That's sneaky. Lol not sure I'd agree to that.
Steven Smith, CFPS | Fire Protection Engineer II Colorado Springs Fire Department | Division of the Fire Marshal -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Church Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 2:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Smoke-heat vents and draft stops Here's where you're going, Ron, was there and won in a variance- your mileage may vary: IBC allows an exemption for egress distance with heat and smoke vents for exceeding 250'; I argued somehow successfully that we could follow the code like this: Design building with heat and smoke vents to allow exceeding egress distance Then replace standard sprinklers with ESFR and the need for the vents disappears- BUT the egress distance could stay. It helped an architect chaired the variance committee. Ironically, my customer's competitor was in front of us with same request for another big box, and their "expert" was tied up in traffic. So I testified, at my customer's request, for their competitor since we needed them to win their variance. Then stood up for my customer and said "what I just said" and that was enough. George Church Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. PO Box 407, Middleburg, PA 17842 877-324-ROWE 570-837-6335 fax [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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)
