Advanced Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023): Covering the Most Significant Changes (FBC Course #1248)

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the theory of transformer operation.
• Mandatory structural inspections for condominium and cooperative buildings
• Changes to floors in garages used for the storage of motor vehicles
• The addition of tornado loads to the design and construction of Risk Category III and IV buildings and other structures
• Increase in “Vertical pressures on solid surfaces” on design wind pressures of screened enclosures
• The addition of sun control structure design requirements
• 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
• The addition of concentrated live loads for some components of residential structures
• Revised requirements for garages, carports and accessory structures in flood zones
• The addition of a “joist span factor” to provide an “effective joist span” for residential structures
• New allowed materials for condensate drain piping
• Increased minimum intermittent exhaust rates for private dwellings for both kitchens and toilet rooms/bathrooms
• New requirements for HVAC systems to be equipped with a way to adjust and balance the system
• New requirement dictating separate shutoff valves for each tenant space in a multi-tenant building
• Newly added sections including push-fit joints and push-fit DWV fittings
• 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.