Palm Beach, Florida
The Breakers
Two glass padel courts at the resort, engineered for a 160 mph design wind.
Padel court engineering
Padel courts, permitted for hurricanes.
Not for 40 mph. Site-specific wind and structural engineering for glass padel courts, with signed and sealed drawings for a permanent building permit.
160 mph
Design wind, The Breakers courts
FBC 2023
Florida Building Code
ASCE 7-22
Site-specific wind loads
HVHZ
Miami-Dade & Broward
The 40 mph problem
A temporary permit isn’t a plan for hurricane season.
Many Florida padel courts were permitted as temporary structures. The catch: the permit requires the court to come down when winds pass roughly 40 mph. That means someone dismantling a wall of glass while a storm is forming.
A permanent permit designs the court for the site’s actual design wind speed under the Florida Building Code and ASCE 7, with signed and sealed calculations behind it. That’s what we deliver.
Read the full explainer at PadelEngineer.com →What’s included
Everything the building department asks about.
Wind loads for your exact site
Design wind speed and exposure for the address, not a generic number: the pressures on every glass panel and mesh section.
Frame & glass supports
The steel posts, beams and the clamps and fittings that hold the tempered glass, checked against those pressures.
Anchors & foundation
Anchor bolts, embedment and the slab or footings, so the court stays put when the wind arrives.
Signed & sealed drawings
Site-specific installation drawings and calculations, signed and sealed for a permanent building permit.
Manufacturer drawings welcome
European drawings in metric are fine. We work from what the court supplier already gave you.
HVHZ experience
High-Velocity Hurricane Zone engineering for Miami-Dade and Broward, where the bar is highest.
How it works
Three steps to a permanent permit.
- 1
Send your court drawings
Manufacturer drawings, the site address and any permit comments. Metric is fine.
- 2
We run the wind & structural calcs
Site wind speed and exposure, pressures on glass and mesh, then the frame, glass supports, anchors and foundation.
- 3
You get sealed drawings
Calculations and site-specific installation drawings, signed and sealed for a permanent building permit.
Courts we’ve engineered
From Palm Beach to Charleston.
Charleston, South Carolina
Daniel Island
A blue-framed glass court in the trees, engineered for coastal South Carolina wind.
Also on the list
- The Club at Boca Pointe, Boca Raton
- Sports Club Quail Valley, Vero Beach
- Courts in Sarasota
- Manufacturer partners Jubo Padel and CourtPro+
Questions
Why not just permit the court as a temporary structure?
Many Florida courts were permitted as temporary structures, which means taking them down when winds pass roughly 40 mph. Nobody wants to dismantle a glass court as a hurricane forms. A permanent permit designs the court for the site’s real design wind speed under the Florida Building Code and ASCE 7, with signed and sealed calculations.
Can you work from the manufacturer’s drawings?
Yes. Send the court supplier’s drawings (metric is fine), the site address and any permit comments. We check the frame, glass supports, anchors and foundation for your site and issue sealed drawings.
Where do you work?
Across Florida, including the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone in Miami-Dade and Broward, and in South Carolina. Ask about other states: the intake checks licensure first.
How fast?
Expect a reply within one business day of sending your drawings, with the price and the schedule.