Product Approval and the Florida Building Code

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

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

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Part 1 Organization
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Commission Organization
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Codes and Standards Section
Ila Jones Section Administrator
Rick Dixon Manager
Mo Madani Technical Manager
Pat Harvey
Robert Lorenzo
Jim Hammers
Barbara Bryant
Mary Kathryn-Smith
Manufactured Buildings
Administrative Section
Joe Bigelow
Jon Caudill
Suzanne Davis
Ann Stanton
Chip Sellers
Marlita Peters
Technical Section
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Part 2 PA Review Process
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Floridas Product Approval System
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Optional State Product Approval
Local Product Approval
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Product Approval Summary
LOCAL BUILDING DEPT.
FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION
FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
StateProduct Approval (Optional)
LOCALProduct Approval
553.842
553.8425
Structural Wind Requirements
Building Envelope and Structural Frame
other products
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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

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Local Product Approval compliance

• A certification mark, listing, or label from a
  commission-approved certification agency
  indicating that the product complies with the
  Code.
• A test report from a commission-approved testing
  lab indicating that the product tested complies
  with the Code.
• A product-evaluation report from a
  commission-approved product evaluation entity
  indicating that the product complies with the
  Code.
• A product-evaluation report from a Florida
  professional engineer or Florida registered
  architect indicating that the product complies
  with the Code.
• A statewide product approval issued by the
  Florida Building Commission.

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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.

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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
  other-wise 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.

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State Product Approval - Rule

• RULE 9N-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

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Part 3 -Rule 9N-3
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RULE 9N-3- Scope

• Products in the following categories as defined
  by subcategories of subsection 9N-3.010(31),
  F.A.C., shall be available for approval by the
  Commission pursuant to Rule 9N-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

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Methods

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

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Application Review Process

• Two Review Processes
• Three months
• Test report,
• Evaluation report
• -Ten (10) days
• Certification

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Application Review Process for All Methods
Except Certification
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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

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Certification Cycle- 10 Day Review
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Part 4 The Code
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2010 FBC Integration (current process)

• 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

Florida Specific Requirement
2009 Supplement
Approved Code Changes
2010
Glitch
2010 FBC
2009 I-code
Florida Specific
Mods
3 Year Cycle
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Code development Schedule

• 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