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That's great Kalico. I tend to write in a criptic way for these responses. Actually, non-qualified connections can be used with an R value of 1 as per an administrative bulletin for San Diego County. It is not in FEMA 350.

I have a 3-story wood framed structure with offset shearwalls. Do I increase the lateral loads specific to the offset lines by 280% and then specify for unit shear values and holdowns? These values get to be very large by the time I get to the 1st floor. What happens if I'm offset vertically...

Which brings to mind another issue! I have received plan check comments from San Diego on a two story steel frame residence. Evidently the City has a memo that allows non-qualified connections if the R value equals 1.0 in calculating the shear for non-qualified connections. I guess the...

Son't forget that AISC 2002 may not be adopted in your jurisdiction. You may be stuck with 1997 code.

Non-qualified connections as per FEMA 350 can be used in seismic zone 4 with CBC 2001 (UBC97) if they are designed with an R value = 1.0