The devil is in the details but at least they fixed the issue of Direct Control. The main devil is that AL did not define Design. Incorporating the SFPE paper gets us much closer but the weakness is saying the PE shall perform preliminary calculations which can be misinterpreted to mean drawing lines and circles. It should have just stayed with confirm adequacy of the water supply. A nasty component for the PE is the issue of structural support without having a detailed system layout (so that really doesn’t get covered well most of it doesn’t get covered). Then of course there is the employment effort by saying the PE must review the shop drawings.
My understanding of the FL and SC models seem to be a good ones but again the devil is in the details until you are dancing with the devil, you can’t tell whether you get your toes stepped on. PS - the unstated part that made me nuts with the SFPE during the development of this White Paper was their constant reference in writing to the assurance that the PE Code of Ethics provides while verbally confirming that the overwhelming majority of the engineering work was performed by other fields without the necessary expertise. Now add the event where one state chapter of the SFPE was trying to help curb violations of the Code of Ethics by offering to review complaints by others (like contractors) before it was sent to the state Board (to reduce the avalanche) and was told to Nationally SFPE to cease and desist. At that point I decided that it wasn’t the sand that their head was stuck in. Roland Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives Dallas, TX http://www.firesprinkler.org <http://www.firesprinkler.org/> > On Jan 19, 2016, at 2:31 PM, David Blackwell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The legal requirements and opinions that count are based in/on the > jurisdiction(s) controlling the project. However, it may benefit you to see > an example of a state engineering licensing board opinion such as these from > Alabama seen at: > > http://www.bels.alabama.gov/pdf/opinions/Fire%20Protection%20Letter%20&%20Statement.pdf > > <http://www.bels.alabama.gov/pdf/opinions/Fire%20Protection%20Letter%20&%20Statement.pdf> > > http://www.bels.alabama.gov/pdf/rulings/2009-Direct%20Control%20&%20Supervision.pdf > > <http://www.bels.alabama.gov/pdf/rulings/2009-Direct%20Control%20&%20Supervision.pdf> > > > Other national level links of interest that may influence the State positions > are seen at: > > http://www.nspe.org/resources/issues-and-advocacy/take-action/position-statements/sfpenspenicet-joint-position-engineer > > <http://www.nspe.org/resources/issues-and-advocacy/take-action/position-statements/sfpenspenicet-joint-position-engineer> > > http://www.nspe.org/sites/default/files/resources/GR%20downloadables/SFPE%20NSPE%20NICET%20Joint%20Position.pdf > > <http://www.nspe.org/sites/default/files/resources/GR%20downloadables/SFPE%20NSPE%20NICET%20Joint%20Position.pdf> > > > > > > Respectfully, > > David Blackwell _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
