The thing to keep in mind with shell buildings used for mercantile is that while protecting this tenant space with an OH2 criteria, you have no idea what may in that space a year from now. So if you design based on it feeling like more of a light haz. occupancy and down the road a Dollar Store takes over that space or some boutique shop, it's going to be a tough sell to the owner when you or someone who'll use your name in vain tries to explain why he has to redo the sprinkler system based on a new tenant. Best to treat the whole building alike based on its intended use.
Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Specialist Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [email protected] http://www.ch2m.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Pepin Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Occupancy I know it is mercantile by definition. It's just hard to believe that it needs a .2 density 130 spacing when the room has nothing more then a few stools, sinks, and misc can of hair spray. My office has more combustibles then that. What sucks is that the layout has individual rooms VS large open area and I can't apply small room rule. Head count in this space is insane. Good thing that cost is being forwarded to the owner. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew J. Willis Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Occupancy Most all of the current/future tenants will probably be Mercantile, unless an office or something comes up. Be careful of tenant areas in large buildings. You start renovating walls /locations etc.., you could end up with a covered mall situation. R/ Matt Matthew J. Willis, CET Automatic Fire Sprinklers Norred Fire Systems L.L.C. 318-387-1134 Voice 318-387-1163 Facsimile [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tom poisal Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Occupancy keith def of ; Mercantile = trade or merchants, I believe a beauty/hair salon fulfills that criteria. On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Keith Pepin < [email protected]> wrote: > I am working on a project that doesn't have an Eng of Record. The > building contains large individual shell spaces. The original > sprinkler system was designed for a mercantile occupancy. A tenant has > purchased a couple of spaces and is opening a beauty/hair salon. I > don't see the fuel load as a normal mercantile occupancy would have. Light or > ord. Please comment. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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]<to%3asprinklerforum-requ...@fire sprinkler.org> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Tom Poisal _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
