It has not been uncommon for some design houses to not even do model coordination. They get the architectural plan and do their design based on that alone. All coordination with other trades is done in the field. These type places are all about production, they base fees on the number of heads on the drawing so systems are over designed.
What some companies fail to understand is that for the most part, if you underpay someone or find someone who works cheap, it will probably cost you more in the long run. Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Specialist Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive 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 tom poisal Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:24 PM To: sprinklerforum Subject: Salary The salary results have been tabulated from the NICET web site, for designers without formal training and nicet certification, vs those with, college degree's, and it seems that according to my Linkin frens plus contractors, most companies want to recruit a CET, proficient in some sort of CAD program be it; AutoSPRINK or SprinkCad, and pay bottom dollar for this person and want a capable design project manager, field survey person, design technician, etc. all for under 50K a year. What is the "going" rate ? On an aside I was just told by a major designer (free lance) that they do NOT site survey for ease of installation, it is coordinated via AutoCad. Go figure! -- Tom Poisal, CET Fire Sprink Ink (570) 374-1364 _______________________________________________ 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)
