Brad, interestingly many a code guy swear by the 1996 BOCA code. Frankly the codes and standards have become unwieldy and with more complexity less compliant in the field which is where it matters most not on the drafting board.
John Drucker - Mobile Email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Cell/Text 732-904-6823 Brad Casterline <[email protected]> wrote: Since the very impressive success statistics, i.e., percentage of fires completely extinguished, nearly extinguished, and controlled are virtually the same today as they were 100 years ago, I'd feel comfortable using any edition back to 1975 :) -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 7:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: ignoring new standard requirements I'm sorry for my grammar and autocorrect as this is coming from my phone. How does the forum feel about ignoring the more stringent requirements of the most current NFPA standards all because the AHJ hasn't adopted the latest year? As the standards have evolved with each new addition, they typically try to clarify murky wording of past standards, expand on topics, or add/change requirements based on the latest and greatest tests. So should we be purposely designing and installing and inferior product that more times than not is less safe just because the AHJ hasn't adopted the latest design guidelines. I've heard sometimes the AHJ doesn't adopt the new standard simply due to the financial impact of republishing their amendments and not merely because they don't agree. To me it seems morally/ethically wrong but I may just be on my high horse today. Thoughts? Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
