RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Craig.Prahl
Of tom poisal Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:24 PM To: sprinklerforum Subject: Salary The salary results have been tabulated from the NICET web site, for designers without formal training and nicet certification, vs those with, college degree's, and it seems that according to my Linkin frens plus

Re: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Travis Mack, SET
[mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of tom poisal Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:24 PM To: sprinklerforum Subject: Salary The salary results have been tabulated from the NICET web site, for designers without formal training and nicet certification, vs those

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Craig.Prahl
://www.ch2m.com -Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Travis Mack, SET Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 10:44 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Salary It depends on what the design house

Re: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Todd Williams
-Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of tom poisal Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:24 PM To: sprinklerforum Subject: Salary The salary results have been tabulated from the NICET web site

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Cliff Whitfield
: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Todd Williams Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 9:56 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org; tm...@mfpdesign.com Subject: Re: Salary Travis, next 4 head job I get, I'm thinking of you. I take the opposite approach

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread George Church
, and there was. -Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of craig.pr...@ch2m.com Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 10:56 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org; tm...@mfpdesign.com Subject: RE: Salary Case in point, I worked

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread George Church
To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary I'm with you Todd. I couldn't not have said it better. It's no different than the various pricing you see on a sprinkler job itself. There are many sprinkler contractors that either don't have the experience, the overhead, the abilities

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Vince Sabolik
Real BIM modeling goes WAY beyond just a 3D rendition of a building. Please elaborate on this. I think that I know what you're talking about. How would a Detail Level 5 effect a sprinkler plan? Vince Sabolik Christi Fire Protection, Inc. 11351 Pearl Road Strongsville, Ohio 44136 T 440

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Craig.Prahl
: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:18 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary He may have had more heads in some or all of his work and that's overdesign, but designing and installing additional uprights vrs a lesser number of ATTIC sprinklers doesn't necessarily result in an overdesign

Re: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Greg McGahan
, 2010 9:56 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org; tm...@mfpdesign.com Subject: Re: Salary Travis, next 4 head job I get, I'm thinking of you. I take the opposite approach. I keep my pricing formulas private. I don't want my clients to know how I figure it. This way I have control over

Re: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Travis Mack, SET
: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:09 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary I'm with you Todd. I couldn't not have said it better. It's no different than the various pricing you see on a sprinkler job itself. There are many sprinkler contractors that either don't have

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread George Church
Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of craig.pr...@ch2m.com Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:20 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary George, it's not a matter of what is better. It was the overall

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Craig.Prahl
Of Vince Sabolik Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:18 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary Real BIM modeling goes WAY beyond just a 3D rendition of a building. Please elaborate on this. I think that I know what you're talking about. How would a Detail Level 5 effect

Re: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Travis Mack, SET
- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Vince Sabolik Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:18 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary Real BIM modeling goes WAY beyond just a 3D rendition

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread George Church
: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of craig.pr...@ch2m.com Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:32 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary For a sprinkler system in a real Bldg. Information Model you would be able

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread George Church
, 2010 11:36 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary Time in this business means little. It's the quality you produce. As one of our esteemed forum members said to me once describing a designer he said he had 21 years experience, but it was really 3 years of experience 7 times

RE: Salary/Project cost

2010-05-24 Thread Thom McMahon
While anyone can get a SF price from Means, that doesn't mean that that price is what they should expect to pay for their job. Means, uses averages, it's just like saying that the average residential fire sprinkler system will cost $1.61 per SF. If you take that another way, The average home, will

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Todd Williams
...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of craig.pr...@ch2m.com Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:20 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary George, it's not a matter of what is better. It was the overall way this guy did business. Mention

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Vince Sabolik
Thanks... That's kind of what I expected to see. I'm wondering now, would this be worth the price (of development, deployment) to have this info down to the piping level of a sprinkler system? Most of bim that I've seen answers one question - did I hit anything? And a lot of drawings are being

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Steve Leyton
...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Vince Sabolik Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 8:18 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary Real BIM modeling goes WAY beyond just a 3D rendition of a building. Please elaborate on this. I think that I know what you're talking about. How would

RE: Salary/Bim

2010-05-24 Thread Thom McMahon
Thom McMahon, SET Firetech, Inc. 2560 Copper Ridge Dr P.O. Box 882136 Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 Tel: 970-879-7952 Fax: 970-879-7926 While many projects now Require BIM, our industry is slow off the mark in reguards to supplying us with BIM Blocks. That is if you click on the alarm valve

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Todd Williams
Consulting San Diego, CA -Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Vince Sabolik Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 8:18 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary Real BIM modeling goes

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Craig.Prahl
-Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Steve Leyton Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:45 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary BIM is the most overused acronym in the design field

RE: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Steve Leyton
24, 2010 8:53 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Salary Well, it's lunchtime here and I'm having BIM, BIM, BIM, BIM, BIM, Baked Beans, BIM, BIM and BIM. At 11:45 AM 5/24/2010, you wrote: BIM is the most overused acronym in the design field at this moment, IMHO. Building

Re: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread Greg McGahan
...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of tom poisal Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:24 PM To: sprinklerforum Subject: Salary The salary results have been tabulated from the NICET web site, for designers without formal training and nicet certification, vs those

Re: Salary

2010-05-24 Thread cherokeefire...@aol.com
Subject: Salary To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org I agree with you Cliff but please remember. There are a lot of inadequate companies and designers charging more than they deserve. We have paid designers (none on the forum) to do work for us that we had to completely redo because they didn't use

RE: Salary

2010-05-23 Thread George Church
For someone who shows up fit for work or for someone who shows up drunk? -Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of tom poisal Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:24 PM To: sprinklerforum Subject: Salary

Re: Salary

2010-05-23 Thread Jack Leadbetter
: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of tom poisal Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:24 PM To: sprinklerforum Subject: Salary The salary results have been tabulated from the NICET web site, for designers without formal training

Re: Salary

2010-05-22 Thread lamarvaughn
So who would qualify as a major designer and what kind of salary could he/she command ? Lamar Vaughn , SET Vaughn and Company 700 Country Lake Ct. McDonough , Ga. 30252 678-429-3563 tom poisal tspoi...@gmail.com wrote: The salary results have been tabulated from the NICET web site

Re: Salary

2010-05-22 Thread Jamie Seidl
, lamarvau...@charter.net wrote: So who would qualify as a major designer and what kind of salary could he/she command ? Lamar Vaughn , SET Vaughn and Company 700 Country Lake Ct. McDonough , Ga. 30252 678-429-3563 tom poisal tspoi...@gmail.com wrote: The salary results have been

RE: Salary

2010-05-22 Thread Thom McMahon
: 970-879-7926 -Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Jamie Seidl Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 7:55 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Salary The obvious answer is everything you've got

Salary

2010-05-21 Thread tom poisal
The salary results have been tabulated from the NICET web site, for designers without formal training and nicet certification, vs those with, college degree's, and it seems that according to my Linkin frens plus contractors, most companies want to recruit a CET, proficient in some sort of CAD