Code Reports

AutoTight® Current Code Reports

ICC Evaluation Service, Inc. ESR-1344
Download PDF from ICC-ES site (90kb)

City of Los Angeles COLA RR 25480
Download PDF from COLA site (100kb)

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AutoTight® Pending Code Reports

City of Los Angeles COLA RR 25480 Pending 2011
Download PDF from our site -Preliminary (13kb)

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ICC Acceptance Criteria for All Hold Down Systems

AC155 - Acceptance Criteria for Shrinkage Compensation Devices, ICC Evaluation Services, Inc.
Purchase AC155 PDF from ICC ES site Released 08/01/2013 (468kb)
ICC-ES now charges for this document.
See new section 6.2.6.2


AC316 - Acceptance Criteria for Shrinkage Compensation Devices, ICC Evaluation Services, Inc.
Purchase AC316 PDF from ICC ES site Released 07/01/2013
ICC-ES now charges for this document.
Download PDF from ICES site of an in-development for-commentary version 02/01/2011 (752kb)
See new section 6.0.6


AC391 - Acceptance Criteria for Shrinkage Compensation Devices, ICC Evaluation Services, Inc.
Purchase AC391 PDF from ICC ES site Released 05/01/2012 (784kb)
ICC-ES now charges for this document.
See new section 6.0.8

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Local Jurisdiction Code Standards

There is currently no specific national code standard or acceptance criteria for complete rod hold down systems. However, some local jurisdictions, including the City of Los Angeles, have established specific standards for rod systems.

City and County of San Francisco - Department of Building Inspection, Structural Bulletin, SB-04-08
Download PDF from SFDBI site (135kb)
See Section 3
System Elongation = 0.179


The City of San Diego - Development Services, Technical Policy, B-16-1
Download PDF from City of SD site (423kb)
See Section 26
Rod Elongation Limit 0.125 / floor