by Rene | Feb 6, 2020 | News & Updates
The recommendations of the TACs on all public comments submitted to the First Draft of the 7th Edition (2020) Florida Building Code and recommendations will be presented to the Florida Building Commission on February 11, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. The DBPR staff...
by Rene | Sep 27, 2017 | News & Updates
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson positively recognized the I-codes in his discussion about the recent hurricanes that hit Florida saying “building codes do work.” You can view this portion of this testimony at 47:33 by visiting...
by Rene | May 18, 2017 | News & Updates
Following Florida State Senator Kathleen Passidomo issuing a proclamation marking May 2017 as “Florida Building Safety Month,” Floridians for Safe Communities’ coalition member the International Code Council (ICC) launched a Public Service Announcement (PSA) on the...
by Rene | May 12, 2017 | News & Updates
The “Quash building code bunk” viewpoint in a recent PNJ cannot go unchallenged. The letter contained a number of misleading or false claims. Let’s start with the major theme that the codes are written by “special interest groups”. Full...
by Rene | Apr 13, 2017 | News & Updates
The Miami Herald | April 13, 2017 Legislative proposals that will erode Florida’s strong building code are in play (SB 860, SB 7000, HB 901), and they are forcing us to remember that the horrific devastation caused by Hurricane Andrew was worsened by inadequate codes...
