Field notes on foundation, slab, and structural concrete work in Miami-Dade County: ground conditions, costs, methods, permitting, and the inspection regime for older buildings.https://miamifoundationco.com/https://miamifoundationco.com/blog/nist-surfside-findings-and-what-they-mean-for-miami-buildings/https://miamifoundationco.com/blog/nist-surfside-findings-and-what-they-mean-for-miami-buildings/NIST released its technical findings on the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in June 2026. It ruled out foundation failure, sinkholes and settling.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTRockland Foundation Cohttps://miamifoundationco.com/blog/saltwater-intrusion-under-miami-dade-2022-map/https://miamifoundationco.com/blog/saltwater-intrusion-under-miami-dade-2022-map/USGS published new mapping of the saltwater interface under the Biscayne aquifer in December 2025. The line moved inland north and south, and held in the east.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTRockland Foundation Cohttps://miamifoundationco.com/blog/why-miami-houses-have-no-basements/https://miamifoundationco.com/blog/why-miami-houses-have-no-basements/Newcomers notice it within a week. The answer is groundwater two to eight feet down, and it explains most of what goes wrong with foundations in Miami-Dade.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTRockland Foundation Cohttps://miamifoundationco.com/blog/wet-season-rain-and-what-it-does-to-foundations/https://miamifoundationco.com/blog/wet-season-rain-and-what-it-does-to-foundations/NOAA puts Miami at 67.41 inches of rain a year with more than three quarters of it between May and October. That is why drainage problems here are seasonal.Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTRockland Foundation Cohttps://miamifoundationco.com/blog/hurricane-andrew-and-south-dade-housing/https://miamifoundationco.com/blog/hurricane-andrew-and-south-dade-housing/Andrew came ashore at Fender Point on 24 August 1992 as a Category 5, destroying around 49,000 homes. The rebuild left south Miami-Dade with two housing stocks.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTRockland Foundation Cohttps://miamifoundationco.com/blog/buying-an-older-miami-house-structural-questions/https://miamifoundationco.com/blog/buying-an-older-miami-house-structural-questions/About a third of Miami-Dade housing predates 1970, and in the City of Miami it is nearer 40 percent. What age means for a block house here, and what to check.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTRockland Foundation Cohttps://miamifoundationco.com/blog/oolitic-limestone-as-a-building-material-in-old-miami/https://miamifoundationco.com/blog/oolitic-limestone-as-a-building-material-in-old-miami/The pale, pitted stone in old Miami garden walls is the same formation the city sits on. What it is explains how those walls behave and why footings vary.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTRockland Foundation Cohttps://miamifoundationco.com/blog/what-a-boring-log-tells-you/https://miamifoundationco.com/blog/what-a-boring-log-tells-you/On a piering job the pier count and the depth to competent bearing are the price, and both come from a subsurface investigation. What one shows and how to read it.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTRockland Foundation Co