2014 Florida Building Code® Advanced 5th Edition: Significant Changes to the Building Code - Internet

Biography

T. Eric Stafford is a registered professional engineer specializing in wind hazard mitigation and code development activities. He is currently President of T. Eric Stafford & Associates and serves as a building code consultant for various groups, including the Institute for Business and Home Safety. Stafford recently partnered with ASCR Press to publish the Significant Changes to the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7-10 and Significant Changes to the Seismic Load Provisions of ASCE 7-10. Stafford has also partnered with International Code Council, Building Officials Association of Florida and AIA Florida to publish Commentaries on the Florida Building Codes and Commentaries on the North Carolina Building Codes. Previously, he served as Vice President/Technical Services for the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes. He has a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and a Master of Science (Structural emphasis) from Auburn University. Stafford is a member of ASCE 7 Task Committee on Wind Loads, previous member of the National Hurricane Conference Planning Committee, Chairman Emeritus of the National Hurricane eConference Engineering Topic Committee, a member of the ICC 600 Committee, Former Staff Liaison to the SBCCI Wind Load Committee and former Staff Liaison to the International Building Code Structural Code Development Committee. Stafford is national lecturer on the wind provision of the International Building Code and ASCE 7. Stafford also was a Manager of Codes for the International Code Council and Director/Code Development for the Southern Building Code Congress. He was the recipient of the 2004 National Hurricane eConference Hurricane Mitigation Award.