Given some of my recent experience Roland, what do we do about the engineers with no apparent field of expertise?
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Sep 16, 2014, at 1:32 PM, Roland Huggins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Once upon a time (and it may still be required), the Plumbing code limited > velocity in water system to address noise. As mentioned earlier, who cares > about minor noise in a sprinkler system with the bells ringing, the smoke a > swirling, the fire knocked out by the sprinklers, and the people departing. > > Good luck with ever getting some of my fellow engineers to apply the codes of > ethics regarding practicing outside their field of expertise. > > > Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering > American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives > Dallas, TX > http://www.firesprinkler.org > > > > > >> On Sep 16, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Lamar Vaughn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It would really be good if this thread could be shared with the engineering >> community at large. I STILL get specifications that require a maximum >> velocity of 20 fps. Very costly, especially when you have a good water >> supply. >> >> Lamar Vaughn, SET > > _______________________________________________ > 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
