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Plain-English articles on permits, wind design, and what actually holds a court up in hurricane country. Written by the engineers who seal the calculations.
The explainer
Why Florida courts get permitted as temporary structures with a take-down condition, what a permanent permit requires under FBC and ASCE 7-22, and what happens at the next storm.
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August 31, 2026
What Risk Category I means under ASCE 7, how much wind speed and cost it can save, and when a building department will accept it — and when it won't.
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August 31, 2026
Dead, wind, and seismic loads; the Chapter 29 freestanding-wall method; the 3D structural model; and why 12 mm tempered court glass is a different animal from a house window.
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