Florida Building Commission

Roofing Technical Advisory Committee

MINUTES

April 1, 2015

1:30P.M.

 

Meeting was conducted via Teleconference/Webinar:

public point of access: Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Northwood Centre, Suite 90A, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399       (850) 487-1824

 

TAC Members Present: Chairman; Brian Swope, Bob Boyer, Remington Brown, Jimmy Buckner, Billy Cone, Mark Zehnal, Chuck Goldsmith,  Karen Warseck.

Guests Present: Kurtis Gurley, jaime gascon, dwight wilkes

Staff Present: Mo Madani, Jim Hammers, Robert Benbow.  Jim richmond and April Hammonds via Teleconference.

Ø Objective: To review the testing work plan for the corrosion of roofing and screen enclosure fasteners research project.

 

Meeting Minutes

Objective

 

1)

 

Welcome and Opening Remarks:  Meeting opened at 1:30pm with meeting protocols regarding muting of phones and personal identification when speaking.

 

2)

Roll Call – Roll Call was taken with a quorum present.

3)

Review and Approval of Meeting Agenda – Motion was entered by Bob Boyer and seconded by Mark Zehnal to accept the Agenda without the approval of the June 27, 2014 minutes included.  Unanimous approval.

4)

Approval of Minutes of June 27, 2014 – Approval of these minutes was dismissed from the agenda due to the fact that these minutes were already approved.

5)

Approval of Minutes of February 26, 2015 Roofing TAC Meeting.  Motion was entered by Remington Brown and seconded by Bob Boyer to accept the minutes as posted. Unanimous Approval.

6)

Review and accept the testing work plan for the corrosion of roofing and screen enclosure fasteners research project.

 

Dr. Kurtis Gurley of the College of Engineering at the University of Florida provided a PowerPoint presentation to give the TAC an overview of the experimental scope of the research project. He let the TAC members know that the corrosion testing equipment had arrived and was in the process of being setup and calibrated. He also gave the TAC a reminder of the capacity and testing constraints of the new testing equipment. 

 

The TAC raised concerns about making sure some of the fastener specimens were a representation of the fasteners used throughout Florida and not just types used to the Gainesville area. Dr. Gurley noted that they would be acquiring fastener specimens from some of the most prominent fastener distributors throughout Florida as a starting point. The TAC then raised concerns about the specimens being acquired from different distributors and still being of the same batch of fasteners sent throughout the state. Dr. Gurley pointed out to the TAC that this study is only covering a small representation of what is out there in the marketplace. He noted that there could be future research completed in this area. Dr. Gurley then stated that the significant cost of the testing equipment has already been covered by this research project and any future research in this area would cost significantly less.

                                                                      

A motion was entered by Mark Zehnal and seconded by Bob Boyer to accept the interim report as presented.  The motion was passed unanimously.

 

7)

Public Comment – A public comment was made by Dwight Wilkes that raised the question of the testing of non-exposed fasteners. Dr. Gurley responded that fasteners would be in an exposed configuration as well as a non-exposed configuration.

8)

Member Comment – No Member Comments.

9)

Schedule next meeting. – to be determined

10)

Adjournment – 2:02 pm

 

 

Staff Contacts: Robert Benbow, Robert.benbow@myfloridalicense.com, (850) 717-1828;

Mo Madani, mo.madani@myfloridalicense.com, (850) 717-1825.

Note: This document is available to any person requiring materials in alternate format upon request.  Contact the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Office of Codes and Standards, 1940 N. Monroe Street, Suite 90, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0772 or call 850-487-1824.