And it's not the AHJ who will be found liable if something goes wrong. The contractor will. AHJ can't just bless deviations. They can approve alternates but still liability falls on contractor. Many states actually have laws protecting the government from being sued and a person serving in government capacity from being personally liable. So unless AHJ committed a crime the government has the shallowest pockets. Ignoring the code/ law is not a crime.
Chris Cahill Associate Fire Protection Engineer Burns & McDonnell 952-656-3652 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On Sep 1, 2015 8:11 AM, Scott Futrell <[email protected]> wrote: John's right on as usual. I always say, If it is designed, installed, inspected, tested, and maintained incorrectly (e.g. not in accordance with the Code), then regardless of who signed off on it, it is still wrong. Scott Office: (763) 425-1001 x 2 Cell: (612) 759-5556 -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Drucker Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 7:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: AHJ Powers The requestor stipulated that the valves are required to be electrically supervised by applicable code, presumably the IBC. Where conflict in code / standard occurs IBC trumps so NFPA-13 irrelevant. Here's the code sections; 2009 IBC 102.4 Referenced Codes and Standards 901.6 Supervisory Service 901.6.1 Automatic Sprinkler Systems 903.4 Sprinkler System Supervision and Alarms 903.4.1 Monitoring If there's a loss these references may well be cited for the various parties to defend their actions with regards to a nationally recognized building code adopted by jurisdiction. Hope that helps, John Drucker Assistant Construction Official Fire Protection Subcode Official Building/Fire/Electrical Inspector Borough of Red Bank, NJ 90 Monmouth Street Red Bank, New Jersey 07701 Cel/Text: 732-904-6823 Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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
