Todd has another good point. I guess the rule would be if they can move the real thing inside, they will. If they can build it inside, they will. If they build it, you'll never be able to second guess what they'll build it out of. And they like gunfire, 'splosions & fires. And sets are busy, crowded places with lots of temporary electricity.
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Todd Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a small but active studio in this area that I have done work on. > Everybody is pretty much on target. However, there also can be a fair amount > of plastics. This particular place has a full scale model of a WWII > anti-aircraft gun made of foam, cardboard and paper machet. NFPA 140 should > be your guide. > > > At 12:28 PM 12/29/2008, you wrote: >> >> Before it was taxed into Vancouver, BC there was an active movie world >> up here. Pioneer Square was used for period work because unlike in >> most cities the modern downtown grew only to the north of the old >> downtown instead of surrounding it. Setting up exterior shots was much >> easier. I've worked on these sound stages and even when they build >> interiors with open fronts and no roofs they're typically on elevated >> platforms. The lights are very hot and they worry about setting off >> the sprinklers (and I suspect that the worry comes from at least one >> past incident but has morphed into an always) but maybe not in a tall >> building like you've described. They also bring in lots and lots of >> stuff so the analogy of a manufactured home factory is pretty right on >> only with lots more temporary stuff. >> >> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:19 AM, George Church <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Anticipated fire load would be k ey- 30' tall wood structures might >> > exceed >> > the parameters for OH 2. What kind of set material do they plan, height, >> > etc. >> > >> > Other item would be the amount of shielding from roof spray, smells like >> > EH >> > as in modular home mfg if they're building sets that would have roofs. >> > >> > glc >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dewayne >> > Martinez >> > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 12:05 PM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Movie studio classification >> > >> > Any ideas on what design density to use for a movie studio? From what I >> > have been told, it will be a 100,000 sq ft building, 50 ft high, broken >> > into 20,000 sq ft sections >> > for different shooting areas. Lets assume that there will be no storage >> > on site and that only the material needed for shooting will be present. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Dewayne >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Sprinklerforum mailing list >> > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >> > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: >> > [email protected] >> > >> > To Unsubscribe, send an email >> > to:[email protected] >> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Sprinklerforum mailing list >> > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >> > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: >> > [email protected] >> > >> > To Unsubscribe, send an email >> > to:[email protected] >> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Ron Greenman >> at home.... >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >> For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] >> >> 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 > www.fpdc.com > 860.535.2080 _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman at home.... _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
