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Items for the February 2006 ICC-ES Evaluation Committee Meeting:

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

  1. AC62—Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate (DOT) Wood-preservative Treatment by Pressure Processes. Revisions are proposed to address DOT with proprietary polymer binders, and to revise the criteria to reference AC326 where applicable. click here
  2. AC148—Flashing Materials [to be renamed Flashing Membranes, Self-adhering and Mechanically Fastened]. Revisions are proposed to add recognition of mechanically fastened membranes. click here
  3. AC268—Organic and Quaternary Organic Wood Preservative Systems [to be retitled Organic, Quaternary Organic and Triazole-imidacloprid Organic Wood Preservative Systems]. Revisions are proposed to add a new organic wood preservative, to include an exception for quaternary organic wood preservative systems from the preservative permanence tests, to add an aboveground field test procedure, and to reference AC326 where applicable. click here
  4. AC203—Zinc Borate Preservative Treatment of Structural Composite Lumber by Non-pressure Processes. Revisions are proposed to expand the scope of the criteria to include requirements for corrosive effects on metals, to update the references to current AWPA standards, and to revise Table 1 to reflect the current requirements of AWPA N2. click here
  5. AC269—Racking Shear Evaluation of Proprietary Sheathing Materials Used as Braced Wall Panels. Revisions are proposed to allow evaluation of proprietary sheathing materials as alternates to wood structural panels in wall bracing applications permitted by the prescriptive provisions of Section R602.10.5 of the IRC. click here
  6. AC233—Alternate Dowel-type Threaded Fasteners Less Than 1/4 Inch in Diameter. Revisions are proposed to include provisions for using tested values to determine dowel bearing strength, and to include a requirement for third-party inspections of manufacturing. click here
  7. AC295—Laminated Fibrous Board Sheathing Material. A new criteria is proposed for laminated fibrous board sheathing material used as nonstructural and structural sheathing over wood and steel stud walls on buildings of Type V construction. The proposed criteria was previously considered by the Evaluation Committee at the February 2005 meeting. click here
  8. AC120—Wood Screws [to be retitled Wood Screws Used in Horizontal Diaphragms and Vertical Shear Walls]. Revisions are proposed to update the criteria to the 2003 International Codes and to limit the scope of the criteria to the use of wood screws in horizontal diaphragms and vertical shear walls. click here
  9. AC66—Fire-retardant-treated Wood. Revisions are proposed to add requirements for corrosion testing of metals. click here
  10. AC174—Deck Board Span Ratings and Guardrail Systems (Guards and Handrails). Revisions are proposed to add requirements for glass in-fill in guardrail systems, to include an exemption for termite testing, to address testing of stair treads, to clarify current wording in the criteria, and to address labeling. click here
  11. AC109—Thermoplastic Composite Lumber Products. Revisions are proposed to include an exception to the requirements for termite testing. click here

Thursday, February 2, 2006

  1. AC344—Riveted Connections of Cold-formed Steel Structural Members Using Self-piercing Rivets. A new criteria is proposed. click here
  2. AC343—Composite Open Web Steel Joists with Concrete Decks. A new criteria is proposed. click here
  3. AC43—Acceptance Criteria for Steel Deck Roof and Floor Systems. Revisions are proposed based upon suggestions from industry. The proposed revisions were previously considered by the Evaluation Committee at the October 2005 meeting. click here
  4. AC306—Pin-connected Open-web Trusses with Wood Chords and Tubular Steel Webs. A new criteria is proposed. The proposed criteria was previously placed on the ICC-ES web site for public comment. click here
  5. AC345—Stay-in-place Forms for Post and Beam Concrete Walls with Jobsite-applied Exterior Finish Systems. A new criteria is proposed. click here
  6. AC340—Patio Covers with Aluminum or Steel Components. A new criteria is proposed. click here
  7. AC322—Prefabricated, Cold-formed, Steel Lateral-load Resisting Assemblies. A new criteria is proposed. The proposed criteria was previously placed on the ICC-ES web site for public comment. click here
  8. AC193—Mechanical Anchors in Concrete Elements. Revisions are proposed for assessment of screw anchors for brittle failure. click here

Friday, February 3, 2006

  1. AC191—Metal Plaster Bases (Lath). Revisions are proposed to include provisions for lath not complying with the weight or wire diameter requirements of the code. click here
  2. AC11—Cementitious Exterior Wall Coatings. A revision is proposed to require all evaluation reports on cementitious exterior wall coatings (one-coat stucco) to use wire lath complying with AC191. click here
  3. AC275—Glass Fiber Lath Used in Cementitious Exterior Wall Coatings or Exterior Cement Plaster (Stucco). This criteria was previously approved by the Evaluation Committee as an evaluation guideline. Revisions are proposed to expand the scope of the criteria to include use of glass fiber lath as an alternate to code-complying (metal) lath in cementitious exterior coating systems and to exterior cement plaster (stucco) complying with the code. click here
  4. MISC1—Metal Plaster Bases (Lath). ICC-ES staff is proposing that all evaluation reports, both legacy reports and new ICC-ES reports, on metal plaster bases (lath) be required to comply with AC191. click here
  5. AC311—Push-fit and Press-connection Fittings for Potable Water Tube and Radiant Heating Systems. A new criteria is proposed. click here
  6. AC122—PP, PEX, and PEX-AL-PEX Piping, Tube and Fittings Used in Radiant Heating and Water Supply Systems. Revisions are proposed to include requirements for recognition of the use of polypropylene piping in radiant systems using aqueous solutions of propylene glycol or ethylene glycol. click here
  7. AC152—Adhesive Attachment of Concrete or Clay Roofing Tiles. Revisions are proposed to include requirements for peel and stick underlayments used as alternatives to 30/90 hot-mopped systems; and to update requirements to the 2003 International Building Code®. click here
  8. AC75—Membrane Roof-covering Systems. Revisions are proposed to address requirements for breaking strength and elongation before and after accelerated weathering. click here

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