Numerous Acceptance Criteria Considered during February Evaluation Committee Meeting

The ICC-ES Evaluation Committee welcomes it's newest members. From left, Brian Tollisen, Ali Fattah, Tom Barrs and Scott Marsell (Chairman). The ICC-ES Evaluation Committee considered new and revised Acceptance Criteria developed by ICC-ES technical staff in consult with report applicants and input from interested parties during its first meeting of the year February 9–10 in Los Angeles. Of the 16 agenda items‚ which included one newly proposed acceptance criteria and proposed revisions to 15 acceptance criteria, 12 were approved. The next Evaluation Committee Meeting will be held June 7-9 in Los Angeles. 1. AC304 — Acceptance Criteria for Inspection Agencies. Revisions are approved to include additional requirements for those desiring to reduce the number of follow-up inspections per year from the four inspections currently required. 2. AC428 — Acceptance Criteria for Modular Framing Systems Used to Support Photovoltaic (PV) Modules. Revisions were approved to allow the use of friction clips to support gravity or sustained loads in addition to resisting seismic forces associated to buildings assigned to certain Occupancy Groups and Seismic Design Categories and to address the need for special inspections. 3. AC46 — Acceptance Criteria for Cold-formed Steel Framing Members. Revisions were approved to add an appendix to the criteria to address requirements of the 2006 International Codes and to add provisions to the criteria to address deflection tracks. 4. AC262 — Acceptance Criteria for Horizontal Diaphragms Consisting of Wood Structural Panel Sheathing Attached to Cold-formed Steel Framing. Revisions proposed to this criteria were held for further study. 5. AC70 — Acceptance Criteria for Fasteners Power-driven into Concrete, Steel and Masonry Elements. Revisions were approved to address the need to include requirements for fasteners attaching wood structural panel diaphragms to structural steel supports and to address the issue of pin penetration into steel. 6. AC120 — Acceptance Criteria for Wood Screws Used in Horizontal Diaphragms, Vertical Shear Walls, and Braced Walls. Revisions were approved to revise the title to include braced walls so that the title more accurately reflects the scope of the criteria; to update the criteria to address the 2006 and 2009 International Codes; to update Section 1.3 to reference current editions of standards and to include reference to standards cited in the criteria; to add section 1.4 to clarify definitions of types and grades of wood structural panels; to revise Section 4.1 and add a new Section 4.8 to address wood screws used in shear walls and braced walls in assigned to Seismic Design Categories above Category B; to revise Section 4.1.2 to address LRFD factored shear capacity in addition to allowable shear capacity; to revise the requirement for full-scale static-load testing in Section 4.1.4; to revise Section 4.2.2 to clarify that test specimens for the side-by-side comparative test are cut from the same unit of panels and lumbers; to revise Section 4.2.3 as it relates to the required number of tests; to revise Section 4.3.1 by incorporating requirements found in AC230 and AC116 and revise Sections 4.4 through 4.7 to coordinate with these changes; to revise Section 4.4.3 to clarify that mean slip value at design load is to be used for the purpose of comparison; to revise Section 4.6.1 to reference ASTM D 1037 in lieu of ASTM D 1761; and to revise Section 6 to include basic product information, end use of the products, and special inspection requirements. 7. AC269 — Acceptance Criteria for Racking Shear Evaluation of Proprietary Sheathing Materials Attached to Light-frame Wall Construction or Code-complying Sheathing Attached to Light-framed Walls with Proprietary Fasteners. Revisions proposed to this criteria were held for further study. 8. AC417 — Acceptance Criteria for 1/2-inch Sag-Resistant Gypsum Ceiling Board. Revisions were approved to add provisions to allow the use of mechanical fasteners to attach the ceiling boards (along with an accompanying change to the title of the criteria), to enhance the deflection criteria of boards used in applications involving mechanical fasteners, and to make needed clarifications and editorial changes. 9. AC02 — Acceptance Criteria for Reflective Foil Insulation. Revisions proposed to this criteria were held for further study. 10. AC306 — Acceptance Criteria for Pin-connected Open-web Trusses with Wood Chords with Tubular or Angular Steel Webs. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to address the 2009 International Codes, to include provisions for angular steel web members (along with an accompanying change in title), and to address public comments received during alternative agenda postings. 11. AC430 — Proposed Acceptance Criteria for Deck Harness Devices and Assemblies for Residential Decks. This new criteria for proprietary deck harness devices and assemblies for residential decks as an alternative hold-down-tension devices prescribed in Section R502.2.2.3 of the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC) was held for further study. 12. AC47 — Acceptance Criteria for Structural Wood-based Products. Revisions were approved to add provisions for the evaluation of acetylated wood used as deck boards and guardrail systems to the criteria. 13. AC12 — Acceptance Criteria for Foam Plastic Insulation. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to address the 2009 International Codes; to update the standards referenced in Section 1.3; to add ASTM E 96, ASTM E2178 and NFPA 285 to Section 1.3; to modify the language in Section 3.3 to reference construction types in the IBC; to revise section 3.4.5 to clarify that the desiccant method of ASTM E 96 must be used for water vapor transmission tests; to revise Section 4.5.11.6 to include ASTM E 2178 as an alternate test method to determine air permeance and remove the word "conditioned" from the description of unvented attic assemblies; and to add a new Section 6.6 to address instances where the foam plastic is used in exterior walls of Type 1 through Type IV construction. 14. MISC 1 — Acceptance Criteria for Special Roofing (AC07), Membrane Roof-Covering Systems (AC75), Adhesive Attachment of Concrete or Clay Tiles (AC152), Metal Roof Coverings (AC166) and Clay and Concrete Roof Tiles (AC180). Revisions were approved to revise the quality control provisions of AC152 and AC166 to require third-party follow-up inspections per requirements of the 2009 International Building Code and the 2009 IRC. 15. AC148 — Acceptance Criteria for Flexible Flashing Materials. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to address the 2009 International Codes and delete reference to the UBC, to revise the criteria to reference the 2007 edition of AAMA 711, to delete portions of the criteria in favor of referencing AAMA 711, to revise Section 4.1.3 to clarify the tensile strength test protocol and acceptance conditions, and to make various editorial revisions. 16. AC38 — Acceptance Criteria for Water-Resistive Barriers. Revisions were approved to include a new Section 5.3 for optional recognition for use of Grade D paper-based weather resistive barriers in noncombustible construction.