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Tenant improvements fail at the existing systems, not the new millwork.
A Miami TI is an existing-building problem wearing a new floor plan. Service capacity, shafts, grease duct, fire dampers, and the last tenant’s leftover HVAC decide the permit path before anyone picks a light fixture.
Where Masterbuild is usually brought in
- Office and medical-office TIs that need coordinated HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, and electrical for permit
- Restaurant and food-service TIs where Type I / Type II, makeup air, and termination control the schedule — see kitchen exhaust
- Retail and mixed-use podiums where the base-building shafts were never sized for the new use
- Comment response after a set went in with “MEP by others” or an undersized existing RTU
What to send for a TI scope
Architectural TI set; existing MEP record drawings if they exist; photos of ceilings, roof, and mechanical rooms; kitchen equipment schedule if food service; permit comments if review already started; landlord base-building criteria if you have them.
For architects
Coordination that belongs on the RCP before the ceiling is bid.
For GCs
Comment response and constructability, not a redraw after mobilization.
For owners
Capacity and code exposure before the lease assumes the shaft will take it.
Do commercial TIs in Miami-Dade need stamped MEP drawings?
Usually yes when HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, or electrical work is part of the permit. Confirm the AHJ path for the occupancy and scope.
Send the TI set
Architectural plans, occupancy, and whatever existing MEP you have. Kitchen work: add the equipment schedule.
Send Project Background+1 (786) 398-6940 · osmany.portal@masterbuildconsulting.com
Masterbuild provides engineering services under a written scope. Nothing on this page is project-specific engineering advice, a code interpretation for your project, or a representation about permit approval.