Agenda
Technical Advisory Chairpersons
1:00 PM August 22, 2013
Ft. Lauderdale
1. Welcome and Opening Roll Call Chairman
2. Commission Advisory Structure: Jeff Blair
Role of Program Oversight
Committees (POCS):
Product Approval & Education
"
to provide oversight to the
programs the Legislature has assigned to the
Commission."
Membership & Role of Technical
Advisory Committees (TAC's):
Membership Requirements -
Balanced Membership - "to represent the interests of consumers,
producers and a general interest category in conformance to ANSI consensus
standards committee membership criteria for regulatory standards."
"to
review and advise the Commission regarding requests for declaratory statements,
proposed amendments to the Florida Building Code pursuant to Rule 61G20-2.002,
F.A.C. and in other areas of interest to the Commission as delegated by the
Chairman."
Technical Advisory Committees
(TACS) of the Commission:
Chairperson
Accessibility Jeffrey
Gross
Code Administration Herminio
Gonzales
Structural James
Schock
Fire Hamid
Bahadori
Electrical John
Scherer
Energy Dale
Greiner
Mechanical Rafael
Palacios
Plumbing Robert
Boyer
Product Approval POC Jeff
Stone
Roofing Tim
Tolbert
Special Occupancy Jon
Hamrick
Swimming Pools Ken
Gregory
Role & Membership of Ad
Hoc Committees:
Ad Hoc Membership Requirements
- "members of the Commission appointed by Chairman...Members serve until
the Ad Hoc completes assigned task(s)."
"to
conduct investigations within the areas for which they are created and to
report all finding to the Commission for
action."
Role & Membership of
Workgroups:
"The Chairman may
appoint Workgroups to study issues and present findings and recommendations to
the appropriate Committees."
I.E. "Hurricane Advisory
Research Workgroup"
3. Research and
Technical Enrichment Mo Madani
Definitions for “Research” and "Technical
Enrichment”
Research: An important
and necessary endeavor that aimed at studying specific code related
issue(s)/topics for the purpose of providing solutions to a specific problem or
future code change(s) directed at improving the implementation and enforcement
of the FBC. The issue to be researched
must be fully understood (i.e. with clear purpose of doing the research/goals);
clearly defined with specific scope of work/approach; and within budget.
Technical
Enrichment: An important and
necessary endeavor that is aimed at evaluating complex related code issue(s)/topics
for the purpose of providing educational/clarification experience or
alternative solutions directed at improving the implementation and enforcement
of the FBC. Method of delivery for these
matters is through workshop/TAC meetings with specific participation of
expert(s) in subject area of concern.
4. Available
Funding Sources Jim
Richmond
5. Report of
TAC Chairs for Research Topics Mo
Madani
Review List of Research
Topics Compiled by Staff
6. Next Steps: Jeff
Blair
Minimum
evaluation criteria for determining viability of the proposed research subjects
to be developed by Staff for Action by the Commission.
Evaluation criteria should include:
TAC Name; Topic of Research
or Technical Enrichment; Problem/Concern definition, Relevance to Code; Clearly
Defined “Scope of Work”/ Proposed Program Format; Resources required;
Amount of Funding Request/Matching funds (if applicable); other relevant
information required to evaluate request.
The Commission will determine which venue for
discussion and/or research is most appropriate for the TAC request.
Meeting of TAC Chairpersons
via Conference Call/Webinar or On-Site in conjunction with the October Commission Meeting
6. Adjournment 2:00 - 2:30 PM Chairman