Did Dagny Taggart refuse to use Rearden Metal because it wasn't "approved"?
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 11, 2013, at 2:23 PM, [email protected] wrote: > My favorite was that drawing in the amendments showing a dry pendent > installed at a 45 to protect loading docks long after dry sidewalls became > available. Did anyone require the saw and core guys to drill the hole that > way in the last twenty years? And I'm sure the property managers always liked > that little bit of concrete that breaks out when hole is drilled at angle. > > bv > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roland Huggins" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 11:14:24 AM > Subject: Re: Underground Stub-Up > > So you would not follow 13 on the items Chris identified or use sidewall > sprinklers under overhead doors, spray sprinklers in water heater closets > within dwelling units (despite no residential sprinkler is available at the > required temperature rating) to identify a few more? > > I don't think anyone is going to change their position on this issue and > agree a REASONABLE dose of conservatism is a good thing but when one lives in > the middle of a mountain range and another living soul isn't within miles but > they still think they are being watched, they really are just paranoid. > > > Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering > American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives > Dallas, TX > http://www.firesprinkler.org > > > > > > On Jul 10, 2013, at 5:04 PM, "Cahill, Christopher" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> You are certainly entitled to disagree. But what about the plastic in OH >> rooms, deck sprinklers (typically not smooth) and backflow preventers? >> Aren't these the same issue some have raised? >> >> Chris Cahill, PE* >> Senior Fire Protection Engineer, Aviation & Facilities Group >> Burns & McDonnell >> 8201 Norman Center Drive >> Bloomington, MN 55437 >> Phone: 952.656.3652 >> Fax: 952.229.2923 >> [email protected] >> www.burnsmcd.com >> >> Proud to be one of FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For >> *Registered in: MN >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron >> Greenman >> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 6:25 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Underground Stub-Up >> >> I can't buy code trumps listing if the listing is more restrictive than the >> code. Who supports my simple prescriptive design if the installation meets >> code and was approved but fails because the listing says no. I know the >> manufacturer will disavow all knowledge. The code official will scurry and >> hide in hos hidey hole. And my insurer will side with whoever says I did >> something wrong. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
