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BOAF staff is available to assist with any questions or concerns you may have Monday thru Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Please use our Directory under About Us for contact information on our officers, directors, committees and staff.

The next Board of Director's meeting will be held August 8, 9 & 10, 2013 at the BOAF office in Lake Mary. Agendas will be posted when they become available.


Shown left to right: Bob Boyer (ICC Board of Directors), Linda Patrick-President, Sergio Ascunce-Vice President, Kenneth Locke-Secretary and Greg Yantorno-Treasurer.

Congratulations to our newly elected 2013-2014 Officers:
Linda R. Patrick-President
Sergio Ascunce-Vice President
Kenny Locke--Secretary
Greg Yantorno-Treasurer
Gary Brevoort-Immediate Past President
The Board of Directors voted unanimously to have Gary Brevoort continue as the Acting Executive Director of BOAF through December 31, 2013.

At the annual Conference & Trade Expo in Daytona the following awards were presented:
Building Official of the Year- C. J. Dupre
Inspector of the Year- Mike Fagan 
Plans Examiner of the Year -  Mark Nuetzi
Member of the Year - Allen Johnson
Meritorius Service Award-  Maria Rodriguez
Robert K. Becker Lifetime Achievement Award- Sam Gerace
Sam was not able to attend the annual conference and Bob McCormick accepted the award on his behalf.
Show below Bob McCormick (on right) presenting Sam Gerace (on left) with this well deserved award. Congratulations Sam! Thank you Bob.

Presidents Award -Thomas B. Allen   &   Presidents Award- John L. O’Connor
shown below left to right John O'Connor, Gary Brevoort and Tom Allen

Half Vast Award- Gary Brevoort

We are please to announce our winners for the 2013 BOAF Scholarships. 
Each recipient will receive $625 to assist with expenses toward their higher education.
Heather Ford
Robert Hatton
Shannon Patrick
Cody Richardson
Congratulations to each of you and good luck with your educational endeavors.

CLICK HERE FOR BOAF POSITION STATEMENT ON ALARM SYSTEMS 

2013 UPDATED BILL WATCH SUMMARY 

On-line Registrations for BOAF FHBA classes is now complete.
If you are interested in acquiring the 2013 BOAF/FHBA HANDOUTS:
It is not mandatory that you print and bring handouts with you to class.
We simply provide you with that option and for referring back to them as a refresher after the class.
FBC Code Update - Building - Module 1 - 4-22-2013 (167 pages)
FBC Code Update - Residential - Module 2 - 4-19-13 (132 pages)
Florida Building Code Update - Module 3 - 4- 21-2013 (131 pages)
Inspection Mitigation Techniques (147 pages)

Site Seminars for 2013- Go to: www.cvent.com and click RSVP for event-copy and paste in this event code: MFNHDPRL72Z
Paper Registration form: 2013SiteSeminar02192013.pdf 
Class Handouts:  Day1 Workbook Day 2 Workbook

Corporate Memberships Available
BOAF is pleased to announce our NEW Corporate Memberships. Now you  can support BOAF and partner in our continued effort to protect lives and property in the built environment. Corporations please take a minute and check out the options available to you and our registration form: CorporateAppFinal1042012.docx   CorporateAppFinal1042012.pdf  

New Technical Guides Available
THE BOAF/AIA-Florida/Joint Task Force has published new guidance for Creating and Processing Electronic Documents used in the building permit process. The guidance is in the form of three technical guides, one for contractors, one for design professionals, and one for building departments. You can find the documents in the "Resources" tab under Technical Guides topic.

Code Development Process
We need your support for the code development process. Please plan to attend the Florida Building Commission meetings. More information and complete agendas may be found at www.floridabuilding.org.

ICC Letter of Encouragement for Participation in the ICC Code Hearings
Click on the link below for ICC to send a letter of encouragement to your jurisdiction (Employer, Mayor, Council Chair, Commissioner, etc.) to support sending staff to the Code Hearings: http://www.iccsafe.org/Membership/Pages/SupportLetter.aspx