1.       Conduct a survey of building officials and licensed structural engineers to determine how prevalent the roof diaphragm issues are in the State of Florida

$30,000

2.       Identify four (4) average buildings built before 1988 in 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1980 respectively and get authorization from owner to inspect and access all their components.

3.       Engage a professional engineer to inspect the 4 roofs.

$40,000-60,000

4.       Engage a professional engineer to design a replacement roof for each building. This effort will involve evaluation of the existing construction from roof down to foundation in order to determine integrity of load path design for hurricane wind loads to meet latest 2017 FBC.

$40,000-60,000

5.       Establish estimates for the cost of replacement through bids from 3 roofing contractors for each building.

$36,000-48,000

6.       University of Florida Efforts

$20,000-25,000

Total

$166,000-223,000