Flagpole installation inFort Lauderdale, FL

Flagpoles in Fort Lauderdale

A yachting and marine city cut through with canals, holding a downtown, a deep-water port and a beach inside the same few miles. We cover Fort Lauderdale and the Broward County area, including Las Olas Boulevard, downtown and Flagler Village, the New River and the canal districts, Victoria Park and Rio Vista, Harbor Beach, Port Everglades, the marine yards and the airport corridor.

Wind here. Fort Lauderdale sits in a southeast Florida coastal area, which works out to roughly 170 mph under the code your town uses. That figure decides how wide and how thick the pole has to be, so we check it against your address before we quote. Broward is the other High Velocity Hurricane Zone county, and the design wind speed is above the highest flag-flying rating in the Eder range, so nothing off the shelf can be sold here as passing. The shaft and the footing are engineered for the address and the product approval paperwork goes in with the permit. Broward also runs its own Board of Rules and Appeals, which amends and interprets the building code for the county, so the local reading is not always the state one and we check it before quoting. Canal and Intracoastal properties bring the other Fort Lauderdale problem: fill behind a seawall is poor ground for a footing, and access is often by water or down a narrow side yard. Salt is constant, so anodized finishes and stainless hardware are the default.

Most of the people who call us from Fort Lauderdale are marinas, boatyards and yacht clubs, hotels and beach condominium associations, downtown offices, restaurants, schools, churches and municipal buildings.