I believe that report (ESR-1771) on Simpson product addresses to bolts in masonry application. Is it not or
have I overlooked?
Chris Tse
The following are approved from Hilti per 2006 IBC
Kwik Bolt TZ (ESR-1917) (expensive)
HSL 3 (ESR-1545) (very expensive)
HDA (ESR-1546) (very very expensive)
Simson has the following
Strong-Bolt (ESR-1771) (expensive)
We do a lot of anchorage for Hospitals and OSHPD and other governing agencies still allow the use of the old ICC reports. You have to check with the AHJ.
Good luck
Marlou B. Rodriguez, S.E.
MBRodriguez Engineering, Inc.
2355 Oakland Road, Suite 14
San Jose, CA 95131
Tel: 408-432-4866 x200
Cell: 408-761-5013
email: mbrodrig@mbrodriguez.com
From: Mark D. Baker [mailto:shake4bake@verizon.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:05 AM
Thanks Bill and Bob for responding to this, it is one of those things that brings me back to "where are the dead bodies".
Regards,
Mark D. Baker
Baker Engineering
From: Bill Allen [mailto:T.W.Allen@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:16 AM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: RE: ACI 318 App D, and wedge anchors
I believe there are only two that are approved. They would be the Simpson Strong Bolt and the Hilti TZ Quik Bolt.
The list has indeed shrunk.
The manufacturers are not standing by. It's expensive and time consuming to do the cracked concrete test in an outside lab for all the various conditions according to the current ICC acceptance criteria.
T. William (Bill) Allen, S.E.
Consulting Structural Engineers
V (949) 248-8588 • F(949) 209-2509-----Original Message-----
From: Mark D. Baker [mailto:shake4bake@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:00 AM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: ACI 318 App D, and wedge anchors
I admittedly have not dug that far into appendix D and am seeking a quick answer from those who have.
An architect told me last week that on a project where anchoring equipment to a concrete slab the plan checker advised that wedge anchors were no longer allowed by ACI 318……….can this be possible?
I can't imagine the manufacturers of mechanical anchors ($$$$$$$$) standing by while something like this got written into code.
Mark D. Baker
Baker Engineering