Florida Building Commission

Product Approval/Manufactured Buildings

Program Oversight Committee (POC)

Minutes

May 26, 2011

2:00 P.M.

Teleconference

2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Room 250L

Tallahassee, FL 32305

Product Approval Program Oversight Committee members present: Ed Carson, Chair, Herminio Gonzalez, Chris Schulte, Tim Tolbert, Jeffrey Stone, and Nicholas Nicholson

Absent: John Sherer.

DCA and Commission Staff attending included: Mo Madani, Suzanne Davis, Jeff Blair, and Ted Berman.

1. The Meeting was called to order at 2:00 P.M. by Chairman, Ed Carson. The agenda was approved with one correction; item #3A 2010 was corrected to 2011. The March 2011 Minutes was approved.

2. Product Approval Program issues

A. Staff presented the Product Approval Entities and Statistics Report 5/10/2011).

B. Product Approval Administrator’s Survey – staff reported that the overall rating for this cycle was good

3. Discussion Items:

A. Update on the 2011 Legislative Issues for Product Approval – HB 849 has not yet been signed.

B. Report on Common Validator Mistakes - Ted reported that a report was submitted to Staff from October 2010 to May 2011 and that there were some errors that needed to be addressed. Staff requested time to work with the Administrator to compile a comprehensive report to present to the POC in July 2011. The POC agreed and requested that staff forward the report that Ted sent to them for review. A motion was made to have staff work with the validators to correct the errors, the motion passed. Staff was also requested to implement training for the Certification agencies to help them become familiar with the Florida Building Code.

4. Ted Berman & Associates Report – Products and entities were reviewed and approved.

Recommendations were provided. DCA approved products were made available on the agenda as required by rule and no comment was raised at the meeting regarding those products.

· Dry glass details: The POC directed Ted to review currently approved products and determine those with no details specifying spacer for dry glazed. Ted would inform the impacted manufacturers and request that they revise their current approval for compliance. Ted would report on this issue to the POC at the next meeting.

5. Adjourn – Meeting adjourned at 3:35 P.M.

Actions Needed by the Commission:

1. Ted Berman and Associates report – Products and entities were reviewed and approved. Recommendations were provided.

POC Action: The Committee recommends the products and entities listed in the Administrator’s report be approved, deferred, conditionally approved or denied as per voted on by the Committee.