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The Florida Building Code ( FBC) is a set of standards designed by the Florida Building Commission for the construction of buildings in the US state of Florida. [1] Many regulations and guidelines distributed are important benchmarks regarding hurricane protection. Miami-Dade County was the first in Florida to certify hurricane-resistant ...
What hurricane protection products must HOAs in Florida allow? Permitted hurricane protection products include, but are not limited to: Roof systems recognized by the Florida Building Code which ...
A monolithic dome 1005 Ariola Drive, Pensacola Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Dennis in 2005. The physical geometry of a building affects its aerodynamic properties and how well it can withstand a storm. Geodesic dome roofs or buildings have low drag coefficients and can withstand higher wind forces than a square building of the same area.
Some building codes address mitigation measures. For example, the Florida Building Code, specifies the type of nail used to secure roof sheathing. The specification was determined by scientific research conducted by Florida International University's International Hurricane Research Center.
According to the Community Associations Institute, 75% of South Florida buildings with 20-49 units were built prior to 1992 (the year Hurricane Andrew hit), and 59% of buildings with more than 50 ...
Hurricane Andrew a generation ago razed Florida's most-populated areas with winds up to 165 mph (265 kph), damaging or blowing apart over 125,000 homes and obliterating almost all mobile homes in ...
Both the International Building Code (IBC) and the International Residential Code use the criteria set forth in ASTM E1886 & E1996 with regards to hurricane building material product approval. These test method norms describe the standardized tests to measure the impact resistance of a shutter and its resistance to cyclic wind pressure.
To reduce response times after natural disasters, PCB will use a $90,000 grant to design a 'hurricane resistant' utilities administrative building.