Miami-Dade demolition, with the DERM notice and the permit sorted first

We quote each job after seeing it, in person or through photos and plans when they show enough. The figure moves with the construction type, the floor area and height, the asbestos survey result, the utilities to be cut off, how machines reach the work, what stands next door, what must be kept, and how far the loads travel. A 1950s concrete block house and a 1990s frame addition can sit on the same street and quote very differently, which is why we publish no rates.

No. A single partition wall, a shed, a pool deck or a full apartment building can all be quoted, and so can partial work where most of the structure remains. Describe what is there and what needs to survive, and the quote follows that scope.

For a building or any structural part of one, plan on it. The office depends on the folio number: one starting with 30 is unincorporated and handled by the county's Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources, and anything else goes to the city that holds it. When Romco is hired, we file as contractor of record and book the inspections through to final. Confirm the current checklist with the office for your folio.

The county's own demolition requirements call for an asbestos survey on every demolition project, which is stricter than the federal rule for some small homes. A notice of demolition also goes to DERM, the county's environmental resources office, no later than ten working days ahead of the start date. The building permit is a different document and cannot stand in for it. We arrange a licensed survey, and a licensed abatement firm removes anything the work would disturb. Romco coordinates both and is not an abatement contractor.

We will not guess before the facts are known. The answer depends on the plan review queue at your city or the county, how fast the utilities issue their disconnect letters, what the survey turns up and the notice period that follows, any historic or condo board approval, and how big the building is and what it is built from. When we know those, you get a sequence that names what each step waits on.

Yes. Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor based in Fort Lauderdale. Trades that need their own license, such as asbestos abatement, electrical and plumbing disconnects, mold remediation or tree removal, are done by firms holding that license, and we run them on one schedule.

Usually electric, water, sewer and gas, each by the party that owns it. City checklists in Miami-Dade commonly ask for proof: an FPL disconnect letter, a water meter disconnect from the water provider, a gas disconnect letter, and a plumbing permit to cap the sewer or abandon a septic tank under the state septic abandonment rule (62-6.011). We request the letters and file once the set is complete.

Loads go to permitted construction and demolition facilities, which the state Department of Environmental Protection regulates. Concrete and scrap metal are normally kept apart from the rest of the load where the receiving facility takes them. Any asbestos waste leaves separately with the abatement firm. Hauling and disposal appear as their own line in the quote.

Yes, in all 34 cities and the unincorporated areas, from Golden Beach and Aventura south to Homestead and Florida City. Our office is in Fort Lauderdale. We work to the checklist of whichever building department holds your folio, and the city pages on this site show who that is.

Often, if the sequence is set first. In a condo or an occupied office that means engineer-designed shoring where structure comes out, dust and debris barriers between the work and the occupied space, and work hours agreed with the owner or the association. In a condo unit, a larger interior demolition can also need county environmental review before the permit, so we check that early.