Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G4 - Construction Industry Licensing Board › Chapter 61G4-15 - CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION › Section 61G4-15.015 - Certification of Specialty Structure Contractors

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Scope of Rule. The purpose of this rule
				is to provide for the certification of specialty structure
				contractors.
(2) Definition.
(a) "Specialty Structure Contractor" is a
				contractor whose services are limited to the execution of contracts requiring
				the experience, knowledge and skill necessary for the fabrication, assembling,
				handling, erection, installation, replacement, dismantling, adjustment,
				alteration, repair, servicing and design work when not prohibited by law, in
				accordance with accepted engineering data and/or according to manufacturers
				specifications in the aluminum, metal, canvas, vinyl and fiberglass screening,
				doors and windows, hurricane protection devices and allied construction
				materials.
(b) The scope of such
				work shall include and be limited to fabric coverings on metal substructures,
				screened porches, screened enclosures, pool enclosures, preformed panel-post
				and beam roofs, manufactured housing roof-overs, vinyl or acrylic panel window
				enclosures, guardrails, handrails, aluminum and vinyl fences, the installation
				or replacement of windstorm protective devices, single story self-contained
				aluminum utility storage structures (not to exceed 720 sq. ft.), residential
				glass window and door enclosures, sunrooms, siding, soffit, fascia and gutters.
				The installation or replacement of window and door assemblies certified in
				accordance with AAMA 101/ I.S.2 or Miami Dade TAS 201. 202. 203 as specified by
				the Florida Building Code in Group R occupancy buildings, as defined by the
				Florida Building Code, up to three stories or thirty feet in height. The
				installation or replacement of windstorm protective devices, except for impact
				resistant glazing, shall be unlimited. Division I Contractors shall be
				permitted to subcontract with Specialty Structure Contractors for the
				installation or replacement of window and door assemblies certified in
				accordance with AAMA 101/ I.S.2 or Miami Dade TAS 201. 202. 203 as specified by
				the Florida Building Code in buildings of Group R occupancy, as defined by the
				Florida Building Code, of any height. The scope of such work shall include wood
				work incidental to the aluminum and allied materials construction work. It
				shall be limited to the construction of wood framing for the walls of
				uninhabitable utility storage structures, raised wood decks for enclosures, and
				the repair and/or replacement of wood incidental to the installation of glass
				windows and doors, installation of siding, soffit, fascia, gutters and
				preformed panel-post and beam roofs. The scope of such work shall comply with
				all plans, specifications, codes, laws and regulations applicable.
(c) The scope of such work shall include
				masonry concrete work and be limited to foundations, slabs and block kneewalls
				incidental to the aluminum and allied construction materials construction work.
				The specialty structure contractor, whose services are limited, shall not
				perform any work that alters the structural integrity of the building including
				but not limited to roof trusses, lintels, load bearing walls and
				foundations.
(d) The specialty
				structure contractor shall subcontract, with a licensed qualified contractor in
				the field concerned, all other work incidental to that which is defined herein
				but which is the work of a trade other than that of a specialty structure
				contractor. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to limit or infringe
				upon the scope of work of any specialty contractor certified pursuant to
				Sections 489.105(3) and
				489.113(6),
				F.S.