Live support chatAdvanced Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023): Covering the Most Significant Changes (FBC Course #1248)
Advanced Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023): Covering the Most Significant Changes, you'll learn ...
- The most significant changes in the 8th Edition of the Building, Residential, Mechanical and Plumbing editions of the 2023 Florida Building Code
- Mandatory structural inspections for condominium and cooperative buildings
- The addition of tornado loads to the design and construction of Risk Category III and IV buildings and other structures
- New allowed materials for condensate drain piping
Overview
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Credit: 2 PDH
Length: 63 pages
This 2 PDH advanced course on the 8th Edition of the Florida Building Code covers a selection of the most significant changes made to the Florida Buildling Code during the transition from the 7th Edition to the 8th Edition.
This course covers the most significant changes made to the following codes:
- 2023 Florida Building Code, Building 8th Edition
- 2023 Florida Building Code, Residential 8th Edition
- 2023 Florida Building Code, Mechanical 8th Edition
- 2023 Florida Building Code, Plumbing 8th Edition
This course is provided in accordance with the requirements of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) for the required Advanced Florida Building Code Module. Understand that this course is designed to cover the most significant changes from the 7th Edition to the 8th Edition of the Code. The course does not cover every change made between the two revisions of the Code.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the most significant changes in the Eighth Edition of the Florida Building Code addressed by the course.
- Explain the mandatory structural inspection requirements for condominium and cooperative buildings.
- Describe the changes to floors in garages used for the storage of motor vehicles.
- Explain the addition of tornado loads to the design and construction of Risk Category III and IV buildings and other structures.
- Describe the increase in “vertical pressures on solid surfaces” for the design wind pressures of screened enclosures.
- Explain the addition of sun control structure design requirements.
- Identify the expanded range of wind speeds for component and cladding loads for a residential building with a mean roof height of 30 feet located in Exposure B.
- Describe the addition of concentrated live loads for certain components of residential structures.
- Explain the revised requirements for garages, carports, and accessory structures in flood zones.
- Describe the addition of a “joist span factor” used to provide an “effective joist span” for residential structures.
- Identify the new allowed materials for condensate drain piping.
- Explain the increased minimum intermittent exhaust rates for private dwellings for both kitchens and toilet rooms/bathrooms.
- Describe the new requirements for HVAC systems to provide a means of adjusting and balancing the system.
- Explain the new requirement for separate shutoff valves for each tenant space in a multi-tenant building.
- Identify the newly added sections addressing push-fit joints and push-fit DWV fittings.
- Describe the new requirements for outdoor vent terminations.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
