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In the fire protection field many times (perhaps most of the time) a consulting engineer's set of plans and specifications that go out for bid are not the shop drawing/install drawing set and don't contain a full sprinkler & pipe layout.
What do you call these sets of plans? Design-Build Spec? Performance Spec? Delegated Design? Just curious what terminology you use to describe this. Also wonder if it's possibly regional too. [Moderator's Note: we've set this up as a poll. Comment below if there are options we should add. By voting you can see the results. Thanks!]
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NK
10/18/2022 09:48:12 am
This is a great topic, but I don't think there's enough information here to answer the question in this format. The differentiation of terminology is largely based on what information is provided, what level of detail is provided, and who the information is coming from. I think there are unique definitions for each of the answers even though you'll hear people use some of these terms interchangeably. Good engineers and engineering technicians approach the different project delivery methods with different strategies with the same end goal in mind (protecting lives and property from fire).
Ryan Hinson
10/18/2022 11:40:07 am
I agree with NK. Depending on the project, several of the options given in the one-answer-only survey may be correct or will pertain to any one of several key documents which make up the 'conceptual design documentation package'.
Wes
10/18/2022 04:53:36 pm
I'd be curious how this is broken out; my guess is that the differences between some of these terms are really up to the company that is defining them, correct?
Eric R
10/23/2022 08:24:22 pm
As a layout technician I feel the terms design criteria, design intent or performance spec make the most sense to me in describing the difference between engineering level work and layout work. I dislike delegated or deferred design as these terms can infer that engineering level work still needs to be performed before a layout can be developed. Leave a Reply. |
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