Greg,
Run, don't walk away. This guy is an ethical nightmare. If he does
this type of thing, what are your odds of getting pain in full? Or
what else does he have out there that could potentially hurt you? I
would contact your attorney, explain to him the situation and see
what his/her advise would be on protecting yourself, but leave this
for your competition. If you've already signed on, talk to your
attorney about this from that perspective. Maybe you have an escape route.
Todd
At 12:03 PM 3/20/2007, you wrote:
Part A:
What do we (as an industry) do when an owner completes the Owner's
Information Certificate incorrectly to deliberately mislead an AHJ?
Part B:
What do we do when they technically tell the truth as in building a
warehouse that has no storage above 12' initially but they have every
intention (because they tell you so) to store PODS 24' high after they get a
CO?
BTW, the reason I have been unsuccessful in convincing the owner of the
proper level of protection is because there have 2 of these buildings built
within 200 miles in the last few months and both of them had minimal
systems. The installing contractor on one of the jobs told me that they were
told the building was a spec warehouse and to protect it as an empty
building and after they were done the owner would lease it to the PODS
franchisee. His comment was "I don't know if that protects me or not"
Legally?
Morally I feel bound to walk away from this project but that just means that
they will find someone else to do the job incorrectly and although there is
no liability involved, there is still the knowledge that the building (Ord.
Group II) will be grossly under protected.
I know the argument that we are not police of the industry nor can we 2nd
guess what the potential future occupancy of a building is or may be one
day, but this is different and one of the 2 scenarios listed above is going
to happen on this project.
Thanks for your input,
Greg
Living Water Fire Protection, LLC
1160 McKenzie Road
Cantonment, FL 32533
850-937-1850
Fax: 850-937-1852
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