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<p class="MsoNormal">Good evening. Hope you all have had a great weekend! I have a general licensure question that I am hoping someone has some experience with ……<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Presume we have a company which specializes in the design and manufacture of complex commercial water filtration systems for large facilities.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The company has been asked to not only design and fabricate the water system (some of which happens off site and out of state), but to remove/demolish the owner's existing system and install the new system
on site.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The on site work includes the installation of storage tanks, pumps, compressors, ducting, control valves, and other equipment, plus the electrical wiring, the foundations and structural systems necessary
to support same.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The work would involve the hiring of subcontractors to perform the on site work and to fabricate some of the components, as well as the hiring of local engineering sub-consultants with respect to the on
site installation (all of which would be supervised, scheduled and controlled by the company).<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Presume this company is not licensed as a general contractor or an engineer with the Fla. Department of Business and Professional Regulation. What type of licensure would this company actually need in order to offer these services? Is
this company required to be a licensed engineering firm under Chap. 471, Fla. Statutes or a licensed GC under Section 489, Fla. Statutes, or both? I am wondering if there are any exceptions or factual distinctions for this type of manufacturing or systems
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