The San Diego FD task group that put together the proposed ordinance went to great lengths to make the benchmarks as achievable as possible, the costs as low as possible and the schedule long enough to spread those costs over 10 years (or perhaps longer as might be requested, appealed, etc.). The first proposed benchmark is an approved design, then a water supply, then sprinklers by floor. And the water supply does not have to be as per a new high-rise, where the standpipe system would drive the demand; since most of these buildings are exclusively residential on the upper floors, the flow rate will likely be 100 GPM or less for sprinklers, with a 100 GPM hose stream allowance. It is conceivable that since many are relative short, that 25 HP (or smaller) pumps with limited service controllers will work just fine. There is no possible way that costs will be anywhere near $30K per unit and this number is the one aspect of the challenge to the ordinance that I would characterize as an intentional misstatement. The rest is just well-stitched rhetoric ...
Steve Leyton PROTECTION DESIGN & CONSULTING -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Thurston Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:14 PM To: Cliff Whitfield Subject: Re[2]: Schirmer Engineering Hello Cliff, Well for $30,000 per unit I will send a crew from the east coast... I think I could make money even with having to get all the licensing and beauratic B.S. Tuesday, May 15, 2007, 2:55:23 PM, you wrote: _______________________________________________ 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)
