TA 5140.30

List of Adhesives

On July 10, 2006, a portion of the suspended ceiling system of the I-90 connector tunnel in Boston, MA collapsed onto a passing car killing the passenger and injuring the driver. The suspended ceiling in the collapsed section was comprised of concrete panels connected to steel hangers suspended from the tunnel concrete ceiling by an adhesive anchor system consisting of stainless steel anchor rods embedded in epoxy. The probable cause of failure of the suspended ceiling system was determined to be the use of an adhesive without adequate resistance to creep.

As a result of this determination the FHWA issued Technical Advisory TA 5140.26, Use and Inspection of Adhesive Anchors in Federal-Aid Projects, to implement safety recommendations to ensure that similar incidents will not occur in the future. At the time TA 5140.26 was issued, it identified the four adhesives products that FHWA was aware were inadequate. Since that time, the investigation has continued to identify adhesives that are re-packaged Sika products that include the fast set hardener (part B of the epoxy). To insure that the best, most up to date information is widely available on these inadequate adhesives, FHWA cancelled TA 5140.26 and issued TA 5140.30, UPDATE: Use and Inspection of Adhesive Anchors in Federal-Aid Projects. Paragraph 3 of TA 5140.30 directs readers to this webpage for a list of adhesives that are defined as "Fast Set epoxy".

These additional adhesives are listed below separated by distributor. As this is a living inventory of Fast Set epoxy "also known as" (AKAs), it will be updated as new information is developed.

• Last Review: February 25, 2008
• Last Addition: February 25, 2008

Sika Corporation

• Sikadur AnchorFix-3
• Sika/Rawl FoilFast
• Sika/Rawl FoilFast (fast set)
• Sika/Rawl FoilFast FS
• Sikadur 881 DBA
• Sikadur DOT-SP3
• Sikadur Injection Gel AnchorFix 3
• Sikadur Injection Gel Fast set

Powers Fasteners, Inc.

• Power-Fast+ Epoxy Injection Gel Fast Set Formula
• Power-Fast +
• Power-Fast Injection Gel
• Power-Fast+ Quick Shot
• Powers Quick Shot
• Powers Rawl Injection Gel Fast Set

Newman Renner Colony, LLC. (Private Labeling of Power Fast Epoxy)

• NRC 1000 Gold Premier Epoxy Fast Set Formula
• NRC - FS Epoxy
• NRC-1000 Gold

Rawlplug Company, Inc.

• Foil-Fast Epoxy Injection Gel Fast Set Formula
• Foil Fast Epoxy Injection Gel
• FoilFast
• Rawl/Sika Foil Fast

Action Bolt & Supply, Inc. or Wurth Action Bolt & Tool Co. (Private Labeling of Power Fast Epoxy)

• Action Bolt A1000 FS
• Action Bolt A1000 QS
• Action Bolt A1000 Quick Shot

Allied Building Products Corp. (Private Labeling of Power Fast Epoxy)

• Allied A-1000
• Allied Gold (A-1000)
• A-1000
• Allied Gold A-100

All Construction Fastening Systems, FL (Private label of Power Fast Epoxy)

• ACFS A-1000

Additional Private Labelings of Power Fast Epoxy

• Hillman Power Fast + Quick Shot
• R-Kex FS (Rawl UK)

Private labeling by Sika of AnchorFix 3

• Tamms Anchor Gel
• Tamms Rapid Set Epoxy Gel

Also the following foreign sold adhesives are suspected:

• Sika Scellement Epoxy (Europe)
• PowerFast PLUS (Australia)