Note to data server centers worried about water leakage from sprinkler
systems:
upvote --> Simple, wet-pipe fire sprinkler reliability.
If there had been a bad leak and it was on a car, likelihood is good that
at some car owner would, at some point over the last 15 years, complained
about water leaking.
Scot Deal
Excelsior Fire & Risk Engineering
Roland,
And there lies the predicament.
If the previous ITM services were done by John's firm, he'd be
admitting to the client that his own staff had not done their jobs
properly, and that could have significant financial impact. By no means am
I suggesting some sort of double talk to deflect any concerns on the part
of the client, rather it's an issue his staff has to be sure of before they
take that stance.
A client of mine here in San Diego, also an AFSA member now that it
occurs to me, succeeded a few years ago in taking away the ITM contract for
a residential high rise from the original installing contractor who'd been
performing ITM since the building was built in '98.
One of the first observations they made was that the churn pressure on
the pump had locked 290 psi on the discharge side of the system. While
there were PRV's on all the necessary upper floors, the installers had
neglected to add them to the parking level, which was where the pump was
located. *The sprinklers on the garage levels, rated at 175 psi, had been
subjected to 290 psi for almost 15 years. *
Once my firm started looking into the ITM records it was reasonably
clear the original contractor had been doing drive-by work.
just a bit of experience to be shared,
*Ken Wagoner, SETParsley Consulting*
*350 West 9th Avenue, Suite 206Escondido, California 92025Phone
760-745-6181*
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