General Responsibility, Design of Structures Utilizing Prefabricated Wood Trusses, Design of Pre-Engineered Structures

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Board of Professional Engineers

Rule No.: RULE TITLE
61G15-31.001: General Responsibility
61G15-31.003: Design of Structures Utilizing Prefabricated Wood Trusses
61G15-31.007: Design of Pre-Engineered Structures

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 35 No. 45, November 13, 2009 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The changes are in response to concerns by the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee in a letter dated December 16, 2009. The change is as follows:

Rule 61G15-31.001, line twelve, sixth sentence, shall read as:

…documents of the delegated engineer for conformance with his written instructions in accordance with Rule 61G15-30.005, F.A.C. When information collected by the engineer or the engineer’s authorized representative from a site visit is part of the engineer’s deliberative process, the engineer is responsible for the accuracy of such information.

Rule 61G15-31.003 shall read as:

61G15-31.003 Design of Structures Utilizing Pre-Engineered Prefabricated Wood Trusses.

61G15-31.003(2)(a) shall read as:

(2) The Engineer of Record and the Truss Design Engineer shall have additional responsibilities as follows:

(a) The Engineer of Record shall provide written design requirements to the Delegated Engineer and shall review the engineering documents of the Delegated Engineer for conformance with these design requirements in accordance with Rule 61G15-30.005, F.A.C.

Rule 61G15-31.003(3) shall read as:

(3) The Engineer of Record may delegate the truss system as authorized by Rules 61G15-30.005 and 61G15-30.006, F.A.C. In the absence of an applicable national consensus standard describing the division of responsibilities for truss system design this rule does not specify all the responsibilities that the design parties may have. The practice and engineering documents of the Engineer of Record and the delegated engineer shall conform to the requirements set forth above for truss design and shall adhere to sound engineering practice,

Rule 61G15-31.007(2) shall read as:

(2)(1) Structural engineering documents prepared by the engineer of record for pre-engineered structures shall reflect the design criteria for the metal building system as required in subsection 61G15-31.002(5), F.A.C. indicate the necessary measures for adapting the structures to the specific site. They shall indicate all openings, concentrated loads and other special requirements. Foundation conditions assumed in the design shall be indicated as well as the location and magnitude of building reactions on that foundation under all design conditions.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Robyn Barineau, Executive Director, Board of Cosmetology, P. O. Box 5377, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-5377