P roduct Approval and the F lorida Building Code

1. 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

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

3. Part 1 – Organization

4. Commission Organization

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

6. Part 2 – PA Review Process

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

8. Product Approval Summary LOCAL BUILDING DEPT. FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION FLORIDA BUILDING CODE LOCALProduct Approval StateProduct Approval (Optional) 553.842 553.8425 Structural Wind Requirements Building Envelope and Structural Frame & other products

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 Codethrough one of the following methods:

10. Local Product Approval – compliance Acertification mark, listing, or label from a commission-approved certification agency indicating that the product complies with the Code. Atest report from a commission-approved testing lab indicating that the product tested complies with the Code. A product-evaluation reportfrom 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. Astatewide product approval issued by the Florida Building Commission.

11. Local Product Approval - modification 553.8425  Local product approval.-- Local building officialsmay accept modifications to products or their installations provided sufficient evidence is submitted to the local building official to demonstratecompliance 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 timeas the productchanges and decreases in performance; thestandardsof the code change, requiring increased performance; or the approval is other-wisesuspended or revoked. Changes to the code donot voidthe approval of products previously installed inexisting buildingsif such products met building code.

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

14. Part 3 -Rule 9N-3

15. 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

16. Methods Four Methods for State Approval CertificationMethod (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)

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

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

22. 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

23. 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