NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Building Officials Association of Florida has issued a binding interpretation pursuant to Section 553.775, Florida Statutes, filed by Paul Macheske for Hunton Brady Architects, on April 14, 2006. The following is a summary of the interpretation: “Section 501.5, Florida Building Code, Mechanical Volume (2001) requires that the exhaust ducts in the Petitioner’s project be constructed of metal in accordance with Chapter 6 of the Mechanical Volume since the Code is clear with regard to the prohibition of installation of non-metallic exhaust ducts under the circumstances described in the petition.”

A copy of the Interpretation may be obtained from http://www.floridabuilding.org/bi/bi_bind_interp_1st.aspx