At my past companies there was never a civil involved besides telling us the general area to locate the tanks. Is it really that complicated? Basically they are burring a couple of concrete septic tanks and pitching the pipe down to the inlet at the building. I was never really too involved in the whole digging process.
-----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of rongreenman . Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 9:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Tank installation - NFPA 22 - 03 ed DeWayne, There must be a civil involved. You might want to consult. This not the type of conversation to start with, "... I was thinking...." On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 5:55 AM, Martinez, Dewayne < [email protected]> wrote: > We have to have 2 - 8000gal concrete suction tanks installed below > grade and the GC was asking me how far apart to put the tanks and what > kind of foundation will they need. The tanks will be side by side and > I was thinking having them about 2ft apart, any suggestions? It looks > like from CH 11 that I would need a compacted base with 3in of sand > cushion on top for the tank foundation. It does not appear that the > tanks will need to be anchored. Everything look good so far? > > Thanks, > > > > Dewayne > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl > er.org > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) A problem well stated is a problem half solved. -Charles F. Kettering, inventor and engineer (1876-1958) _______________________________________________ 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
