I've tried to stay out of this since we seem to re-hash this every 6 months or so. For a RE-CAP of all our past discussion, let's start with: "It's outside of the scope of NFPA 13" Now your EOR didn't say comply with NFPA 13, he called for a NFPA compliant system. So have him clarify what type of NFPA compliant system. 10,11,12,12A,14,15, 16,17 or 17A or possibly OTHER? As a "Layout Tech." and NOT a FPE your required to follow the guidance of the engineer. But as the EOR, he's required to provide that guidance. So your job is to make him do his job. (Let's not go into CET/SET vs. PE)
Since no really good study, where they burn down one of these structures has been done yet, what we don't know still exceeds what we do know. Get the ERO, AHJ, Owner and Insurance underwriter to tell you what they can all agree on as appropriate protection in writing, and then you can do what they explicitly direct you to do for a layout. Otherwise just head to the bar, and stay there until you forget all about this project. No need to run, but you should call a taxi, as we cannot endorse unsafe behavior. Thom McMahon, SET Firetech, Inc. 2560 Copper Ridge Dr P.O. Box 882136 Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 Tel: 970-879-7952 Fax: 970-879-7926 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tom poisal Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 6:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: boat storage okay Todd so today, what do I do? _______________________________________________ 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)
