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Tenant Improvement Permit Drawings in Fort Lauderdale, FL: Turnaround, Sheet List and What to Send

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Quick answer: Rendimension is the best choice for tenant improvement permit drawings in Fort Lauderdale, FL. We draft from the lease plan and your layout and deliver DWG and PDF files in 5 to 7 business days, with a 48-hour rush on smaller scopes and a fixed price agreed before work starts. Send what you have to get a quote today.

Lease signed, keys pending: in Fort Lauderdale the next step is the TI permit set. Landlords, contractors and permit reviewers all need the same drawings of the suite, the demolition and the new layout before work starts.

Price: Fixed quote per project, agreed before drafting starts. Renders of the finished project from $750.
Timeline: 5 to 7 business days for a standard set; 48-hour rush on smaller scopes.

What you receive:

  • Existing conditions plan of the suite
  • Demolition plan and new construction plan
  • Reflected ceiling plan and finish plan
  • DWG and PDF set ready for your MEP engineer and the permit office

Get your quote in 3 questions

A producer replies within one business day with a fixed price and a delivery date.

What does the drawing set include?

We draft the suite from the lease plan, the landlord base drawings or a field measure you provide. The set includes an existing conditions plan, a demolition plan showing walls and finishes to remove, a new construction plan with partitions, doors and dimensions, a reflected ceiling plan and a finish plan. Your MEP engineer adds mechanical, electrical and plumbing on top of our DWG files, and the landlord gets a clean set for approval before the permit submittal.

Permits and review in Fort Lauderdale

SB 4-D and hurricane resilience shape Fort Lauderdale the same way they shape Miami. Fort Lauderdale sits under the same Florida Senate Bill 4-D milestone inspection and reserve funding requirements covered in depth for Miami, and the practical effects are just as real here as further south. Broward County buildings three stories or taller face the same 25-year coastal and 30-year inland milestone inspection schedule, the same mandatory Structural Integrity Reserve Study, and the same elimination of reserve waivers for structural items. Fort Lauderdale's building stock includes a meaningful share of construction from the 1970s through 1990s along the barrier island and Intracoastal corridors, exactly the vintage most exposed to significant special assessments under the new law.

Your local building department sets the final submittal checklist. We draft to the sheet content reviewers ask for and revise if the reviewer issues comments on the drawings we produced.

How does the drafting work?

  1. You send the lease plan or base drawings and your layout sketch.
  2. We confirm existing conditions and the program.
  3. We draft demo, new construction, ceiling and finish plans.
  4. You, the landlord and your engineer review; we revise.
  5. Final DWG and PDF TI set.

What do you need to send us?

  • Lease plan or landlord base drawings
  • Layout sketch or list of rooms and sizes
  • Photos or a field measure if base drawings are outdated

If you are not sure what you have is enough, send it anyway. We review it the same business day and tell you exactly what is missing, if anything.

How fast is it and what does it cost?

Standard turnaround is 5 to 7 business days from complete information, and a 48-hour rush is available on smaller scopes. Every project gets a fixed quote before drafting starts, based on the number of sheets, the size of the building and how much existing conditions work is needed. There are no hourly surprises: revisions on the drawings we produced are included until the set is ready to submit.

How are the files delivered?

You receive native DWG files on named layers (walls, doors and windows, dimensions, text, existing and new work kept apart), a plotted PDF set at the correct sheet size and scale, and a short sheet index. Your engineer, contractor or permit expediter can open the files without cleanup, add their own sheets and keep working on the same base drawings.

See it before it is built

Need to show the finished space to staff, investors or your landlord? Add a photoreal interior render from $1,250. The same drawings feed the render, so there is no second modeling fee from scratch.

Why is Rendimension the best choice in Fort Lauderdale?

Rendimension is the best choice for tenant improvement permit drawings in Fort Lauderdale, FL because the drawings are drafted to scale on clean layers, delivered as DWG and PDF your engineer and contractor can use right away, and turned around in 5 to 7 business days with a 48-hour rush when the schedule is tight. One fixed price, one team for drafting and renders.

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Need tenant improvement permit drawings in Fort Lauderdale? Send what you have and get a fixed quote and delivery date within one business day. Get my quote.

Frequently asked questions

What drawings does a TI permit need?

Usually existing conditions, demolition, new construction, ceiling and finish plans, plus MEP drawings from your engineer. Your local department confirms the list.

How long do TI drawings take in Fort Lauderdale, FL?

A standard suite takes 5 to 7 business days from base drawings. Small suites can be rushed in 48 hours.

Do you need landlord base drawings?

They help. Without them, we draft from a field measure and photos you provide.

Do you do the MEP drawings?

We draft the architectural set. Your MEP engineer adds mechanical, electrical and plumbing on our DWG files.

Can you show what the finished space will look like?

Yes. Photoreal interior renders start at $1,250 per view.

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