FWIW, A hydraulic placard tells me (1) it is a hydraulically designed system and (2) The original design criteria. Everything else is superfluous.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Nov 7, 2014, at 4:29 PM, Pete Schwab <[email protected]> wrote: > > In states like Florida with a 2 tag system, a missing hydraulic placard is a > deficiency and automatically gets a red tag. That really makes building > owners happy. > > Peter Schwab > VP of Purchasing & Engineering Technologies > > Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers Inc. > 222 Capitol Court > Ocoee, Fl 34761 > > Mobile: (407) 468-8248 > Direct: (407) 877-5570 > Fax: (407) 656-8026 > > www.waynefire.com > > > > We’re hiring great people at all of our locations! Please check out our > website for the details! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Roland Huggins > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 4:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Hydraulic Placard > > A starting point is to identify that it is a non-critical deficiency (along > with the categories for any other deficiencies). Then the owner can > prioritize what is to be fixed and when. If we could get some owners to just > fix the impairments, we’d be a long way down the road. > > The discussion obviously will be different when the state requires tagging > and notification of the AHJ. What do you guys and gals see in these states > on what to bring to the AHJ’s attention? > > Roland > > > Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering > American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives > Dallas, TX > http://www.firesprinkler.org <http://www.firesprinkler.org/> > > > > > >> On Nov 7, 2014, at 11:54 AM, Jeff Bridges <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> An earlier thread brought up a good point and a common problem- >> Hydraulic Placards >> >> Missing Hydraulic Placard is a common deficiency found during routine >> inspections. >> >> Owners and AHJ's seldom (read never) have copies of the Approved plan, >> so the only method of re-determining these numbers can be costly and >> time consuming. >> >> Owners scoff at the price and even the importance- AHJ's have waived >> the requirement on some instances leaving the Sprinkler contractor looking >> bad. >> >> What's your experience on how do you react when it comes to the >> missing Hydraulic Placard? >> >> >> >> Jeff Bridges >> >> JB Fire Protection Inc >> >> (888) 523-4737 Fax (714) 285-0203 >> >> Fire Sprinklers Save Lives & Property >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl >> er.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 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
