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Codes and Standards: Florida Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Development

Overview

Between 1989 and 1995 the Florida Department of Community Affairs developed standards for radon resistant new construction and the mitigation of radon in existing structures. The standards for radon resistant new construction are divided into two categories: residential and large building. The residential standard is for single family homes and duplexes. The large building standard applies to all other construction. The standards are applied according to the DCA Radon Protection Maps. These maps identify areas in the state where additional radon resistant construction features in new construction are recommended. Currently these standards are voluntary. It would take a majority of the building permit issuing agencies in any county to adopt them for the standards to become a require code within that county.

All mitigators are required to follow the mitigation standards as a condition of their radon mitigation certificate.

Radon Resistant Construction Standards (s. 553.98):

The Florida Standards for Radon-Resistant New Construction are currently included as appendixes of the Florida Building Code. Department of Community Affairs as a HTML documents or as a PDF files. The PDF file provides you with the same format as we mail to people. Please note that these are not official copies of the Standards. Those are only available from the Department of Community Affairs, Bureau of Administrative Code at (850) 487-1824.

Residential Standard:

The residential standard includes, as an attachment, Design Guidance For Residential Active Radon Control Systems. The residential standard is included the Florida Administrative Code, 9B-3, by reference. This standard should be applied according to the DCA Radon Protection Map.

• View Residential Radon-Resistant Construction Standard as a HTML file
• View Residential Radon-Resistant Construction Standard as a PDF document  (SBCCI online Adobe Acrobat version, does not include Design Guidance For Residential Active Radon Control Systems.)
• Florida Standard for Passive Radon-Resistant New Residential Building Construction (Appendix F - Chapter 9B-52 - 84 KB PDF)

Large Building Standard:

The large building standard is included in Florida Administrative Code, 9B-3, by reference. This standard should be applied according to the DCA Large Building Radon Protection Map.

• View Large Building Radon-Resistant Construction Standard as a HTML file
• View Large Building Radon-Resistant Construction Standard as a PDF file  (SBCCI online Adobe Acrobat version)

Radon Mitigation Standard:

Florida Standard for Mitigation of Radon in Existing Buildings- All radon mitigation businesses are required to follow this standard:

• View Mitigation Standard as a HTML file
• View Mitigation Standard as a PDF file
• View as Appendix C, Forida Building Code (ICC order online)

Radon Resistant New Construction Training:

This is a list of construction contractors that attended the Department of Health's sponsored Florida Homebuilders Association trainings held during the month of April, 2010. This training was an awareness course on the radon resistant new construction (RRNC) techniques of the Florida Statewide Building Code.