The engineer
Eduardo Rodriguez, P.E.
Florida Professional Engineer, Electrical Contractor and NABCEP PV Design Specialist. I design, calculate, check and seal every set that leaves this office.
Background
Installer, then draftsman, then engineer.
Over the past decade I have delivered more than 4,000 permitted projects, from custom off-grid systems to public facilities including the University of Miami and Pinecrest Town Hall.
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ThenInstaller
I started on the roof, carrying modules up a ladder and running conduit. That is where I found out, the hard way, which drawings were written by someone who had never installed anything.
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NextCAD designer
From there I moved into CAD design, drawing the sets instead of building from them. The installer's habit came with me, and it never left.
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NowProfessional Engineer
Today I engineer residential and commercial PV and battery systems across Florida. When I draw a detail, I picture the person who has to build it at two in the afternoon in July.
Clean drawings, accurate calculations, safe installations.
Your permit moves and your system performs exactly as designed.
Credentials
Licensed to design it, and licensed to build it.
The contractor license matters more than it looks. It means the person stamping your drawings has been responsible for work in the field, not only on paper.
| Mark | Credential | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Professional Engineer | Florida · PE #91287 |
| L2 | Electrical Contractor | Florida · EC |
| L3 | NABCEP | PV Design Specialist |
Public & institutional work
- University of Miami
- Pinecrest Town Hall
- Orlando Fire Station 6Case study
Codes & standards worked to
- NEC · NFPA 70
- NEC 690 & 705
- Florida Building Code
- ASCE 7
- NFPA 855
- UL 9540 / 9540A
- Miami-Dade NOA
How I work
One engineer, start to finish.
General notes
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No middleman.
You have my cell number. Questions, feedback and concerns go straight to the engineer sealing the set, in English or Spanish, not to a coordinator who relays them.
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Safety is drawn in.
Fire setbacks, rapid shutdown, battery clearances and placards are drawn on the sheets and checked against NEC, FBC and NFPA 855, so nothing is left for the crew to guess on the roof.
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Drawings built to be read.
Compact, legible layouts with clear installer instructions. A set that only an engineer can follow has failed at its job.
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Local reviewers, known quantities.
Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, Palm Beach, and FPL and FKEC on the utility side. I know what each one asks for before they ask.
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Revisions until approval.
Reviewer comments are part of the job, not a change order. I answer them and revise until the permit clears.
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On time, and honest about it.
Every job gets a delivery date up front, and drafts typically land within 24–48 hours. If a job cannot make its date, you hear it when you ask, not on the day it was due.
walking a contractor team
through the code paths
Teaching
The craft is worth passing on.
I love this work, and I would rather the industry got better at it. That means training contractor design teams, publishing standards they can actually use, and answering the question behind the question when someone calls.
Every project is a chance to produce something clean and correct. That is not a slogan: it is what makes a set safe to build and easy to approve. Good habits beat rework.
Direct line
Rather just talk it through?
Call the number. It rings the engineer, not a queue.
- Phone
- (786) 556-5574
- engineering@edurodriguez.com
you get me,
not a coordinator