HVHZ is high-velocity hurricane zones and is part of the Florida building code. Yes, we are using high-velocity building code requirements. We provide you with stamp drawings from, either a Florida engineer or, an engineer local to the island that you’re working in.
It’s great to have a great foundation design. It’s great to have a great product but having a competent contractor to put it in and someone representing your best interests on-site to make sure the foundation is installed correctly is key to managing that risk. We think it’s worth the money because once the foundations are in the ground, someone can’t walk the site and tell you if they were done right or not.
Have a PRI engineer on-site while they’re going in and testing foundations, exactly like what we’re doing in the US Virgin Islands. And like they’ve done on many projects in New York and around Canada. It cannot be understated how valuable that will be to building a project that is going to last for a very long time.
Look forward to hearing from a lot of you on your upcoming projects and seeing you at one of our next webinars.