Florida
Building Commission
Product Approval/Manufactured Buildings
Program Oversight Committee (POC)
Minutes
September 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, John Scherer, Tim Tolbert, and Nicholas Nicholson
DCA 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 July 2011 Minutes was approved.
2.
Product Approval
Program issues
A. Staff
presented the Product Approval Entities and Statistics Report (9/12/2011).
B. Product
Approval Administrator’s Survey –
staff reported that there were two responses; Excellent and Fair.
C. Report on
Common Validator Mistakes – Staff
reported that several conference calls have taken place with positive
results. The validators are paying more
attention to detail. Staff will continue
to hold conference calls with the validators and report back to the POC as
necessary.
D. Product
Approval Enhancements/Statute – Staff
reported that work started about three weeks ago on the Entities portion of the
module. As work progresses, staff will
update the POC and provide an overview of the progress of the project.
3.
Discussion Items:
A. Report on the manufactured (Modular) Buildings
Program – Ila Jones provided an
overview of the 2011-2012 Fiscal Year budget and expenditures. Discussion among the POC and staff related to
the expectations over the next fiscal year.
Ila provided clarification on the breakdown by percentages. The report was accepted by the POC.
B. Florida Board of Engineers Report Related to
FL14239 – Staff presented the report
from the Florida Board of Engineers regarding product number FL14239, BMP
International. Mo provided an overview of the report and also introduced Leslie
Anderson-Adams as the new legal counsel for the POC. The manufacturer, Ben Meng, provided an
overview of where the application is today and what their plans were for
solving the problem. The intention is to
revise this application and submit new drawings and reports. Comments were provided by Mr. Ray Manucey,
regarding the anchorage. The POC made a
motion and seconded to give the manufacture an opportunity to revise the
current approval “FL 14239” by next POC meeting, the
December 2011 meeting.
C. Spacer on Insulted Dry Glazed Detail Report – Ted Berman reported on those manufacturers that
have not responded to the inquiries. The
POC made a motion and seconded for Ted to try and contact the six manufacturers
directly via certified letter and provide them
with a 60-day deadline. Once that
deadline has passed, the POC will take action to recommend revocation.
D. Fans on Ridge Within HVHZ Report – Ted reported that out of the 14 applications
reviewed, there are two that were brought before the POC for a decision. A motion was made and seconded to send a
certified letter to the manufacturers of FL12316 and FL12339-R1 informing them
that they have 60 days to address the issue.
The POC requested that Ted report back to them at December 2011 meeting.
E. Recommendations for Revocation – Staff recommended FL12427, Parex USA, Inc. and
FL14171, Norse, Inc. for revocation due to the fact that they fall outside the
scope of Rule 9N-3. A motion was made
and seconded by the POC to begin the revocation process on these two
applications.
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.
5. Adjourn – Meeting
adjourned at 3:51 P.M.
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