Todd, Sounds like the EE firm is consulting from a fire safety standpoint, i.e, "sprinklers should be installed in these areas based on our fire investigation findings".
I don't see an engineering issue there, it will be up to the fire protection engineer to design the protection or refute the EE's findings. On the other hand if the EE wrote; "an acme xyz sprinkler connected to abc piping ...................." then I'd agree its sprinkler design. Just my thoughts John Drucker Fire Protection Subcode Official (AHJ) Building/Fire/Electrical Inspector Safe Buildings Save Lives ! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Williams Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 6:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Time to file a grievance? I got an e-mail this morning form a client for whom I was bidding a design for a large house. The system is not required, but several people think it is a good idea. However, cost is now becoming an issue. The e-mail started as follows: "We consulted with an electrical engineering firm that is called in by the major insurance companies to investigate and trace the cause(s) of residential and commercial fires. They came back to us with the following sprinkler head installation sites (locations) for ......" So now EE firms are locating sprinklers? If I can gather enough info, I may take this to the State. From what I have seen so far, this is overtly wrong. Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut www.fpdc.com 860.535.2080 _______________________________________________ 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)
