All kinds of experts and experience levels on this forum: debate, educate, and train others on such details as evaluating fire hazard. I have seen some non-PE make a living at doing just what now appears to be lamented as out-of-bounds territory.
I don't see how the most important person in this counsel (that would be Mr. Fire), really cares who evaluates it, as long as the evaluation is accurate. If a PE says you cant make analysis on fire load hazard, they may simply be afraid of competition. Competition in moderation is good. Examine reasonable worst-case scenario. If it is going to be an assembly space, could they possibly use it for a convention or display area? Ask the Chicago evaluators about the tupperware convention. Warn your client of the consequences and take action. Is stage combustible? If less than 4 ft high, storage under stages for chairs used to not be required if it was compartmentalized. Same might legitimately be argued by *anybody* as analogy to a retractable stage with metal struts underneath when the stage is less than 4 ft high. Make your case and document it. Sometimes, it is more efficient for us to try and forget who said what, and just concentrate on the what. scot deal excelsior fireFor Technical Assistance, send an email to: _______________________________________________ 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)
