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FRSA Codes Committee Recommends 2026 FBC Code Modifications Tue, May 14, 2024 Mike Silvers, CPRC, Owner, Silvers Systems Inc. and FRSA Technical Director During FRSA’s recent Board and Committee meetings in Melbourne, the Codes Committee made several recommendations for the Codes Subcommittee to consider as possible cod... Read More

FRSA-TRI 7th Ed Tile Manual Offered as Advanced Seminar at Convention Thu, Apr 11, 2024 Manny Oyola, Jr., Technical Manager Eastern Region FL, Eagle Roofing Products Just as some of us were getting ready to count down the last minutes of 2023 (while others were already asleep), the 8th Edition (2023) Florida Building Code (FBC) took ef... Read More

Technology and Roofing Wed, Apr 10, 2024 Riku Ylipelkonen, Owner, Standard Building Advisors and FRSA Technical Advisor To most Florida residents, the roofing industry does not come to mind when thinking of careers at the forefront of technological advances and innovation. When perspective... Read More

Are Shingles Getting Nailed Unfairly? Sun, Mar 17, 2024 Are you wondering if this is a misprint? Did he mean to say, "nailed improperly" instead of "unfairly." No, "getting nailed" refers to the recent negative narrative that asphalt shingles have had to endure, one that questions their resilience and lon... Read More

New Building Code for 2024 Fri, Feb 09, 2024 Riku Ylipelkonen, Owner, Standard Building Advisors and FRSA Technical Advisor The new year is bringing more changes as a result of the Florida Building Code Eighth Edition going into effect. It also brings new challenges and opportunities for every... Read More

Wind Speeds Tue, Jan 09, 2024 Riku Ylipelkonen, Owner, Standard Building Advisors and FRSA Technical Advisor Living in Florida, one gets a good handle on the wind speeds associated with hurricanes and other wind events but did you know that “wind speed” is not always... Read More

Exposure Categories and Surface Roughness Tue, Dec 05, 2023 An important consideration for wind uplift calculations is is taking into account where the wind is traveling through to get to the project location. As you can imagine, if wind has a straight path and a slick surface to travel over, the wind will ha... Read More

Building Risk Categories Wed, Nov 08, 2023 Riku Ylipelkonen, Owner, Standard Building Advisors and FRSA Technical Advisor Have you ever wondered why hurricane shelters protect you better than your home in the event of a hurricane? One of the main reasons that municipal buildings and hospital... Read More

Underdeck Clearance of Lines, Pipes, Conduits and Cables Have Been Ignored — Until Now Thu, Aug 10, 2023 Mike Silvers, CPRC, Owner, Silvers Systems Inc. and FRSA Director of Technical Services A contractor contacted me a few weeks ago hoping to get some help with a problem they had encountered. During a reroofing operation, they had penetrated a water ... Read More

Don't Look Now, But the New 2023 8th Edition of the Florida Building Code is Already Taking Form - April 2022 Thu, Apr 07, 2022 Recently I was told of an apartment reroof project with multiple buildings where the contractor may be faced with reroofing them again. For many of us, this is one of the worst possible situations we can imagine. For the contractor, who would need th... Read More

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