Bruce, Maybe you could give us all a list as to what is essential to you as a plane reviewer. Todd, Can't you do it faster than "over the weekend?" }:-)
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:14 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bill, > > If a second person is going to review the plans design criteria documentation > is crucial. Most projects have a time element. Without this portion of a > submittal plan review doesn't start. Why look at pipe hangers or bracing if > the design criteria hasn't been affirmed? > > Plan reviewers review plans - they don't reverse engineer. > > I would also guess that occasionally the designer finds some error during the > process of writing down the criteria, and self-corrects. > > Structural engineers don't just show how big a beam they are going to use, > and what kind of connections. They show the calculations used to show that in > accordance with generally accepted stardards, the beam and connections are > adequate. > > > > Yours, > > Bruce Verhei > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Brooks" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 5:12:57 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: How the Heck Did You Come Up With 0.58 over 2000? > > Wouldn't it be nice if sprinkler shop drawings for storage occupancies > included a table or other method to show the derivation of the design > density/area of coverage/head selection etc. As a suggestion, a table with > the following data: > > Storage arrangement - Racks (single row, etc), shelf, bin box, solid pile, etc > Rack height - > Storage height - > Shelf type - > Aisle width - > Commodity class - > In-rack sprinklers - > NFPA 13 table - > NFPA 13 curve - > Correction for height - > > In other words, show the steps used by the designer to get to the selected > design parameters. > > Bill Brooks > > William N. Brooks, P.E. > Brooks Fire Protection Engineering Inc. > 372 Wilett Drive > Severna Park, MD 21146-1904 > 410-544-3620 > 410-544-3032 FAX > 412-400-6528 Cell > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.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 > [email protected] > http://fireball.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) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA Member: SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA, WSAFM _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.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)
