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Catching Up With Previous Scholarship Winners - Cole Springer - February 2022 Sat, Feb 12, 2022 In 2010, Cole Springer graduated from Lakeland High School. That fall, he entered the freshman class at University of Florida in Gainesville, graduating from the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management in 2014. Read More

2022 Legislative Session The Top Five Issues - February 2022 Thu, Feb 10, 2022 The Florida Legislature kicked-off the 2022 Regular Session on January 11 amid another surge in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

Zones, Uplift Pressures and Demonstrating Compliance. What Do I Need to Know and Where Do I Find It? Tue, Feb 08, 2022 It seems like almost all I talk about lately is ASCE 7-16. If you’re roofing in Florida and haven’t heard about it, maybe you haven’t been paying close enough attention. The updated 2020 Florida Building Code (FBC) 7th edition reference standard has ... Read More

ASCE 7-16 Tue, Feb 08, 2022 Does ASCE 7-16 really change everything? Obviously, ASCE 7-16 doesn’t change everything. But it does change almost everything about how we attach roof coverings. More specifically, it changes the uplift (or negative pressures –referred to as "pressur... Read More

FRSA Helps Clarify the 25% Rule Tue, Feb 08, 2022 At the beginning of the year, after the adoption of the Florida Building Code (FBC) 7th Edition (2020), a fellow codes professional called me to voice a concern about an inadvertent deletion during a renumbering of Chapters 4, 5 and 6 in the FBC 7th ... Read More

Roof Assemblies - Significant Changes in Roofing Requirements - BASF Tue, Feb 08, 2022 The 7th Edition (2020) Florida Building Code includes several key changes to the requirements for roof assemblies. Many changes strengthen the code to improve the resistance of wind and water infiltration damage. Several of the changes apply to both ... Read More

What is the Required R-Value for Insulation When Reroofing? - January 2022 Sun, Jan 30, 2022 This question comes up often, especially when a contractor is dealing with replacing rigid insulation that makes up part of the roof assembly in low slope roofing. Read More

The Tin Knocker - A Dying Trade - January 2022 Thu, Jan 27, 2022 Originally, sheet metal workers were called “smiths” and there were different kinds of smiths – most likely, the first were the gold and silversmiths who date back several thousand years. Read More

Strategies to Grow Your Roofing Business - January 2022 Mon, Jan 24, 2022 When it comes time to grow your roofing business, carefully prepare in advance to ensure success. Maintain the right balance between too much planning and not enough. Read More

FRSA-PAC – The Voice of Florida’s Roofing Industry in Tallahassee Sat, Jan 22, 2022 Mike Reed, CPA, FRSA Controller The FRSA Political Action Committee (PAC) has played an important role in the roofing industry’s political activities since it was recreated by a group of loyal volunteers at a late 1979 FRSA committee meeting. ... Read More

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