers. No sales copy, and nothing we cannot stand behind.
Florida milestone inspections and your building systems
Who is covered, the deadlines, how the reserve study interacts — and the part nobody writes about, which is how a structural inspection reaches your mechanical plant and what it costs when it does.
Read → MechanicalChilled water or VRF for a South Florida hotel
Where the crossover actually sits, first cost against twenty-year cost with the arithmetic shown, and the humidity problem that decides it more often than efficiency does.
Read → MechanicalSalt-air corrosion, coils, and 316 versus 304
Why two identical units a mile apart have different service lives, what a coil coating is honestly worth, and the specification error that costs the most money on this coast.
Read → MechanicalHurricane preparation for rooftop plant
How equipment is restrained under Florida wind-load rules, the pre-season walk month by month, and the records an insurer expects to see after a loss.
Read → MechanicalWhat a service agreement should actually contain
The three tiers and what they really cover, the clauses that decide your cost, who pays for refrigerant, and how to compare two quotes that look alike and are not.
Read → EstatesClosing a waterfront estate before a storm
A working checklist with a timeline — before the season, at seventy-two hours, at the dock, while the house is empty, and the order of re-entry afterwards.
Read →Why we publish this
The questions arrive before the work does
A board facing its first milestone inspection, an owner told their four-year-old coil has failed, a chief engineer pricing a plant replacement against a refrigerant deadline — each of them is researching before they call anyone. We would rather be useful at that moment than advertise at it.