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
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-----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

 

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