Did Dagny Taggart refuse to use Rearden Metal because it wasn't "approved"?


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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 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----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. 
>> 
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