Steve:
This has just been a week of me dealing with too many AHJ
interpretations that are wrong this week - and been shown to be so. As
such, my opinion may be jaded this week.
/How do you think code enforcement, sprinkler and alarm plan review and
high-piled storage code expertise is acquired? OJT for the most part, JUST
LIKE US./
I agree with this. However, why does it fall on me to do the
code/standard research, spend several hours of my time, energy and money
to educate these professionals? I have been trained through OJT,
seminars, conventions and now working on a MS degree in FPE. There seems
to be no recourse when an AHJ mis-interprets a standard/code and then I
have to go and spend several hours of research, phone calls, meetings,
re-submittals just to show I was correct the first time. I did my
education. I paid for it. I don't get paid for teaching the plan
reviewer how to read the code/standard.
Ok..end of rant... just a pet peeve that has been worsened this week.
However, in general, I will say that an AHJ that is willing to listen
and have a civil discussion on an issue is a true pleasure to work
with. I will also agree that 99% of the AHJs that I deal with fall into
this category. It is these 99% that I will bend over backwards to help
and educate on these issues. It is the 1% that drives me insane!! You
have even helped me with some of that 1% group. I know you can feel
that frustration :-)
Travis Mack, SET
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On 1/30/2015 8:31 AM, Steve Leyton wrote:
How do you think code enforcement, sprinkler and alarm plan review and
high-piled storage code expertise is acquired? OJT for the most part, JUST
LIKE US.
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