Pursuant to Section 29(1)(a) of the Building Code Act, 1992, the Director of the Housing Development and Buildings Branch, as delegate of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Minister), hereby approves the use of Stavebolt (standard model), subject to the following terms and conditions:

1. MANUFACTURER/AGENT

   Building with Logs, Ltd.
   Box 132
   Midhurst, ON
   L0L 1X0

   Tel: (705) 721-1911
   Fax: (705) 721-4798

2. MANUFACTURING FACILITIES

   D & M Welding and Machine
   Highway 93
   Hillsdale, Ontario
   L0L 1V0
   

3. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS
   1. The use of Stavebolt (standard model) is approved as a tensile connector for timber when the structure is designed under Part 4 or Part 9 of Ontario Regulation 403/97, as amended or remade from time to time (the Ontario Building Code) in accordance with CSA 086.1-94, “Engineering Design in Wood (Limit States Design)”;

   2. The use of Stavebolt (standard model) must comply with the Building Code Act, 1992; and, except as specifically provided otherwise in this Ruling, with the Ontario Building Code;

   3. The use of Stavebolt (standard model) must be in accordance with Canadian Construction Materials Centre (CCMC) Evaluation Report ? CCMC 12978-R (the Evaluation Report) issued on June 20, 2000, provided that references in the Evaluation Report to Parts 4 and 9 of the National Building Code of Canada, 1995 shall be deemed to be references to Sentences 9.4.1.1.(1) and 4.3.1.1.(1) of the Ontario Building Code;

   4. A copy of this Ruling shall be attached to the application for a building permit; and,

   5. This Ruling is valid only for Stavebolt (standard model) manufactured at the facilities outlined in Section 2. (Manufacturing Facilities) of this Ruling.

   
   

4. GENERAL CONDITIONS

   The Minister or his/her delegate may amend or revoke this Ruling if:

   1. the Evaluation Report is amended by the CCMC;

   2. the Evaluation Report expires in accordance with the CCMC's General Conditions for Evaluation Reports;

   3. the Evaluation Report is rendered void in accordance with the CCMC's General Conditions for Evaluation Reports by reason of alterations to the product or relocation of manufacturing facilities, described in the Evaluation Report, without prior agreement by the CCMC;

   4. the Evaluation Report is withdrawn by the CCMC in accordance with the CCMC's General Conditions for Evaluation Reports where, in the opinion of the CCMC:
      
      
      1. the level of performance, in-situ, of the product described in the Evaluation Report is unsatisfactory;

      2. the proponent of such product fails to fulfil its obligations as set out in the CCMC's General Conditions for Evaluation Reports; or

      3. such product may pose any danger to the health or safety of the user of such product;

   5. the Minister or his/her delegate determines that the use of the material, system or building design authorized by this Ruling:
      1. will not comply with the Building Code Act, 1992 or any relevant law as they may be amended or reenacted from time to time; or

      2. provides an unsatisfactory level of performance, in situ; or

   6. any Ontario Building Code provision relevant to this Ruling is amended or remade.

DATED AT TORONTO THIS 7^th, DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2000.

ALI ARLANI, DIRECTOR (A)
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDINGS BRANCH