I'll echo the comments. I've always had the water flow qualified in the bid scope. If we weren't able to obtain the flow from official sources like the fire or water department, then we cited a "typical" flow and noted it as the minimum required.
Marc Walter, SET SPRINKLER DESIGN SERVICES, LLC 780 6th Avenue Seaside, Oregon 97138 V - (503) 956-4019 F - (503) 717-5182 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cahill, Christopher Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 3:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Adequate water supply What Scott said. Was it design build? Where did the flow test comes from? Was there a change in flow test between design and construction? With a change why? With a change, for example the City turning down the pressure after the design test but before the construction test, probably not the contractors problem. But if you tell me you need a pump and you do the wrong remote area, don't take reduction allowances, use 5.6 heads where 8 work and 1" BL then probably not justified. And yes, been part of both scenarios recently. One paid, one didn't. Chris Cahill, PE* Senior Fire Protection Engineer Burns & McDonnell 8201 Norman Center Drive Bloomington, MN 55437 Phone: 952.656.3652 Fax: 952.229.2923 [email protected] www.burnsmcd.com Proud to be one of FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For *Registered in: MN -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 4:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Adequate water supply At what point does anyone think the owner/general contractor should be liable for a change order for the increased pipe size due to lack of adequate water for the calculations of the sprinkler system? Steve _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
