Thanks for your reply!
You are correct about sentence (2) being an out for the pre-qualified anchor requirements. That is an excellent and helpful observation and something I had missed when I made my post.
However, it seems that the requirements of 4.1.8.2 are pretty strict. Even for some...
Thanks for your reply!
I agree. The code requirements, indeed, seem to have not considered your run-of-the-mill TI. Like a 8' tall, interior wall in an office space. Must they really now use pre-qualified anchors when in the past a PAF or two every 16" o/c would have been fine? I would really...
TLDR version: Is everyone using pre-qualified fasteners to connect their steel stud walls to concrete slabs in light of Clause 4.1.8.18.(7)(d)) of the NBC 2020?
First off, this is my first Eng-Tips post, so apologies if I get any of the procedures wrong. I did search for answers to this post...
