A REAL engineer would have recognized a potential controversy - or at least an honest miss- by the contractors and therefore would have added a plan note indicating that the shafts were to be protected. Better yet: design the system to eliminate ANY question about your intent/interpretation of the codes. I'm tired of shameless, lazy engineers playing 'gotcha' by waiting for the shop drawings to identify what they feel should be included in a design.
But I digress: 8.15.2.1.2 seems to address your situation - therefore, no, sprinklers are not required at the tops of those shafts. Mark A. Sornsin, PE Fire Protection Engineer Ulteig Engineers, Inc. Fargo, ND Direct: 701. 280.8591 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 9:56 AM To: AFSA Subject: Vertical Shafts I've been spanked by an engineer concerning the section on vertical shafts 2007 13- 8.15.2. I have a detention facility with prisoner cells that have a vertical mech. shaft at the rear of each pair of cells. The entire building is non-combustible. The attic space above these shafts is non-combustible and not sprinklered. These shafts are open at the top. The attic space has no access for storage. Is it within the intent of 8.15.2 to install a sprinkler over each of these shafts? Really would appreciate some input on this. Thanks Russell Rewis Brown Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. 107C Hemlock Street Valdosta, Georgia 31601 229-244-8130 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
