There was one company I worked for early on that had e design something and then spend a week or two in the field actually installing it. Got a lot of valuable experience that way. Unfortunately with current licensing laws, that is somewhere between impractical and impossible.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Jan 19, 2014, at 10:38 AM, jgamble <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
