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Part 1 – Organization

• Part 1 – Organization

• Part 2 – PA Review Process

• Part 3 - Rule 9N-3

• Part 4 – The Code

553.8425  Local product approval.--

• 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:

A certification mark, listing, or label from a commission-approved certification agency indicating that the product complies with the Code.

• 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.

553.8425  Local product approval.--

• 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.

Local product approval Overview

• 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.

RULE 9N-3 F.A.C.

• 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

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:

• 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

Four Methods for State Approval

• 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)

Two Review Processes:

• Two Review Processes:

• Three months

• Test report,
• Evaluation report

• -Ten (10) days

• Certification

10 days review

• 10 days review

• process.

• - Applicable to Product applications that rely upon a product certification mark or listing from an approved certification agency

2009 I- Codes and FBC Supplement posted 2/1/10

• 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