Code compliance on Florida construction: The Authorities

StatutoryPaywalled

ASCE/SEI 7, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures

American Society of Civil Engineers

wind load determination and design wind speedsexposure categories and enclosure classificationcomponent and cladding pressure zones and coefficientsrisk categories

StatutoryFree to read

Florida Building Code

Florida Building Commission

building codewind loadhigh-velocity hurricane zone

Derived from the I-Codes but heavily amended. Nothing about Florida wind or HVHZ can be reasoned from the IBC alone.

StatutoryPaywalled

Florida Building Code flood provisions with ASCE 24 (Flood Resistant Design and Construction), FEMA National Flood Insurance Program mapping, and local floodplain ordinances

Florida Division of Emergency Management (State Floodplain Management Office), FEMA, and the American Society of Civil Engineers

flood design for structures in special flood hazard areasfreeboard above base flood elevationelevation certification during and after constructionlocal floodplain ordinances exceeding code minimum

The governing elevation is the strictest of code, ordinance and survey, and in much of coastal Florida the local ordinance governs rather than the code. This drives substructure cost, so it must be settled before a cost plan is credible.

StatutoryFree to read

Florida Statutes Chapter 553, Building Construction Standards (Parts III and IV)

Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)

threshold buildings and special inspectorstrench safety on bid and on siteproduct evaluation and approval systemmilestone inspections for condominiums and cooperativesbuilding code adoption and local amendment

Code compliance on Florida construction

ASCE/SEI 7, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures

Florida Building Code

Florida Building Code flood provisions with ASCE 24 (Flood Resistant Design and Construction), FEMA National Flood Insurance Program mapping, and local floodplain ordinances

Florida Statutes Chapter 553, Building Construction Standards (Parts III and IV)

The rest of the Florida register

The register tells you what. The back office does it.