While it's nice that FM has made these concessions, what difference does it really make? Until the adopted Codes and Standards accept or make any changes, we got what we got to work with.
Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 CH2MHILL Extension 74102 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stewart Kidd Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 10:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: System Area Size Matt We have been advised in the UK by Alan Macpherson, AVP, Chief Engineering Technical Specialist that FM have amended their stance on the maximum area that can be protected by one sprinkler riser. The "no limit" rule has been removed and they will be recommending a 5500m2 limit on new installations. This equals 59,000 square feet. Regards Stewart Stewart Kidd Secretary General British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association Ltd Registered in England in 1974: No 01194637 as a company limited by guarantee Richmond House, Broad Street, Ely CB7 4AH Tel 01353 659187, Fax 01353 666619 Email [email protected] On 23 Feb 2011, at 11:54, Matt Grise wrote: > I heard that FM's newest data sheets have revised their maximum system area > to 60,000 sf. Has anyone heard about NFPA expanding their allowable system > areas? > > Matt Grisé PE*, LEED AP > Sales Engineer > Alliance Fire Protection > *Licensed in KS & MO > > 913.888.0647 ph > 913.888.0618 f > 913.927.0222 cell > www. AFPsprink.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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)
