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Test Reports: Roofing in 2024 and Beyond Tue, May 14, 2024 Riku Ylipelkonen, Owner, Standard Building Advisors and FRSA Technical Advisor As we proceed further into 2024, the transition to the 8th Florida Building Code (2023) is proving to be challenging to some and outright impossible for others. The roofi... Read More

New 2023 FBC Eighth Edition is Now in Effect Tue, Feb 13, 2024 The new Florida Building Code Eighth Edition (2023) went into effect December 31, 2023. There are numerous changes that have a significant impact on the roofing industry. FRSA has been deeply involved in its development during the three-year modifica... Read More

Current and Coming Changes to the "25% Rule" Fri, Mar 24, 2023 Mike Silvers, CPRC, Silvers Systems Inc., and FRSA Director of Technical Services Recently, the Florida Legislature, as part of SB-4D, added an exception to the sections of the Florida Building Code (FBC) which are often referred to as&nbs... Read More

FRSA Helps Clarify the 25% Rule - June 2021 Fri, Jun 11, 2021 At the beginning of the year, after the adoption of the Florida Building Code (FBC) 7th Edition (2020), a fellow codes professional called me to voice a concern about an inadvertent deletion during a renumbering of Chapters 4, 5 and 6 in the FBC 7th ... Read More

Does the Building Code Apply to Mobile Homes? - March 2021 Tue, Mar 09, 2021 Mobile home, manufactured building, manufactured home, premanufactured home, single-wide, double-wide, trailer; these are all words we tend to use to describe the semi-permanent, transportable, economical structures that many people simply call “home... Read More

2020 7th Edition Florida Building Code Changes - February 2021 Thu, Feb 04, 2021 The 2020 7th Edition Florida Building Code (FBC) went into effect on December 31, 2020. Read More

Roof Assemblies – Significant Changes to Roofing Requirements in the 7th Edition (2020) Florida Building Code - December 2020 Sat, Dec 12, 2020 The 7th Edition (2020) Florida Building Code includes several key changes to the requirements for roof assemblies. Read More

In the Crosshairs - Why Florida Needs the Florida Building Code - February 2020 Mon, Feb 10, 2020 A well-seasoned code professional recently told me how he ended up in the code business. He said that Hurricane Andrew completely changed the track of his life. Read More