Guys, the pendulum swings both ways, come see the percentage we get that have blatant violations of the building code and reference standards. I'm not defending the 13D overhang, far from it, but its just as bad as PE's arguing 13R clearly in violation of the IBC and waving only 13R in our faces. IBC what.
John Drucker - Mobile Email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Cell/Text 732-904-6823 Travis Mack <[email protected]> wrote: Steve: This has just been a week of me dealing with too many AHJ interpretations that are wrong this week - and been shown to be so. As such, my opinion may be jaded this week. /How do you think code enforcement, sprinkler and alarm plan review and high-piled storage code expertise is acquired? OJT for the most part, JUST LIKE US./ I agree with this. However, why does it fall on me to do the code/standard research, spend several hours of my time, energy and money to educate these professionals? I have been trained through OJT, seminars, conventions and now working on a MS degree in FPE. There seems to be no recourse when an AHJ mis-interprets a standard/code and then I have to go and spend several hours of research, phone calls, meetings, re-submittals just to show I was correct the first time. I did my education. I paid for it. I don't get paid for teaching the plan reviewer how to read the code/standard. Ok..end of rant... just a pet peeve that has been worsened this week. However, in general, I will say that an AHJ that is willing to listen and have a civil discussion on an issue is a true pleasure to work with. I will also agree that 99% of the AHJs that I deal with fall into this category. It is these 99% that I will bend over backwards to help and educate on these issues. It is the 1% that drives me insane!! You have even helped me with some of that 1% group. I know you can feel that frustration :-) Travis Mack, SET MFP Design, LLC 2508 E Lodgepole Drive Gilbert, AZ 85298 480-505-9271 fax: 866-430-6107 email:[email protected] http://www.mfpdesign.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/MFP-Design-LLC/92218417692 Send large files to us via: https://www.hightail.com/u/MFPDesign On 1/30/2015 8:31 AM, Steve Leyton wrote: > How do you think code enforcement, sprinkler and alarm plan review and > high-piled storage code expertise is acquired? OJT for the most part, JUST > LIKE US. _______________________________________________ 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
