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<p class="MsoNormal">Leslie, a few thoughts/points of law:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Fla. Stat. §489.503(5) specifically <i>exempts</i> the following activities from the definition of electrical contracting: “The sale or installation of
<i>any finished products</i>, materials, or articles of merchandise which are not actually fabricated into, and do not become a permanent fixed part of, the structure.” (Emphasis added.).
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<p class="MsoNormal">The definition of “Contractor” also includes a finished product exemption for “[t]he sale or installation of any finished products, materials, or articles of merchandise that are
<i>not fabricated into and do not become a permanent fixed part of the structure</i>, such as awnings.” Fla. Stat. § 489.103(6) (emphasis added).
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Improve” is defined in Fla. Stat. § 713.01(14) as follows: “[to] build, erect, place, make, alter, remove, repair, or demolish any improvement over, upon, connected with, or beneath the surface of real property.” An “improvement” is further
defined as “any building, structure, construction, demolition, excavation, solid-waste removal, landscaping, or any part thereof existing, built, erected, placed, made, or done on land or other real property
<i>for its permanent benefit</i>.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In <i>Palm Beach Mall, Inc. v. Southeast Millwork, Inc.</i>, 593 So. 2d 1121 (Fla. 4<sup>th</sup> DCA 1992), a mall kiosk was required to be constructed pursuant to contract. The work for the kiosk involved hardwiring the kiosk into the
power system which was considered a permanent installation. The hardwiring would have required a licensed electrician. The court found that the construction of the kiosk was not an “improvement” under Fla. Stat. § 713.01(6), and overturned enforcement of
the construction lien.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As noted above, there is a finished product exception. There is not a lot of caselaw on the issue, so it will largely depend on your judge whether your product could be deemed a “finished product” and therefore falling within the exception.
If your improvements are not permanent (i.e. could be easily removed if the tenant leaves the building, better yet, were originally intended to be removed at a date certain in the future) and not structural, you can argue the equipment does not does not meet
the definition of improvement and therefore is not construction (therefore not requiring a license). There may be a 100 different thoughts out there on this, but we did successfully defend a client who did not have a license, whose work required significant
on site assembly of what we successfully argued was sale of a finished product and non-permanent, non-structural improvement. This all said, if you are not in litigation, you probably would best serve your client by going to the CILB directly with your inquiry.
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<b>Subject:</b> [CLC-Discussion] Licensure Question - Commercial Water Treatment/Filtration Systems and Facilities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good evening. Hope you all have had a great weekend! I have a general licensure question that I am hoping someone has some experience with ……<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Presume we have a company which specializes in the design and manufacture of complex commercial water filtration systems for large facilities.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The company has been asked to not only design and fabricate the water system (some of which happens off site and out of state), but to remove/demolish the owner's existing system and install the new system
on site.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The on site work includes the installation of storage tanks, pumps, compressors, ducting, control valves, and other equipment, plus the electrical wiring, the foundations and structural systems necessary
to support same.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The work would involve the hiring of subcontractors to perform the on site work and to fabricate some of the components, as well as the hiring of local engineering sub-consultants with respect to the on
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<p class="MsoNormal">Presume this company is not licensed as a general contractor or an engineer with the Fla. Department of Business and Professional Regulation. What type of licensure would this company actually need in order to offer these services? Is
this company required to be a licensed engineering firm under Chap. 471, Fla. Statutes or a licensed GC under Section 489, Fla. Statutes, or both? I am wondering if there are any exceptions or factual distinctions for this type of manufacturing or systems
I may be overlooking.<o:p></o:p></p>
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