I would have to agree with the premise that more than ever we need more designers with in field experience as well as fitters with layout and hydraulic experience. If anything, the two should be more intertwined. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message -------- From: Charles Thurston <[email protected]> Date:01/19/2014 5:31 AM (GMT-07:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: into the future w/ NFPA 13 Hello Brad, I dis-agree with splitting them. If you do not know how to install it, You sure da heck can't tell someone else how to install it. In 35 years on and around construction, I have seen many many buildings designed (with details) that can not be built the way they were designed. Is that what our industry wants for Fire Sprinklers? Saturday, January 18, 2014, 9:40:52 PM, you wrote: > I remember when fitters knew 13 as well or better than designers. > The schedules and tables were essential then, because handheld > calculators were not prevalent- 13 was a Field Guide for > installation. This is not the case anymore. What should we do? Split DESIGN > from INSTALLATION? > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org -- Best regards, Charles Thurston mailto:[email protected] Systems Design Manager NICET Certified _______________________________________________ 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
