Be serious. I love calling an engineer and asking if they know the water supply. When they say No, I ask where the fire pump goes and if its elec or diesel. When they ask why a pump is needed, I ask how do you know if we need a tank or pump or not if you don't know the water supply?
Reality is that no matter what the White Paper says, we deal with ignorance daily. The bigger question is, who checks the checker- especially when you know the ignorant PE is as bad as the ignorant inspector (ignorance meaning lack of detailed knowledge needed, nothing further. I'm ignorant of a lot of things myself). Guess it's a good thing there are tons of safety margins built into all the codes so a crappy job still works just fine, no one will die..... glc -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Duross Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 7:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: The Engineering Problem (RE: another fire - thiswillbeinteresting) Did anyone notice a surge in MEP firms performing hydraulics in the past few years? Tom _______________________________________________ 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)
