Our experience with this type of scenario has been that if the fire pump is part of a campus system (industrial park), and the buildings are OWNED (not just leased) by different owners, then there needs to be a single source responsible for the operation and maintenance of the fire pump system. Usually that person is the one who is going to pay for it.
This is not so much a problem when the properties are owned by one individual with separate and unique leased buildings on a single campus since the property owner is then the single source of responsibility, such as in most industrial park complexes. If the buildings are separately owned and you provide a single fire pump to the area to serve multiple buildings, it should not be part of any particular building, it should be a stand alone building. One other avenue is to talk to the local water provider. In some cases if the development is large enough and has enough monetary impact on the community, the water provider may offer to foot the bill or help with the supplementary water needs. It never hurts to ask. Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Group Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lg.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Williams - work Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 8:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Single Fire Pump Serving Multiple Buildings Bobby, I've seen pumps servicing entire complexes quite a bit, so I don't see that as a problem. The issue about stand alone buildings vs. within an existing building could be a little bit of a gray area. You could have one tenant potentially controlling water supplies for a different tenant in another building. I would run this by the local AHJ and/or insurance carrier. The stand alone building would be the safest. At 07:47 AM 5/4/2007, you wrote: >Is there something in the IFC or IBC 2006 or NFPA 20 which would >prohibit a booster fire pump from supplying multiple buildings on the >same property? Would it make any difference if the fire pump was in a >stand alone building or inside a two hour enclosure of one of the >protected buildings? > >The scenario is a developer with three detached 200K sq ft spec >warehouse buildings with ESFR systems, all on one property, a good >public water supply but not quite good enough. All buildings are >supplied from a single tap to the public water system with a DDC device >in a vault. > >NFPA 13-07 8.2.5 refers to "systems" or "risers" and I don't see the >intent for it to include a booster pump supply. > >Bobby McCullough >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > >To Unsubscribe, send an email >to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut 860-535-2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
