Florida
Building Commission
Product Approval/Manufactured Buildings
Program Oversight Committee (POC)
Minutes
November 29, 2011
2:30 P.M.
Teleconference
2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Room 250L
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Product Approval Program
Oversight Committee members present: Ed Carson, Chair, Herminio Gonzalez, Chris
Schulte, Jeffrey Stone, Tim Tolbert, and Nicholas Nicholson
DBPR and Commission Staff
attending included: Ila Jones, Mo Madani,
Suzanne Davis, Jeff Blair, Leslie Anderson-Adams and
Ted Berman.
1.
The Meeting was
called to order at 2:30 P.M. by Chairman, Ed Carson. The agenda was approved as
read. The September 2011 Minutes was
approved.
2.
Product Approval
Program issues
A. Staff
presented the Product Approval Entities and Statistics Report (11/15/2011).
B. Product
Approval Administrator’s Survey –
staff reported that there were three responses; all excellent.
C. Product
Approval Enhancements/Status – Staff
reported that the enhancements to the entity module of the Product Approval
database has begun and testing will take place in the near future. The Chairman requested that staff provide a
list of enhancements to the committee at the December meeting with updates on
what has been done.
3.
Discussion Items:
A. Validator Checklist Request by Warren Schaefer,
P.E. – to accept scanned copy of
validator checklist in place of mailed hard copy – Staff acknowledged that this issue needs to be resolved; however
there have not been very many complaints.
This option, along with a few others is being reviewed and will require
a rule change to implement (9N-3.006.4(d)). Staff is addressing this issue with
the new enhancements to the BCIS, which should resolve the problem.
B. Clarification on the Impact of ASTM E
1886/1996-06 edition on Applications for Self-Affirmation – Guest speaker, Dick Wilhelm from WDMA and FMA,
introduced this issue to the POC. The
suggestion was to open Rule 9N-3.015 for a rule change to address equivalency of
standard between ASTM E 1996 – 06 and other editions of this standard. After discussion, the POC made a motion and
seconded to request that the Commission open Rule 9N-3.015 to allow equivalency
of standard to be addressed with regard to ASTM E 1996.
C. Update on the Spacer Issue – Ted Berman reported on those manufacturers that
have not responded to the inquiries. The
POC made a motion and seconded to postpone the revocation process until day 61
for applications FL12126, FL12543 and FL13055-R0. Ted Berman will report on
these applications at the next POC meeting.
D. Update on the Roof Fan Issue – Ted Berman reported that all applications are in
compliance and no action from the POC is required.
E. Update on the Florida Board of Engineers
Report on FL14239-R1-BMP International, Inc. – Staff reported that the application had been revised but is awaiting
validation. Mr. Ben Meng reported that
the 2010 code requires a bare bone testing and they are anticipating that test
to be completed by December 16, 2011.
The POC made a motion and seconded to extend the deadline to have the
application completed for the January/February Commission Meeting.
4. Ted Berman &
Associates Report – Products and entities were reviewed and approved.
Recommendations
were provided. DBPR approved products
were made available on the agenda as required by rule and no comment was raised
at the meeting regarding those products.
5. Adjourn – Meeting
adjourned at 4:14 P.M.
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