WHAT'S COMING. CODE UPDATE!
WHAT'S COMING. CODE UPDATE!
•FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 8th EDITION (2023) WILL BE EFFECTIVE 1/1/2024.
In the Florida panhandle area, wind speeds have increased in some areas of the western part of the panhandle. For example, the ASCE 7-16 Risk Category II wind speed for Destin, Florida, is 142 mph. In ASCE 7-22, the Risk Category II wind speed is 152 mph (approximately a 7% increase). In the big bend area of Florida (informal region of Florida generally stretching from the Apalachicola River to the St. Johns River), the wind speeds have increased from ASCE 7-16, but are essentially the same as they were in ASCE 7-10. (While the 7 th Edition (2020) Florida Building Code did adopt ASCE 7-16, it did not adopt the ASCE 7-16 Risk Category II basic wind speed map and maintained the ASCE 7-10 Risk Category II basic wind speed map.)
•ASCE7-22 Will be the primary reference standard for structural loads in the 2024 International Building Code, 2024 International Residential Code, and the 8th Edition (2023) Florida Building Code.
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