Dear John, You are right about the design and build.
However for these plumbers it was assumed that the design component was not of the drawings and specification standard appropriate to an engineer, but rather to the on-the-job figuring out what was need for a particular project. As you know, trades people can be quite good at this. Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia On 2011/06/14, at 20:12 , John M. Steele wrote: > It is a good metric familiarity plan. I have no doubt that it is sufficient > to allow a plumber (or other trade) to build from an approved plan. However, > I notice the text states that the course will be sufficient to allow one to > "design and build." > > It seems clear to me as an engineer that to design, one must know the new > building codes and know (for plumbers) how to choose the correct size pipe > for main runs in a home, an apartment complex or large office building, > branch runs to a single fixture, etc. Many other issues would apply for the > plumbing, and even more for other trades. It seems to me that this > familiarity course has not touched on any of this material and that these > people have not been trained to design systems in their respective trades in > metric. > > These people are going to need a refresher in metric in the physics and > equations that guide their design and an introduction to new metric building > codes. I do not think the course as presented has taught them to produce > engineering drawings, bills of material and specifications that would lead to > approval of their plan for a building subsystem. > > Of course, in the US, the codes are still Customary and you have to fight > with the building inspectors to use metric. > > From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, June 13, 2011 4:23:45 PM > Subject: [USMA:50615] Metrication in a day > > Dear All, > > The article, "Metrication in a day" is now available at > http://metricationmatters.com/articles.html (it's at the top for now) or you > can download it directly from > http://metricationmatters.com/docs/MetricationInADay.pdf > > If you have friends and associates who are interested in a rapid transition > to the metric system please pass this article on to them. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, > seehttp://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html > Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, > Geelong, Australia > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped > thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric > system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands > each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat > provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and > professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in > Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian > Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the > UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/ to subscribe. > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
