Rapid Permits and Engineering

01/13/2026

Florida Keys charter captain Angus Boatwright spent decades building a quiet life on the water, running "Boatwright’s Fish Camp" on Indian Key Fill and guiding anglers through the Upper Keys. That life ended on April 24, 1960, when he answered distress signals near Cay Sal Bank and unknowingly approached two desperate fugitives posing as shipwrecked sailors. Once aboard his boat, Muriel III, the men pulled guns, shot Boatwright, stole his vessel, and fled toward Cuba. The killers were later captured, tried in the Bahamas, and executed in 1961, leaving behind one of the Keys’ darkest and most chilling pirate tragedies.

01/12/2026

It’s always interesting when people ask what kinds of beaches we have in the keys…. Often times people do not know there are very few picturesque beaches in The Keys! We are more known for boating, diving, fishing, and sandbars. However, if you are looking for nice beaches we would recommend John Pennekamp, Sombrero Beach, Bahia Honda, and Fort Jefferson!

01/08/2026

If you think our fees our too high.... I would like to show you this project! Hang in there with me, it gets complicated. The owner of the property had a parcel with a home on it and a vacant parcel next door. The vacant parcel was covered with mangroves and was super shallow. We could not get a dock in front of the mangroves because it would have been in the middle of the canal. And we could not get a permit to remove the mangroves, dredge and install a dock on the vacant side because they already had a full length dock on the house side property and the agencies would have felt it was excessive. This is where the creativity comes in! We applied to separate the parcels. Once the vacant lot was separated we then applied for two different permits. One permit for the house parcel to remove/replace the existing dock (it was old) and one permit package for the vacant lot side to remove the mangroves, dredge, and install a dock. Since it was now its own parcel and didn't have a dock or water access it was no longer "excessive". We designed the dock to abut to the replaced dock on the house side, so they are effectively connected. Now here comes the tricky part. That worked for the ACOE/FDEP/FKNMS. BUT! The village doesn't allow for a dock on a vacant lot without a principal use structure on it. So, then we had to re-adjoin the parcels prior to applying for the Village of Islamorada permit. Fast forward to today and the homeowner now has 140' of dockage, and water access all across the property. They also now have the freedom to split off the lot again if they wanted to sell it with a dock, lift, and water access! This move created many 6 figures of equity and property value for the homeowner. To put it into perspective, our fees equated to less than 2% of the equity that was created by completing this project.

01/06/2026

Thank you, Jesus! 🙌 We’re so glad Kristie could make the process smooth, fast, and stress-free for you. We truly appreciate the recommendation!

01/05/2026

Talk about adding property value! This home was purchased with no dock or seawall, massive erosion and overgrown mangroves taking over the end of the canal. Rapid Permits and Engineering was able to obtain permits to remove the mangroves and other vegetation, then install a concrete seawall across the entire shoreline and add two awesome boat lifts!

01/01/2026

Great review from Barbara

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01/01/2026

Happy New Year from all of us at Rapid Permits! 🎉✨
Thank you for your continued trust and support—here’s to a successful year ahead filled with smooth projects, new beginnings, and exciting opportunities. Cheers to 2026! 🥂

12/30/2025

Great review from Jesus... "Rapid Permit made the whole permitting process incredibly easy. Kristie was amazing. Fast, helpful and always kept me updated. What could’ve been a stressful process turned out to be smooth and straightforward. Highly recommend!!!"

"Rapid Permit made the whole permitting process incredibly easy. Kristie was amazing. Fast, helpful and always kept me updated. What could’ve been a stressful process turned out to be smooth and straightforward. Highly recommend!!!"

12/29/2025

Diving a condo seawall today in marathon to perform an inspection to determine if their seawall can be repaired or needs to be replaced!

12/23/2025

New project! This will be a full seawall remove and replacement across two properties. The amazing will be building a brand new beautiful house across these two lots in !

12/18/2025

Great review from Scott... "Professional group to deal with! They helped navigate through the difficult process of design and permits."

"Professional group to deal with! They helped navigate through the difficult process of design and permits."

12/18/2025

We go the extra mile for our customers! Removing deck boards to as built the spacing of the existing buried pilings to ensure there are no surprises when ordering the framing lumber lengths on this remove/replace existing decking and framing project. And good thing we did! The final span was 3’ extra and ledger boarded to a grade beam in lieu of having pilings. Had this not been checked inspection would have failed, plans revised, and lumber would have been too short.