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A coalition of Florida-based building professionals have released a list of recommendations aimed at establishing statewide mandatory structural recertification inspections in the wake of the July 24 Champlain Towers building collapse in Surfside, Florida.<\/span> Photo courtesy ACECF<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A coalition of Florida-based building professionals, called the Surfside Working Group, have released a list of recommendations aimed at establishing statewide mandatory structural recertification inspections and whole-building safety inspections in the wake of the July 24 Champlain Towers building collapse in Surfside, Florida.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s nine-page report, Florida Building Professionals Recommendations<\/em>, was released to the public, including building officials and jurisdictions, on October 28. The report recommends structural recertification inspections begin when a building is only 20 years old and repeat every seven years if the building is located in a corrosive saltwater environment.<\/p>\n

For buildings a minimum of three miles from saltwater, the inspections would start when the building reached 30 years of age and repeat again every decade. The goal of these inspections would be to identify problems before they escalate to building failures, says Allen Douglas, the leader of the group and executive director of the American Council of Engineering Cos. of Florida (ACECF), which represents engineering firms, and the Florida Engineering Society (FES), which represents individual engineers.<\/p>\n

Regarding new construction, the report recommends statewide peer review to identify deficiencies in a structural design. \u201cSeveral localities within Florida, as well as in many other states, require peer reviews for buildings over a certain size, however no such requirement exists statewide in Florida,\u201d says the report.<\/p>\n

For structural inspections, the report recommends a visual inspection performed under the direction of a licensed professional engineer or a licensed architect with experience designing and inspecting structures.<\/p>\n

At minimum, the inspector should look at garages, pool decks, roof parapets, common areas, unconditioned spaces, accessible exterior areas of the structure\u2014including at least one third of the balconies\u2014and handrails.<\/p>\n

If the inspector finds signs of structural distress, a more thorough inspection would be required by a licensed design professional with at least a decade of experience designing structures and five years inspecting structural components of similar building types. The inspection could involve destructive and non-destructive testing, as well as the services of other design disciplines, such as a geotechnical engineer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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