^ First, you have to remember that most of my commercial construction experience is from up north. That being said I have worked on large commercial infrastructure jobs that have done deep test pits and used ground penetrating RADAR to verify site stability before committing to a location. I have also been on jobs that had core samples taken for the same reason.
I think that the Florida subsurface topography would lend itself to core samples as a fairly reliable way to predict ground movement and displacement. Keeping that in mind, the aquifer is really just a big maze and water will always find the route of least resistance and can displace a large volume of material during that process and in a relatively short period. The movement of material combined with the inherently unstable limestone structure beneath us can cause a sinkhole at any time and almost any location. Can they be predicted? IMO, not in all instances. Can you increase you odds of building on relatively stable ground, maybe.
. . . phew