How Has COVID-19 Affected Your FP Workflow?

4/24/2020

I am sincerely interested in how COVID-19 has impacted this great community of fire protection professionals that contribute to this website.

How has COVID-19 impacted your ability to do your particular job in the fire protection industry and what struggles have you had to overcome due to it?

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Vinnie

4/24/2020 10:54:55 am

It really has only had minimal impact. I can design, calc, list, etc. just like at the office, and I can still access all of our servers and order material through a VPN connection. Barring the few distractions from the little ones throughout the day (not many more than a co-worker at the office) my work hasn't changed.

All of our guys are still working and I am busier than ever. Hoping for similar comments from everyone else

Mike

4/24/2020 11:25:40 am

Put all my oil and gas projects on hold since they don't want anyone inside the refinery. That's about a year's worth of work.

Jonathan Joseph

4/24/2020 11:49:53 am

As a training and safety coordinator it has been really busy. We have kept all of our jobsites running with strict guidelines here in San Diego. Our estimators have not slowed down and designers are slammed as usual before the summer. It's great to work with contractors who care about the safety of others and keeping businesses running.
I would like to thank the AGC for writing the letter to governors across the nation to keep us working.
We actually had a sprinkler put out an electrical fire during this time at a high-rise downtown and our service team was quickly to respond and get the system up and running again.
It has been tough during this time and I don't know if I can get sprinkler fitters any cleaner than they are now. lol.

sean

4/24/2020 07:08:01 pm

i am a plan reviewer, inspector, etc. it is slower but still moving.

Dan Wilder

4/27/2020 08:48:00 am

Currently, my branch is busy and the obvious locations for work have been suspended (hospitals, nursing homes). Half the office is on a rotating 50% office/home schedule and I have a couple who are at home full time.

The use of Teams for conversation vs 20 phone calls a day has really streamlined this especially for a quick screen share. The MFG's have really stepped up their online training platforms as well just as my company (they were already robust in the online platform)

If it's sustainable for the long term remains to be seen.

Franck

4/27/2020 11:00:40 am

In my personal case it will have soon a huge impact. I am a loss prevention engineer, living in France, making surveys in nuclear power plants all over the world (Europe, US, Canada, South Africa, Eastern countries...).
Since the end of february, all my surveys have been cancelled until... I don’t know.
The next possible one (not yet cancelled) is end of August in the UK, but we are not sure that the borders will be opened for travels by that time.
In the meantime, I am working from home and take the time to develop new technical documents and answer technical questions from my desk.
It is fine so far, but it shouldn’t last too long...

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