What Florida Bill S.B. 4-D Means for Property Owners

ATLANTA - Dec. 8, 2022 - PRLog -- Earlier this year, we talked about the tragedy of the Surfside Condo collapse in Florida. Over the last few years, more catastrophic structural damage cases, concrete restoration, and progressive collapse cases have been in the news. Because of this, building owners are taking a closer look at their building, and lawmakers have also been making changes to prevent this type of tragedy from occurring.

Senate Bill 4-D ("S.B. 4-D"), which was enacted in May 2022 in response to the collapse of Champlain Towers South passed in May 2022, amends the Florida Condominium Act.

According to the Florida House of Representatives:

"CS/HB 5D passed the House on May 25, 2022, as SB 4-D.

The Florida Building Codes Act provides a mechanism for the uniform adoption, updating, interpretation, and enforcement of a single, unified state building code known as the Florida Building Code (Code).

The Code is applied, administered, and enforced uniformly by local governments through permits and inspections. The Florida Building Commission (Building Commission) implements the Code. However, the Code does not contain requirements for the maintenance and inspection of existing buildings. The Code provides that when repairing, replacing, or recovering 25 percent or more of a roof, the entire roof must comply with the current edition of the Code (25 percent rule).

As a result, if more than 25 percent of a roof is damaged, and the undamaged portion of the roof does not meet the requirements of the current Code, the entire roof would be required to be replaced to meet current Code requirements. Related to roof repairs, the bill creates an exception to the 25 percent rule to allow the repair, replacement, or recovering of any portion of a roof without requiring the rest of the roof to be brought up to the current edition of the Code, if the remaining portion of the roof, at a minimum, meets the requirements of the 2007 Code. The Building Commission is required to adopt this exception by rule and incorporate it in the Code."

Read more additional requirements here: https://www.ieiusa.com/concrete-restoration-atlanta-flori...

About Innovative Engineering Inc.: When you work with Innovative Engineering, you can feel safe knowing your structure is secure. IEI's proven state of the art techniques provide a thorough condition assessment with consistent results. Contact IEI to inspect, report, repair and prevent future damage.