Again, accept my thanks.to all of you. seriously. i will take the black and the blue cause i am learning on you. I am not out to break the contractor's bank. working with this national contracting company-- at least this office of theirs-- has been frustrating and time consuming.
the specs are not ideal. the specs are for the GC, who hires the sprinkler contractor and then hires an engineer to review the sprinkler contractor's drawings (me). I want the government to get a reasonable product, and receive a water supply description they can refer to in the future, because these buildings have a service life of 35-50 years and will probably be renovated again, like they were before in '94. So, I will let the earthquake bracing issue fall. I don't want to be unreasonable, just that almost all military jobs I worked on, seismic is required, regardless if the job is in Oklahoma or in Northridge, CA. it seemed like a natural thing to ask for. Regarding waterflow, I would be happy with a JPEG of the UG piping plan splashed on a sheet, or even hand drawn layout. Just document the underground and water supply like NFPA 13 asks. The renovation has a changed wall layout, and new design area. To get the UG water supply and waterflow information documented, the GC is forwarding to me the civil engineer's work, and I am going to put the UG piping and waterflow on a new sheet with my letterhead and name. This is the quickest way to get it done. The government PE (I am not sure if it is the same one that wrote the spec, but i got a suspicion) has stated to the GC that they are concerned the contract FPE (me) has not been doing his job. that was after i went through 3 plan check cycles with this contractor on another project, over the same things. The government PE apparently did not have a clue about what was going on, or the sprinkler contractor gave him a clue. Earthquake bracing was provided on that project as it was new construction. same specs were used though. I think the military contract FPE model is tweaked. the contract FPE serves two masters. but only one pays me: the GC. only thing is, the other master is the one that pays the GC. scot deal excelsior fire _______________________________________________ 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)
