Product Approval and the Florida Building Codes and

Product Approval and the Florida Building Codes and Standards Mo Madani, CBO, Technical Unit Manager Suzanne Davis, Product Approval Joe Bigelow, Power. Point Design, Florida Building Code

2 Contents • Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 2 – – – Organization PA Review Process Rule 9 N-3 The Code

3 Part 1 – Organization

4 Commission Organization

Codes and Standards Section Ila Jones Section Administrator Mo Madani Technical Manager Rick Dixon Manager Barbara Bryant Pat Harvey Mary Kathryn. Smith Robert Lorenzo Jim Hammers Manufactured Buildings Administrative Section Joe Bigelow Jon Caudill Marlita Peters Suzanne Davis Chip Sellers Technical Section Ann Stanton

6 Part 2 – PA Review Process

7 Florida’s Product Approval System Local Product Approval or “Optional” State Product Approval Slide #

8 Product Approval Summary LOCAL BUILDING DEPT. FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION 553. 842 State Product Approval (Optional) Building Envelope and Structural Frame FLORIDA BUILDING CODE LOCAL Product Approval Structural Wind Requirements & other products 553. 8425

9 Local Product Approval Scope 553. 8425 Local product approval. -(1) For local product approval, products or systems of construction shall demonstrate compliance with the structural windload requirements of the Florida Building Code through one of the following methods:

10 Local Product Approval – compliance 1. A certification mark, listing, or label from a commission-approved certification agency indicating that the product complies with the Code. 2. A test report from a commission-approved testing lab indicating that the product tested complies with the Code. 3. A product-evaluation report from a commissionapproved product evaluation entity indicating that the product complies with the Code. 4. A product-evaluation report from a Florida professional engineer or Florida registered architect indicating that the product complies with the Code. 5. A statewide product approval issued by the Florida Building Commission.

11 Local Product Approval modification 553. 8425 Local product approval. -- Local building officials may accept modifications to products or their installations provided sufficient evidence is submitted to the local building official to demonstrate compliance with the Code or the intent of the Code, including such evidence as certifications from a Florida Registered Architect or Florida Professional Engineer.

12 Local Product Approval – time valid Local product approval Overview • Approval must be valid until such time as the product changes and decreases in performance; • the standards of the code change, requiring increased performance; or the approval is otherwise suspended or revoked. • Changes to the code do not void the approval of products previously installed in existing buildings if such products met building code.

13 State Product Approval Rule RULE 9 N-3 F. A. C. This rule applies to approval of products and systems which comprise the building envelope and structural frame, for compliance with the structural requirements of the Florida Building Code

14 Part 3 -Rule 9 N-3

15 RULE 9 N-3 - Scope (1) Products in the following categories as defined by subcategories of subsection 9 N-3. 010(31), F. A. C. , shall be available for approval by the Commission pursuant to Rule 9 N-3. 090, F. A. C. , for use in the state: (a) Panel Walls; (b) Exterior Doors; (c) Roofing Products; (d) Skylights; (e) Windows; (f) Shutters; and (g) Structural Components. (2) This rule applies to approval of products and systems, which comprise the building envelope and structural frame, for compliance with the structural requirements of the Florida Building Code

16 Methods Four Methods for State Approval Ø Certification Method (Approving Authority DCA) q Evaluation Report from a Florida licensed Architect or a Florida Professional Engineer (Approving Authority Commission) v Test Report (Approving Authority Commission) • Evaluation Report from an Evaluation Entity (Approving Authority Commission)

Application Review Process Two Review Processes: -Three months - Test report, - Evaluation report -Ten (10) days Certification 17

18 Application Review Process for All Methods *Except Certification

19 Review Process For Certification: -10 days review process. - Applicable to Product applications that rely upon a product certification mark or listing from an approved certification agency

20 Certification Cycle- 10 Day Review

21 Part 4 – The Code

2010 FBC Integration (current process) Florida Specific Requirement • 2007 FBC Florida specific requirements • HVHZ(Miami-Dade and Broward counties) requirements • Special Occupancy— state rules and statutes • Correlation requirements with the Florida Fire Prevention Code 2009 I-code Florida Specific 2010 Approved Code Changes Glitch Mods 3 Year Cycle 22 2010 FBC

Code development Schedule • • • 23 2009 I- Codes and FBC Supplement posted 2/1/10 Proposed amendment due and closes 4/2/10 Proposed amendment posted for comments 4/15/10 45 day comment period ends 5/31/10 TAC review and make recommendations 7/27 -8/25 TAC recommendations posted 9/3/10 45 day comment period ends 10/18/10 TAC review comments on recommendations 11/15/10 Commission considers TAC recommendation 12/7 -8/10 Code amended to resolve glitches 4/11 -6/11 Code printed 10/1/11 Code implemented 3/15/12