True Power Systems · Consulting Engineers
True Power Systems delivers mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design for Florida architects, developers, and building operators. HVAC load and ventilation design, power distribution, plumbing and process piping, PE-stamped and coordinated in Revit.
Code Summary · Florida
These are the editions Florida actually enforces, verified against Effective Dates, Florida Building Commission. Drawings coordinated to the wrong edition fail plan review; ours are designed to these.
| Discipline | Adopted edition |
|---|---|
| Building | Florida Building Code, Building, 8th Edition (2023) Florida writes its own suite; model code 2021 IBC |
| Mechanical | FBC Mechanical, 8th Edition (2023) model code 2021 IMC |
| Plumbing | FBC Plumbing, 8th Edition (2023) model code 2021 IPC |
| Electrical | 2023 National Electrical Code adopted through Chapter 27 of the Building volume |
| Energy | FBC Energy Conservation, 8th Edition (2023) Florida-specific, drawn from the 2021 IECC commercial provisions |
| Fuel gas | FBC Fuel Gas, 8th Edition (2023) model code 2021 IFGC |
| Accessibility | FBC Accessibility, 8th Edition (2023) incorporates the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design |
| Existing buildings | FBC Existing Building, 8th Edition (2023) model code 2021 IEBC |
Adopted and enforced by the Florida Building Commission (FBC). Source: Effective Dates, Florida Building Commission
Design Criteria
ASHRAE Zones 1A / 2A
hot-humid
Florida is the hottest and most humid design environment in the country, spanning zones 1A and 2A with essentially no heating season. Latent load runs the design: dehumidification capacity, part-load performance, and positive building pressure decide whether a building stays dry, and undersized latent capacity is the failure we are most often called in to correct.
Project Locations
Plan Review Notes
Florida does not adopt the International Codes directly. The Florida Building Commission writes an integrated Florida Building Code suite, updated on a three-year cycle, and it is adopted for use statewide without action by local government. Local jurisdictions enforce it and may add technical amendments only under strict statutory conditions, so the code is unusually consistent across the state.
The enforced edition is the 8th Edition (2023), in force since December 31, 2023, covering the Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, Fuel Gas, Energy Conservation, Accessibility, and Existing Building volumes. Electrical work follows the 2023 National Electrical Code, adopted through Chapter 27 of the Building volume, which puts Florida on a newer NEC than most of the Southeast.
The next cycle is close. The 9th Edition (2026), built on the 2024 International Codes, is scheduled to take effect December 31, 2026, and permits applied for before that date stay under the 8th Edition. For projects designing through the back half of 2026 that date is a real scheduling input, and we plan submittal timing around it. Every Florida deliverable True Power Systems issues is sealed by a Professional Engineer licensed in the state.
Services Schedule · Florida
Full MEP scope under one roof, scheduled the way you'd schedule equipment. Every line ships sealed by a Florida-licensed PE.
| Mark | Service | Scope | Basis of design |
|---|---|---|---|
| M-1 | Mechanical & HVAC Design | Load and ventilation design, ductwork and air distribution, control sequences, and energy modeling. Sized for the Florida climate rather than a rule of thumb, with equipment schedules a contractor can actually buy from. | FBC Mechanical, 8th Edition (2023) · ASHRAE 62.1 · ASHRAE 90.1 |
| E-1 | Electrical Design | Power distribution, lighting and branch circuiting, service and gear sizing, emergency and standby power, and EV charging infrastructure. Documented so the electrical contractor is not guessing at intent. | 2023 National Electrical Code · NECA |
| P-1 | Plumbing Design | Domestic water and sanitary, hot water recirculation, natural gas and propane piping, specialty and process piping, and compressed air. Designed to the code Florida actually enforces, which is not always the model code. | FBC Plumbing, 8th Edition (2023) |
| C-1 | Revit & BIM Coordination | Modeled in Revit and coordinated against the architectural and structural models, with clash detection run before the drawings leave our office. Conflicts get resolved on screen instead of in the ceiling. | Revit · AutoCAD MEP · Bluebeam |
| ES-1 | Power System Studies | Arc flash, short-circuit, coordination, harmonic, and load flow studies when a Florida project needs the electrical design backed by analysis. The same engineers who design the system model it. | NFPA 70E · IEEE 1584 · IEEE 519 |
| CA-1 | Construction Support | Shop drawing review, RFI response, utility coordination, field observation, and commissioning support. We stay on the project after the permit set, because that is when most of the questions arrive. | Construction administration |
Load and ventilation design, ductwork and air distribution, control sequences, and energy modeling. Sized for the Florida climate rather than a rule of thumb, with equipment schedules a contractor can actually buy from.
FBC Mechanical, 8th Edition (2023) · ASHRAE 62.1 · ASHRAE 90.1
Power distribution, lighting and branch circuiting, service and gear sizing, emergency and standby power, and EV charging infrastructure. Documented so the electrical contractor is not guessing at intent.
2023 National Electrical Code · NECA
Domestic water and sanitary, hot water recirculation, natural gas and propane piping, specialty and process piping, and compressed air. Designed to the code Florida actually enforces, which is not always the model code.
FBC Plumbing, 8th Edition (2023)
Modeled in Revit and coordinated against the architectural and structural models, with clash detection run before the drawings leave our office. Conflicts get resolved on screen instead of in the ceiling.
Revit · AutoCAD MEP · Bluebeam
Arc flash, short-circuit, coordination, harmonic, and load flow studies when a Florida project needs the electrical design backed by analysis. The same engineers who design the system model it.
NFPA 70E · IEEE 1584 · IEEE 519
Shop drawing review, RFI response, utility coordination, field observation, and commissioning support. We stay on the project after the permit set, because that is when most of the questions arrive.
Construction administration
Legend · Who We Work With
If your work touches buildings in Florida, one of these is you. Architects lead most of our engagements; contractors and owners come to us directly just as often.
We run the MEP scope as a consultant to the architect on Florida projects, from concept through construction administration. One engineering team across mechanical, electrical, and plumbing, coordinated in your model.
MEP design for Florida ground-up projects, tenant fit-outs, and building repositioning. We size systems against a real pro forma, so the mechanical scope is not the line item that blows the budget at bid.
Engineering support for Florida mechanical and plumbing contractors who need sealed drawings, load calculations, or equipment selection on a design-build job. We work to your means and methods rather than against them.
Process-support HVAC, industrial ventilation and dust collection, compressed air, and process piping for Florida plants and food processing facilities. Designed around the production line, not around a template.
Cooling and power design for Florida data centers and mission-critical rooms, including redundancy strategy, capacity planning, and the electrical analysis that has to back the design.
MEP design for Florida healthcare, K-12, and higher education facilities, where ventilation requirements, pressure relationships, and life-safety systems drive the design and the review.
Florida Market Data
26,847
Manufacturing
427,742 workers
92,411
Healthcare & social assistance
1,412,983 workers
12,573
Educational services
636,907 workers
3,367
Data centers & hosting
29,808 workers
881,921 total Florida establishments · establishment counts per sector statewide: the market, not a client list. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages
Keynotes · Why TPS
The reasons design teams keep us on the next project, keyed like notes on a plan.
A single engineering team carries all three disciplines, so coordination happens inside one office instead of across three subconsultants. One contract, one point of responsibility, one set.
We model in your environment and run clash detection against the architectural and structural models before drawings go out. Conflicts get resolved on screen, not in the ceiling.
The editions on sheet G-001 are what we design to, verified against the state’s own publication. Plan review goes smoother when the drawings and the reviewer read the same book.
Arc flash, short-circuit, and coordination studies come from the same engineers who design the distribution. Most MEP firms sub this out; we consider it part of the electrical scope.
Shop drawing review, RFI response, and field observation are in the fee, because most of a project’s hard questions arrive during construction, not design.
Included With Every Project
Firm Data
Design tools: Revit · AutoCAD MEP · Carrier HAP · Trane TRACE 3D Plus · Bluebeam
General Notes · Florida
The questions Florida design teams and owners ask before they hire us, answered the way we'd note them on a set.
Florida enforces the Florida Building Code, Mechanical, 8th Edition (2023), which is drawn from the 2021 International Mechanical Code but published by the Florida Building Commission as part of its own integrated code suite rather than adopted as the model code.
The 9th Edition (2026), based on the 2024 International Codes, is scheduled to take effect December 31, 2026. Permits applied for before that date remain under the 8th Edition (2023), so submittal timing is worth planning deliberately on projects running through late 2026.
Florida enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code, adopted through Chapter 27 of the Florida Building Code, Building volume. That is a newer NEC than most Southeastern states, so design teams should confirm GFCI, surge protection, and disconnect requirements against the 2023 edition.
Commercial buildings follow the Florida Building Code, Energy Conservation, 8th Edition (2023). It is a Florida-specific code that draws its commercial provisions from the 2021 IECC rather than adopting the IECC outright.
Florida spans ASHRAE climate zones 1A and 2A, hot-humid, with essentially no heating season. Latent load governs the design, so dehumidification capacity, part-load performance, and maintaining positive building pressure matter far more than peak sensible tonnage.
Construction documents used for permit must be sealed by a Professional Engineer licensed in the State of Florida. True Power Systems holds an active Florida PE license and stamps every Florida deliverable.
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