My favorite is "home rule" (aka we can make up whatever the heck we want) places like Texas. Did a small job for a company in a place around Houston. Was supposed to be a small group home designed to 13D. A new Fire Marshal came in half way through the project and changed the requirements to 13R and rejected the previously approved plans.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Jul 18, 2014, at 10:43 PM, Brad Casterline <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was just thinking about that and all I got is , out of nowhere pops a > brilliant young engineering intern, on a Spring Morning in Kansas, barefoot, > w/ her blue jeans rolled up to her knees, hollering out pump pitot readings, > so, sorry Ron. > >> On Jul 18, 2014, at 9:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Okay you explain the $40-50k hit to the bottom line >> >> Ron fletcher Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 18, 2014, at 7:32 PM, "Brad Casterline" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Best not to dwell on any one project too much >>> >>>> On Jul 18, 2014, at 9:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Can't say how much this pisses me off. >>>> >>>> Ron fletcher Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Jul 18, 2014, at 7:19 PM, "Brad Casterline" <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You're alright like most of us the psychology part of sprinkler work just >>>>> makes you want to throw up in your mouth a little bit , right? >>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 18, 2014, at 9:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> How about everything is per code except we have two pumps rather than >>>>>> one.and we have 4000 GM at 160 psi instead of.4000 gpm at 165 psi. Most >>>>>> ignorant thing I have ever seen. Just found out the chief told plan >>>>>> reviewer no more written correspondence. I guess because they don't want >>>>>> a written orecord of their stupidity. Please forgive my frustration but >>>>>> I just don't know where to go from here.. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ron fletcher Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 18, 2014, at 4:24 PM, "John Drucker - Home" >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ron, et.al. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't know the particulars of your situation but we have a saying; >>>>>>> there's >>>>>>> your side, their side and the truth. Perhaps there's an issue with the >>>>>>> code >>>>>>> itself, a local amendment or interpretation. There's got to be >>>>>>> something >>>>>>> driving this. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Case in point about a reference standard, NFPA-72 speaks of wall mounted >>>>>>> smoke detectors/alarms and calls out a distance yet the illustration in >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> annex is worded differently than the code. _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
