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Since the changes in the 2009 IBC for anchor rods in concrete (ACI 318 Appendix D), I have had trouble designing an anchor for the largest of Simpson's holddowns. Using the Simpson SSTB and SB anchors, the capacity of the anchor is less than 10k for a corner application in SDC C-F. The highest...

Thanks for the suggestion. It will work in this case and I'll add it to the "bag of tricks" for the future!

Since the advent of App. D, the task of holding down shear walls to existing residential foundations has become daunting. I am faced with yet another project where I can't get any anchor to work for even the small loads (2 - 3k wind, 1.5 - 2k seismic Cat D) on this project. The existing...