Like George said. Have the client go through the numbers. If the client is a minister or high-level education officer, well then guess we are beholden to what they are asking, regardless if they know what they are talking about, or not.
It is my opinion that this client doesn't have clue two, about what sprinklers do, or their reliability too. Not a personal diss (dismissal), just sharing infomation on this... so we all are elevated to the same level of understanding. While not a cost yet, it is my bet that in 10 years Novec will be our next Halon ban. so, if anyone is thinking LONG term... think about environmental conservativism. Yeah, I have heard the word on Novec's " green " statistics. Still, there are a lot of flourines in that agent. Awwww...i know...shut me up and let our grandchildren deal with it. or just put sprinklers over it--- water is about as green as it gets. I doubt few of us would tell a structural engineer how to design a bridge, but we get a lot of layfolk say, "take the sprinklers away' without much of a clue as to what the cost of a "clean" agent and false trips will do to their budget it is lack of education, i am certain. the way electronic equipment is made, the cost to replace will be half as much in 5 years, anyway. if the place is life-safety safe without sprinklers, provide hose reels or a compliment of CO2 and mist hand extinguishers next to the equipment. VESDA is good, but occassionally, the pumps/fans moving air will go down. scot deal excelsior fire _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.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)
