To All Interested Parties

We have started working on our next edition of the Florida Building Code.
The base code will be the 2021 International Building Codes. For those interested in monitoring or participating in the process it began today, 17 May 2021.

Follow this link: https://www.floridabuilding.org/fbc/thecode/2023_Code_Development/2023_Code_Development_Process.htm

The following resources are now available for review online:

The 2021 I- Codes [the International Building Code (IBC), the International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), the International Existing Building Code (IEBC), the International Mechanical Code (IMC), the International Plumbing Code (IPC), the International Residential Code (IRC) and the International Energy Conservation Code (IEEC)]

The 2021 I-Code Resource Handbook – Complete listing “monographs” of all the approved changes to the 2018 IBC, IRC, IMC, IPC, IECC and IEBC.

To access these I Codes follow this link and use the special Username and Password setup for us folks here in Florida.
http://media.iccsafe.org/floridareview/.

Please use the following username and password combination to access the link/site:
Username: Florida
Password: Spring2021Review

In keeping with the requirements of Section 553.73(7)(a), Florida Statutes, which require that the Commission adopts an updated Florida Building Code every 3 years through review of the most current updates of the International Codes (I-Codes) and the National Electrical Code (NEC), the 2021 I-Codes changes/monographs will be available for review and general comments via the Commission website/Building Code Information System (BCIS) starting May 17, 2021.

The comment period is for 45 days which will end July 1, 2021. To review the I-Codes changes or submit general comments (Please note alternate language comments are not permitted under this comment period) on a specific I-Code change, please visit the link https://floridabuilding.org/cm/cm_code_srch.aspx and then follow the instructions as outlined in the “2021 ICC comment submittal quick reference guide” as available from the following link:
https://www.floridabuilding.org/fbc/thecode/2023_Code_Development/2023_Code_Development_Process.htm

Please take some time to review the changes to the model codes and familiarize yourself with the updated editions of the I-Codes.

NFPA_NEC_Changes_Guidance_FBC_0421 (Direct Link to NFPA on proposed code changes to the National Electrical Code)

2023_FBC_Workplan (April 2021). (Word document on the tasks and schedule for updating the FBC to the 8th Edition)

2021 ICC Comment submittal quick reference guide (Step by Step Guide developed by the Florida Building Commission staff on how to login to the Florida Building Commission website to search for proposed ICC Code and Florida Specific Code modifications.)

2021 I Code Mod Cross Reference (Cross Reference Guide on the proposed modifications and each Technical Advisory Committee assigned to the modification)

2021 I Code Changes Statistics and General Information (Word document identifying the Total Number of proposed modifications and whether or not the proposed modification Correlates directly, Overlap or is a new Flood requirement)

As of today, you can log in and comment on whether you support or oppose a proposed code modification.

Total number of mods – 1284 [815 Correlate directly (64%) +453 Overlap (35%) + 12 Flood requirements + 4 Non-applicable/IPMC/IGCC/ISPCP]
By Sub-code –
Building – 486 [305 Correlate directly + 173 Overlap + 8 Flood requirements]
Residential – 264 [156 Correlate directly + 104 Overlap + 4 Flood requirements]
Existing Building – 100 [65 Correlate directly + 35 Overlap]
Energy – 267 [145 Correlate directly + 122 Overlap]
Fuel Gas – 25 [25 Correlate directly]
Mechanical – 68 [54 Correlate directly + 14 Overlap]
Plumbing – 70 [65 Correlate directly + 5 Overlap]
Non-applicable – 4 [IPMC/IGCC/ISPCP]
By Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) [Note: this does include mods taken by more than one TAC]:
Accessibility – 43 [43 Overlap]
Code Admin – 53 [17 Correlate directly + 33 Overlap + 3 Non-Applicable/IPMC/IGCC]
Electrical – 3 [2 Correlate directly + 1 Overlap]
Energy – 263 [141 Correlate directly + 122 Overlap]
Fire – 326 [234 Correlate directly + 92 Overlap]
Mechanical -96 [Correlate directly 80 + 16 Overlap]
Plumbing – 134 [129 Correlate directly + 5 Overlap]
Roofing – 41 [21 Correlate directly + 20 Overlap]
Structural – 307 [188 Correlate directly + 119 Overlap]
Special Occupancy – 17 [3 Correlate directly + 2 Overlap + 12 Flood requirements]
Swimming Pool – 1 [Non-applicable/ISPCP]

We have noted that the software used by the Florida Building Commission has been upgraded and is now much more user-friendly and has an excellent database for searching for a proposed modification by Chapter and Section.

Hal W. Barrineau, P.E.
H.W. Barrineau & Associates, Inc.
4405 S.E. 2nd Place
Ocala, Florida 34471-3210
Cell: 352-816-0150
Phone: 352-624-9901
Fax: 352-694-9586
Email: [email protected]