RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-31 Thread George Church
- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of njarendt tds.net Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:22 PM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal Interesting discussion and just a side point. As I

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2011-08-31 Thread drbryan123
Subject: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal Date: Wed, Aug 31, 2011 9:23 am I'm not surprised there are errors after state review. In PA, the DOH asks that we not include the calcs since they don't review them. I certainly hope PennDOT looks at the structural calcs on bridge work, can't understand how

RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-31 Thread Matt Grise
-Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of drbryan...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 9:10 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal Good point. Yet the calcs should

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2011-08-31 Thread David Blackwell
://www.scfiremarshal.llronline.com/ -Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Mark Sornsin Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 7:06 PM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal Those in the business

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2011-08-30 Thread 321
Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org[mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of A.P.Silva Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 12:19 PM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal Was it different before 30 years

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2011-08-30 Thread Ron Greenman
@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal Was it different before 30 years? Tony ...about 35 years ago the only work we were doing was insurance mandated warehouse and commercial property conservation systems for FM...IRI,etc. When the codes changed during the boom in the late 70

RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-30 Thread Mark Sornsin
: Re: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal That points to one of my favorite things about this controversy: When there wasn't much going on techs were sufficient but when there became real and sustained money to be made all of a sudden inexperienced engineers became more knowledgeable by legislative fiat than

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2011-08-30 Thread Greg McGahan
Greenman Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:44 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal That points to one of my favorite things about this controversy: When there wasn't much going on techs were sufficient but when there became real and sustained money

RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-30 Thread George Church
...@rowesprinkler.com -Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Greg McGahan Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 7:17 PM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal Kudos to you

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2011-08-30 Thread njarendt tds.net
...@ulteig.com -Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Ron Greenman Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:44 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal That points

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2011-08-29 Thread Mark Sornsin
] On Behalf Of Bobby Gillett Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:48 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal To all; This is not a question in reference to NFPA; however a cry for help to the industry. Does anyone else run into this? We prepare shop drawings

Re: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-29 Thread Ron Greenman
-Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Bobby Gillett Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:48 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal To all; This is not a question

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2011-08-29 Thread 321
Welcome to the party...here in Florida we have been dealing with this stupidity for 30 years. John W. Farabee Vice President Fire Sprinkler Operations State License No. 20251600012010 1480 SW 3RD Street Suite 9 Pompano Beach, Fl 33411 954-785-7800 800-372-2770 Telephone 954-785-7804 Fax

RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-29 Thread A.P.Silva
Was it different before 30 years? Tony -Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of 321 Sent: August 29, 2011 9:59 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal Welcome

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2011-08-29 Thread George Church
: RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal Was it different before 30 years? Tony -Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of 321 Sent: August 29, 2011 9:59 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re

Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-24 Thread Bobby Gillett
To all; This is not a question in reference to NFPA; however a cry for help to the industry. Does anyone else run into this? We prepare shop drawings with calculations for every project, and for some projects seismic design shop drawings with calculations. Here in TN (although this

RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-24 Thread Craig.Prahl
...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Bobby Gillett Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:48 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal To all; This is not a question in reference to NFPA; however a cry for help to the industry. Does anyone else run into this? We

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2011-08-24 Thread ParsleyConsulting
Bobby, Count yourself lucky. There's an independent plan reviewer here in Southern California who on their own initiative decided that fire sprinkler shop installation drawings are for the use of others, and must be signed by the contractor over their stamp. Only one problem, the state

RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-24 Thread Ronl . Fletcher
...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of craig.pr...@ch2m.com Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:08 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal I've found this in some of our old specs and have tried to clean it up whenever I can. However since the specifications are corporate wide

RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-24 Thread Bobby Gillett
: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal I've found this in some of our old specs and have tried to clean it up whenever I can. However since the specifications are corporate wide and I don't see every project there are still some that I'm sure have verbiage to this affect. Not trying to start a bashing match on PE's

RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-24 Thread Bobby Gillett
...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Bobby Gillett Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:37 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal We have tried to argue with the opposite response - 9 out of 10 times we still had to provide from what I believe its easier to let it go

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2011-08-24 Thread John Drucker
Of Bobby Gillett Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:48 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal To all; This is not a question in reference to NFPA; however a cry for help to the industry. Does anyone else run into this? We prepare shop drawings

Re: Engineers Stamp vs. Seal

2011-08-24 Thread Todd Williams
Maybe I'm a little confused (wouldn't be the first time). I interpret a stamp as being an ink transfer and a seal being an embossed likeness. I have the embossing gun for my CT license, but have never used it. When the design professional was putting a stamp on the drawing after a review, was