Florida Building Commission

Education POC Minutes

March 30, 2009

 

Telephone Conference Call Number 1-888-808-6959, Access Code:  9221867
In Person Attendance: Room 210L, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida

 

POC Members Present: Dick Browdy (Chair), Herminio Gonzalez, Jon Hamrick, Ken Gregory

POC Member(s) Absent: Tony Grippa

 

Meeting Attendees Identified:

 

Larry Schneider                               Cam Fentriss                        

Med Kopczynski                              Joe Bigelow

Alex Kobryn                                      John Travers 

Sharon Mignardi                              Bernice Ryder-Smith           

Ila Jones                                           Drew Smith

Jane Waddel                                   

Michael Clark          

 

Meeting was called to order at 11:33 a.m., March 30, 2009

 

 

 

1. Review and approval of the March 2009 Agenda

 

Motion: The Chair added under Agenda item #10, "A Legislative Update Regarding Any Information/Issues Relevant to the FBC Education Program”

Motion: To approve as amended

Motion: Herminio Gonzalez

Second:  Jon Hamrick

Approved Unanimously As Amended

 

 

2. Review and approval of February 2009 Minutes

 

Motion: To approve as submitted

Motion: Ken Gregory

Second:  Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

 

 

 

3. Report on the ongoing rule development for amendments to Rule 9B-70.002, Florida Administrative Code

 

The Chair asked Cam Fentriss to report on the upcoming 9B-70.002 Rule Development workshop. Cam stated that the 9B-70.002 Rule Development Workshop will be held during the upcoming April FBC Plenary session, specifically on the morning of April 7th. She also recommended that if questions existed regarding the structure of the rule, to ask those questions at the workshop. No further action was required.

 

 

 

4.      Report on the 2009 deployment of the BCIS

 

The Chair asked if Cam Fentriss would further report on the 2009 deployment of the updated BCIS. Cam stated that there have been a few minor issues. She stated that the expiration date regarding the duration of an accreditor’s status have been changed. She also said that she has received calls regarding how to update/change a course application. She said the easy solution was to move the button initiating this process to the top of the page, instead of having to scroll to the bottom to find it.

 

Med Kopczynski said that he was not receiving emails (as an accreditor) when a course was approved. Cam said that she would look into it. Med also said that he had some old courses in his inbox. Cam stated that Michael Clark and herself were going to create a list of courses needing to be removed from the BCIS (for a variety of reasons) in May.

 

Sharon Mignardi said that some providers are not sure if they upload their course correctly, so they upload it multiple times. Cam asked Sharon to let her know when that happens and send an e-mail message and she will take care of it.

 

 

 

5. Review pending accredited courses for recommendation to the Commission

 

Course: Advanced Module Fla. Building Code Building 2007 Edition With 2009 Revisions

Provider: AAA Construction School, Inc.

Accreditor: JDB Code Services, Inc.

BCIS Course Number: 345.0

Motion: Course approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

Course: Preserving The Use of Gravel Roof Systems

Provider: FRSA – Fla. Roofing, Sheet Metal, Air Conditioning Contractor’s Association

Accreditor: JDB Code Services, Inc.

BCIS Course Number: 343.0

Motion: Course approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

 

Course: Advanced 2007 Florida Building Code: Chapter 1 - Administration

Provider: Construction Estimating Institute

Accreditor: BCIC LLC

BCIS Course Number: 344.0

Motion: Course approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

 

Course: Florida Building Code Electrical Advanced Module

Provider: Versatile Industries, Inc.

Accreditor: BCIC LLC

BCIS Course Number: 348.0

Motion: Course approved---then reconsidered for approval, based on dated (2006) information on slides 62-65, mentioning local amendments. Provider agreed to delete slides 62-65. Course then approved based on said slide modifications and on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously Subject To Changes

 

 

 

6. Review administratively approved updated advanced courses for recommendation to Commission

 

The Chair asked for a Consent Motion for the administratively approved course listed below.

 

Course: Florida Building Code Advanced Training: Residential (Number 220.1) 1 Hour

Provider: Fla. Swimming Pool Association

Accreditor: BCIC LLC

BCIS Course Number: 220.1

 

 

 

7. Review pending accreditor applications for recommendation to the Commission

 

No accreditor applications were pending.

 

 

 

 

8.  Education Administrator activity report

 

Chair Browdy asked Cam Fentriss to give the Education Administrator’s Activity report. That report is posted below:

A. Provided administrative support for FBC Education POC February 2, 2009 meeting

B. Drafted minutes for FBC Education POC February 2, 2009

C. Followed up on tasks assigned and questions raised at February 2, 2009 meeting

D. Prepared agenda for FBC Education POC meeting on March 30, 2009

E. Assisted the public as follows:

56 inquiries from January 30, 2009 through March 29, 2009 are as follows:

                                 11            relating to core codes course

                                 21            relating to advanced codes courses

10             relating to provider issues

                                 2              relating to deployment of new BCIS

                                 6              miscellaneous relating to CE (BOAF courses, CE at CILB)

                                 6              relating to non-FBC matters (licensure, lien law, general government)

                                                 Types of callers:

                                                 24 Architects and Interior Designers (renewal cycle)

2 Engineer

1 Building Official

                                                                 1 Landscape Architect

2 Construction Contractor

12 Provider

14 Public – consumers or licensees not identified

            Contact method:  19 telephone and e-mail / 10 telephone only / 27 e-mail only

G. Finalized updating 2004 to 2007 code comparisons and summaries with glitch changes 

H. Prepared for rule 9B-70.002 Florida Administrative Weekly notice

I. Monitoring of deployment of new BCIS (deployed evening of January 26, 2009)

J. Resolved accreditor “expiration” dates in BCIS

K. Preliminary work on removing old pending courses from BCIS (project scheduled for May)

L. Prepared, submitted, and moving legislative changes to eliminate core course

 

 

9. Identify future POC member discussion items

 

No future discussion items were identified.

 

 

 

10. General public comment

 

The Chair asked Cam Fentriss to give a legislative update regarding any issues that affect the FBC Education program. Cam stated that language eliminating the core course was contained in Senate Bill 2100, and that to this point no objections to that language had been raised. She also stated that new 553 language may be added to the DBPR House Bill 425.

 

 

11. Summary and review of meeting work products/action items, assignments, and next steps

 

Chair Browdy issued no other work assignments.

 

 

 

Adjourn (Adjourned at 12:02 p.m.)

Motion: To adjourn

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second:  Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

 

 

 

Recommended Commission Actions

 

The Education POC considered and recommends the following:

 

The following new courses are recommended for approval:

 

Course: Advanced Module Fla. Building Code Building 2007 Edition With 2009 Revisions

Provider: AAA Construction School, Inc.

Accreditor: JDB Code Services, Inc.

BCIS Course Number: 345.0

Motion: Course approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

Course: Preserving The Use of Gravel Roof Systems

Provider: FRSA – Fla. Roofing, Sheet Metal, Air Conditioning Contractor’s Association

Accreditor: JDB Code Services, Inc.

BCIS Course Number: 343.0

Motion: Course approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

 

Course: Advanced 2007 Florida Building Code: Chapter 1 - Administration

Provider: Construction Estimating Institute

Accreditor: BCIC LLC

BCIS Course Number: 344.0

Motion: Course approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

 

Course: Florida Building Code Electrical Advanced Module

Provider: Versatile Industries, Inc.

Accreditor: BCIC LLC

BCIS Course Number: 348.0

Motion: Course approved then reconsidered for approval, based on dated (2006) information on slides 62-65, mentioning local amendments. Provider agreed to delete slides 62-65. Course then approved based on slide modifications and on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously Subject To Changes

 

 

 

The following course is recommended for administrative approval:

 

Course: Florida Building Code Advanced Training: Residential (Number 220.1) 1 Hour

Provider: Fla. Swimming Pool Association

Accreditor: BCIC LLC

BCIS Course Number: 220.1

 

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