Saturday, March 10, 2012

Engineering vs Design Part 3

In the State of Idaho, the layout of automatic sprinkler systems has been left in the charge of the fire sprinkler contractor for many years. In all these years, I am not aware of even one catastrophic failure, or for that matter even a small failure, of a fire sprinkler system due to the layout being performed improperly. This is not to say that contractors are perfect, we are just like engineers we all make mistakes. Over the years, through the proper training and education of the Fire Sprinkler Contractor, the industry has provided a very reasonable level of protection to both life and property. I encourage the continued practice of qualified licensed Fire Sprinkler Contractors and their personnel to perform the layout of the fire sprinkler systems. I also support a similar Advisory passage such as the one that the State of Texas Board of Engineers has passed.



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