Florida Building and Residential Codes

The 2023 Florida Building Code – Building, 8th Edition, and the 2023 Florida Building Code — Residential, 8th Edition, are based on the 2021 International Building Code (IBC) and the 2021 International Residential Code (IRC).

Building Code Compliance Software for Florida

Plan Analyst code compliance software programs make it easy for building officials, architects and other designers to quickly perform commercial and residential building code plan reviews / code studies.  Plan Analyst for the 2021 IBC and Plan Analyst for the 2021 IRC simplifies the plan review / code study process enabling compliance to specific code years.  This proven software allows modifications to accommodate local amendments, where applicable.  Users have the ability to add code requirements and to add to the checklist.  Changes can be made permanent by changing the data file using the setup section of Plan Analyst, or specific reports can be edited for special conditions.

Plan Analyst Calculators: Deck – Sign – Beam & Column

Plan Analyst Deck, Sign and Beam & Column Calculators are additional simple and effective design and code review software tools that will quickly become your go-to resources when working on associated tasks.

Users of Plan Analyst in Florida have included:

City of CrestviewAerocav
City of Lake WorthDelta Engineering
City of Miami BeachGestalt Design
PDCS, LLCS & A Engineers, Inc
Putnam CountySpring Engineering, Inc
St. Lucie County Building DepartmentUniversal Engineering Sciences
Town of Indian ShoresVogl Architects

Building and Residential Code Resources for Florida

Energy Code Compliance Software for Florida

Visit the U.S. Department of Energy website to see the latest on energy code adoption in Florida, including the use of COMcheck and REScheck Energy Code compliance software. COMcheck enables architects, builders, designers, and contractors to determine whether new commercial or high-rise residential buildings, additions, and alterations meet the requirements of the IECC and ASHRAE Standard 90.1.  REScheck product enables builders, designers, and contractors to determine whether new homes, additions, and alterations meet the requirements of the IECC or a number of state energy codes.

The “Building Codes Assistance Project” also provides information on Florida ’s building energy codes.

FEMA Building Code Adoption Tracking

The FEMA Building Code Adoption Tracking program reports on the status of hazard-resistant building code adoption in each state. Florida is in FEMA Region 4. Read the 2024 Region 4 fact sheet showing the annual metric of the percent of communities adopting hazard-resistant building codes in Florida.

AIA and ICC

American Institute of Architects – AIA Florida represents architects in the state.  There are nearly 10,000 registered and reciprocal architects in Florida.

Florida has several ICC Chapters.

Florida code adoption status on the ICC website.