Results of the February 2012 ICC-ES Evaluation Committee Meeting

1. AC442 — Acceptance Criteria for Spray-applied Sealants. This new criteria to provide requirements for spray-applied foam sealants was held for further study.

2. AC180 — Acceptance Criteria for Clay and Concrete Roof Tiles. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to include the 2012 codes and delete the UBC, allow permeability testing to be conducted to the 2011 edition of ASTM C 1167 as an alternative to testing in accordance with the 2003 edition, and update the quality control requirements to reflect changes made to AC304.

3. AC264 — Acceptance Criteria for Wood Structural Panels Laminated with an Inert, Inorganic Fire Shield. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to include the 2012 codes, add a definition for "inert, inorganic fire shield", add provisions to allow recognition of the product for use in exterior walls of buildings of Type III construction, and incorporate editorial revisions.

4. AC48 — Acceptance Criteria for Self-adhered Underlayments for Use as Ice Barriers. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to include the 2012 codes and delete the UBC; revise the title and scope of the criteria to better align it with the terminology and ice barrier provisions of the IBC and IRC; clarify requirements for use in fire classified roofing and use with adhesively attached roofing tiles; delete the requirements for temperature-cycling and water percolation testing; update the quality control requirements to reflect changes made to AC304; update referenced standards; and incorporate editorial improvements.

5. AC188 — Acceptance Criteria for Roof Underlayments. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to include the 2009 and 2012 codes and delete the UBC; clarify that the criteria provides an alternate means to qualify self-adhered membranes as roofing underlayments; clarify that the products may be optionally qualified for additional uses such as with fire classified roofing, as an ice barrier when two layers are cemented together, and with adhesively attached roofing tiles as well as setting forth requirements to address how these applications can be qualified; update referenced standards; update quality control requirements to reflect changes made to AC304; and add a requirement that a condition of use be included in evaluation reports to clarify how fire classification requirements of the codes were addressed.

6. AC207 — Acceptance Criteria for Polypropylene Roof Underlayments. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to include the 2006, 2009 and 2012 codes and delete the UBC and 2003 codes; update referenced standards; clarify how the underlayment may be used and installed as an ice barrier when two layers are cemented together; editorially revise the criteria to replace rupture resistance with fastener pull-through resistance; clarify how the underlayments may be optionally qualified for use with fire classified roofing; editorially revise the quality control requirements to reflect changes made to AC304; add a requirement that a condition of use be included in evaluation reports to clarify how fire classification requirements of the codes were addressed; and add a requirement that evaluation reports limit the use of the underlayments to use on roofs with vented attics.

7. AC177 — Acceptance Criteria for Translucent Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Faced Panel Wall, Roof and Skylight Systems. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to include the 2009 and 2012 codes, which includes a provision that roof panels be evaluated for a 300 pound concentrated live load.

8. AC441 — Proposed Acceptance Criteria for Epoxy Adhesives Used With Thin Stone Veneer and Ceramic Tile. This new criteria to address requirements for epoxy adhesives used with thin stone veneer and ceramic tile was held for further study.

9. AC308 — Acceptance Criteria for Post-Installed Adhesive Anchors. Revisions were approved to clarify that the provisions for the assessment of multiple anchors in Annex A, Section 4.5.1 apply to threaded rods, clarify that test specimens used for the punch tests included in the durability assessment provisions of Annex A, Section 9.8 must be tested within a certain time period from being removed from storage and that moisture content within that time period must not be allowed to decline; and incorporate editorial revisions.

10. AC70 — Acceptance Criteria for Fasteners Power-Driven into Concrete, Steel and Masonry Elements. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to include the 2012 codes, partially reinstate Table 2 from earlier editions of the criteria to address wood sill plate attachments, and revise Section 3.3.1 to clarify that the adjustment factor for the base material is to be treated separately from the adjustment factor for the fastener.

11. AC120 — Acceptance Criteria for Wood Screws Used in Horizontal Diaphragms, Shear Walls and Braced Walls. Revisions were approved to require full-scale diaphragm/shear wall testing when screw fasteners have penetrations less than the minimum, code-prescribed nail penetrations; revise provisions concerning mean slip from lateral load testing; clarify that the small-scale testing is required for applications in all seismic design categories; define code-prescribed nails; clarify fastener penetrations; clarify inspection requirements; and make editorial revisions.

12. AC116 — Acceptance Criteria for Nails and Spikes. Revisions were approved clarify that the scope of the criteria applies only to connections having side members of engineering materials and make improvements to the additional requirements of the criteria that are applicable to fasteners used as substitutes for code-complying fasteners in diaphragms and shear walls.

13. AC14 — Acceptance Criteria for Prefabricated Wood I-joists. Revisions were approved to include a new Appendix A to address requirements of the 2012 codes, add new provisions dealing with diaphragm testing for I-joists having flange depths of less than 15/16 inches, revise the lateral support provisions of the criteria to reference applicable requirements of the 2012 NDS for cases where the bottom flange is in compression, and add a section to address establishment of equivalency to the fire performance of assemblies described in Exception 4 to Section R501.3 of the 2012 IRC.

14. AC04 — Acceptance Criteria for Sandwich Panels. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to include the 2012 codes, amend Appendix A to add provisions for combined axial compression and in-plane cyclic testing on "Assembly C", and revise Appendix A to add guidance for calculating shear wall deflection based on analysis of the test data.

15. AC440 — Acceptance Criteria for Lateral Force-Resisting Vertical Wood Truss Wall Assemblies. This new criteria to provide requirements to confirm the use on metal-plated wooden trusses as substitute in-plane shear-resisting vertical components of an otherwise code-complying lateral force-resisting system was held for further study.

16. AC326 — Acceptance Criteria for Proprietary Wood Preservative Systems – Common Requirements for Treatment Process, Test Methods and Performance. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to include the 2012 codes; list the appendices of the criteria in Section 1.2 of the criteria; and add provisions concerning identification on nonconforming materials that are to be segregated in accordance with AC10.

17. AC368 — Acceptance Criteria for Suspended Ceiling Framing Systems. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to include the 2012 codes; allow an alternate method for seismic qualification which would be based on testing in accordance with AC156; include provisions of ASTM E 580 into applicable sections of the criteria; include a requirement for special inspection of suspended ceiling systems used in for buildings assigned to Seismic Design Categories C, D, E, and F when such systems are seismically qualified through testing as an alternative to industry standard construction practices; and update the quality control requirements to reflect changes made to AC304.

18. AC439 — Acceptance Criteria for Glass Railing and Balustrade System. This new criteria was approved to provide requirements for the evaluation of glass railing and balustrade systems.

19. AC375 — Acceptance Criteria for Field-constructed Fireplace Systems Using Prefabricated Blocks. Revisions were approved to update the criteria to include the 2012 codes; limit recognition of fireplace systems in Seismic Design Category C to those using factory-built chimneys; exclude recognition of the air leakage provisions of the 2009 and 2012 editions of the IECC and IRC; incorporate requirements to meet ANSI Standards Z21.60, Z21.91 and Z21.11.2; include seismic testing for use in Seismic Design Category C; delete reference to masonry chimney reinforcement in Section 3.7.1; require test reports to include justification when representative testing is employed in lieu of full testing in accordance with UL 127; clarify test requirements for qualifying fireplaces for use with doors; add a new section to include qualifying inspections to reflect changes made to AC304; and make editorial revisions.