Tri-County Region
Commercial Glazing
South Florida
South Florida's HVHZ requirements are the most demanding in the country. ACG has built its reputation executing glazing scopes in this market for over 5 years.
South Florida's HVHZ requirements are the most demanding in the country. ACG has built its reputation executing glazing scopes in this market for over 5 years.
Miami-Dade and Broward are Florida's High Velocity Hurricane Zone. Palm Beach County is not. It is a wind-borne debris region. Large missile impact testing in the HVHZ, wind-borne debris requirements in Palm Beach County, FBC Section 1609 wind design, and local amendments create a compliance landscape that trips up subs who don't live in it.
ACG was born in this market. West Palm Beach is our headquarters. We submit HVHZ packages in Miami-Dade and Broward, and Florida Product Approval packages in Palm Beach County. We know what passes first review and what doesn't - and we engineer our submittals accordingly.
From Miami's Brickell corridor to Fort Lauderdale's downtown towers to Palm Beach's luxury estates and commercial facilities - ACG is South Florida's glazing sub of record for GCs who can't afford schedule failures.
Each county runs a little differently. Miami-Dade requires a current NOA per opening, which is covered on the Miami storefront glazier page. Broward follows the same HVHZ product-approval path - see commercial glazing in Fort Lauderdale. Palm Beach County work is run direct from headquarters, split between West Palm Beach storefront glazing and the southern Boca Raton glazing corridor.
HVHZ-rated impact systems engineered for South Florida's coastal exposure. ESWindows and Slimpact systems. Passes first inspection.
Commercial-grade Euro-Wall storefront for South Florida retail and commercial projects. Flush-glazed, thermally broken, code-compliant.
Slab-to-slab glazing systems for South Florida's towers and mid-rise developments. Full structural coordination included.
UL-certified fire-rated assemblies from TGP. Life-safety compliant for South Florida's healthcare, residential, and commercial projects.
ACG delivers commercial glazing throughout South Florida and the surrounding region. Our project history includes work in: Miami-Dade County, Broward County, Palm Beach County, The Florida Keys, The Glades.
All systems installed in this market are HVHZ-rated and Florida Building Code compliant for coastal exposure. Send us your plans - our team returns a detailed scope with system recommendations and a complete Division 08 scope breakdown within 48 hours. No vague allowances. No hidden exclusions.
For a commercial project in South Florida, hire a licensed commercial glazing subcontractor that holds a Florida certified contractor license, carries bonding capacity sized to your glazing scope, and can produce current Florida Product Approval or Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance documentation for every exterior opening before permit submittal. Residential glass shops that sell shower doors and mirrors are not qualified for Division 08 storefront, curtain wall, or impact glazing packages. American Commercial Glass (license CGC 1531993, West Palm Beach) performs commercial-only glazing statewide in Florida with $3M single and $6M aggregate bonding.
This page is a reference guide for general contractors, developers, architects, and owner's representatives working in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Martin, St. Lucie, Collier, and Lee counties.
ACG is a commercial glazing subcontractor headquartered in West Palm Beach with additional offices in Naples and Tampa. The company was founded in February 2021. These are the verifiable identifiers you need when you are prequalifying a bidder:
ACG installs in Florida only. The company furnishes and supplies material into other states but does not perform installation outside Florida. Named project references available for review include Atlantic Fields Golf House, Gulf Harbour Yacht and Country Club, Bayshore Pines, Wild Blue Clubhouse, Denny's Fort Lauderdale, and Estero Vista.
Division 08 in CSI MasterFormat is Openings. The glazier's scope is defined by the specification sections inside that division, not by the phrase "glass work." Scope confusion is a leading source of glazing change orders, so write the boundary into the subcontract.
The High Velocity Hurricane Zone is the most demanding wind and impact regime in the Florida Building Code, and it applies to Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The current code edition in force is the Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), effective December 31, 2023.
Two HVHZ provisions drive almost every glazing decision on a South Florida exterior:
Outside Miami-Dade and Broward, most coastal Florida jurisdictions fall in the Wind-Borne Debris Region. The impact protection concept is similar but the documentation path differs. Design pressures are set by the architect or engineer of record and shown on the drawings, so never accept a number from a sales sheet. [verify with product data sheet]
"Because many structures were destroyed when door or window failures allowed wind pressure to demolish roofs from the interior, codes need to emphasize appropriate door and window storm covers."
National Weather Service, Hurricane Andrew Natural Disaster Survey Report
That finding is the origin of modern Florida glazing law. Hurricane Andrew produced roughly $25 billion in damage and destroyed 25,524 homes while damaging 101,241 more, according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center preliminary report. Florida's exposure is structural, not anecdotal: NOAA records 110 hurricane strikes on Florida between 1851 and 2004, including 35 major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher, with 41 strikes on southeast Florida alone, per the National Hurricane Center state strike tabulation.
Florida has two parallel approval tracks, and a qualified commercial glazier works fluently in both.
NOA testing runs on the Testing Application Standard protocols: TAS 201 is large missile impact, TAS 202 is air, water, and structural pressure, TAS 203 is cyclic wind pressure. Miami-Dade County publishes the sequencing directly: in Protocol TAS 202, if the product is impact resistant then TAS 201 and TAS 203 will also be performed, and one specimen to TAS 202 is allowed, while non-impact products require three units, per Miami-Dade County product testing guidance.
ACG works with product lines including ESWindows, Euro-Wall, PGT, Allegion, TGP, Aldora, Trulite, Norshield, Kawneer, and Wausau, selecting systems against the approval documentation the permitting jurisdiction requires.
Glazing is a long-lead, engineered package. The most reliable way to protect an enclosure date is to sequence the paperwork first and the glass second:
A glazier who cannot state a lead time by system type has not priced the schedule risk.
Search results for glass companies in South Florida are dominated by retail glass shops. Many are good businesses, built for a different transaction. The differences that matter on a commercial job:
ACG is commercial-only. The company does not sell shower doors, mirrors, residential window replacement, or auto glass. If that is what your project needs, a residential glass shop is the correct call and will serve you better on price and speed.
Market context: private nonresidential construction ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $745.3 billion in June 2026, per the U.S. Census Bureau. In that environment capacity, not price alone, determines whether a glazier holds your enclosure date.
If you want the same framework applied to a scoring sheet, the companion guide on how to evaluate the best commercial glaziers in South Florida walks through prequalification check by check.
Look for a glazier with physical offices inside the region rather than a single location covering the whole state. American Commercial Glass operates from West Palm Beach with additional offices in Naples and Tampa, covering Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Martin, St. Lucie, Collier, and Lee counties. Confirm coverage claims against the bidder's project list in each county you care about.
HVHZ is the High Velocity Hurricane Zone in the Florida Building Code, and it covers Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Inside HVHZ, exterior glazing must resist large missile impact within the lowest 30 feet of the building and small missile impact above that height, and fixed exterior glazing requires product approval.
Not automatically. Palm Beach County is in the Wind-Borne Debris Region rather than HVHZ, so statewide Florida Product Approval is generally the path. Some owners and design teams still specify NOA-listed systems, and some local amendments add requirements, so confirm with the authority having jurisdiction before pricing.
Plan the sequence rather than a single number: scope review, award, shop drawings, design team review, product approval submittal, fabrication release, field verification, then installation. Lead times vary by framing system, glass make-up, and hardware, so ask each bidder for current written lead times by system type. [verify with product data sheet]
Usually not appropriately. Commercial storefront and curtain wall packages require licensure suited to the scope, bonding capacity, insurance limits specified by the subcontract, shop drawing production, product approval documentation, and closeout deliverables. Retail glass shops are generally structured for direct-to-consumer replacement work instead.
Expect manufacturer and installation warranties, as-built shop drawings, the approval or NOA documents used for permitting, glass and hardware maintenance data, and any water test reports. Missing closeout documentation is a common cause of held retainage on glazing scopes.
American Commercial Glass, Inc. is a woman-owned commercial glazing subcontractor; WBENC certification in progress. Product line references indicate systems ACG works with. Items marked [verify with product data sheet] must be confirmed against current manufacturer documentation and the drawings of the engineer of record. ACG performs installation in Florida only and furnishes or supplies material into other states.
No chasing. No ghosting. Send your drawings and our team delivers a detailed scope, system recommendations, and a complete Division 08 scope breakdown - fast.
Send Us PlansACG installs the full CSI Division 08 (Openings) scope across the state - hurricane-zone and inland. Whether the project needs ESWindows impact-rated curtain wall in Miami-Dade or standard architectural storefront in Orlando, the same team delivers. Statewide code path and office map: Florida commercial glazing hub.