NJ1,
Thanks for the information. Since I have been in design for 10 years I automatically recognize design deficiencies and flaws. Honestly I hadn’t thought of the Inspection liabilitly from the other side of the equation. I will have all my inspectors stop mentioning what would be outside the...
In the state of Georgia spacing issues are a yellow tag. Anything that would impair the successful operation of the sprinkler system is a yellow tag. Granted sprinkler spacing can be considered a design issue and such issues are out of the scope of NFPA 25. But spacing issues constitute a lack...
Thanks for the input guys. We ended up using hand written reports and paying someone in the office to enter the data into Excel so that it could be manipulated to look like the common Bar-coding report that our client had been used to getting every year prior.
You are correct. The bar-coded...
Does anyone have any experience with the use/purchase of barcoding equipment for extinguisher/alarms/fire sprinkler inspections?
I have to purchase a product for our inspections division due to the requirements of a contract spec and have started with four potential providers.
Firebug...
@ pipesnpmps, with regard to the UFC 3-600-01 I meant fire code in my original post I apologize for the confusion.
stookeyfpe you are correct the DOD sent out an RFP for ESFR protection and then as far as I can tell approved the bin box carousel storage arrangement after the fact. We are...
I have a client that required ESFR protection in the RFP for a large warehouse with a maximum deck height of 38’-0”. I later found that part of their storage arrangement included open top five sided combustible containers on horizontal carousels with storage height at 8’-0”. The applicable...
I have a situation where 175 sprinklers have to be replaced in an apartment building where the original design/installation utilized low flow residential sprinklers (2.8K) due to damage or painting. It is my understanding that these sprinklers are not available anymore and I need to replace them...
