Agreed with respect to IBC interps where this forum struggles in our attempts to practice architecture. I'd never advocate using the ICC forum to discuss standpipe design.
Bill Brooks -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Church Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: New ICC Forum to Start I'd agree, Bill, but here in our cozy spot, we generally know who we all are, often have met, and know where people's strengths and weaknesses are. For example, if Leyton says something about standpipes, I'll run into battle without unquestioning with his answer. If someone else questions his answer, I'd wait for him to acknowledge his error or misjudgment, because he would. On other Forums I've subscribed to, we get the dumbest questions from the clueless, and there's no way you could educate them enough to do what they're trying to do. I don't know who to place any confidence in, so I may end up unsubscribing. Now if we limit the stuff to just ICC stuff, sure, it's a better place than to ask ICC questions of a bunch of guys who cut their teeth on NFPA codes- many of us discovered the balcony rule that 13R omits but IBC doesn't by running a row of heads around cause we relied on 13R, not the trumping building code. And I know I can rely on John D to come up with the applicable sections as he did this AM. My only complaint about this Forum is that it wasn't available in 1975. Otherwise its been a fantastic place to gain insights from across the world, develop new friends and network contacts, and needle my friends. Mr. Muncy, keep up the good work. Its even worth allowing the parasites :) George L. Church, Jr., CET Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. PO Box 407, Middleburg, PA 17842 877-324-ROWE 570-837-6335 fax [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Brooks Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: New ICC Forum to Start >From the most recent ICC news: "ICC to Launch New Codes & Standards Discussion Forum - The International Code Council will be launching the Codes & Standards Discussion Forum. This new area of ICC's website will be centered around open discussion of the International Codes and standards, allowing industry professionals to share their ideas and knowledge with one another." Seems like this will be the place to discuss the application of 13/13R and other IBC issues. Bill Brooks William N. Brooks, P.E. Brooks Fire Protection Engineering Inc. _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
