Ron- I totally agree. We've ran into a couple instances where the civil site utility plan shows the underground size but then has a note that the fire sprinkler contractor has to verify it will work. I've been telling the GC the civil engineer is responsible for it but they keep pointing to the note on the plans that says we have to verify it will work. I tell them I'll verify it'll work for the sire sprinkler system but that's it, I'm not on the hook for anything else that is supplied by the same underground.
Brian Harris, CET BVS Systems Inc. bvssytemsinc.com -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Fletcher Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 2:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Fire Flow vs Hydraulic calc's It's in Appendix B of IFC and is definitely in the realm of A/E team. Fire flow, hydrant spacing etc.. Is required for building permits (usually) and the fire line size should have been determined well before a sprinkler contractor was involved. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 22, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Brian Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can someone please put into laymen's terms the difference between doing a > fire flow demand calc for the underground and the hydraulic calc's for the > sprinkler system? We have been running into some projects lately where the > civil engineer tries to pawn sizing the underground off onto the sprinkler > contractor. I try telling them that's their responsibility not ours but I'd > like something more definitive to have on hand. > > Brian Harris, CET > BVS Systems Inc. > Sprinkler Division > bvssystemsinc.com<http://bvssystemsinc.com/> > Phone: 704.896.9989 > Fax: 704.896.1935 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
