If the client resticts their bin-box (open-top) containers to only the lowest level of storage, there are onerous work-arounds.
I would take my design directions from FM, as most of their high-piled plastic storage advice becomes NFPA 13. Simply FM Global has been leader sin qua non, in sprinkler protection of industrial rack storage for scores-and-more of years. FM Global invokes the Bayesian far more often and far faster than NFPA 13 (i.e. FM Global changes their mind to update their guess when presented with new evidence). While it would appear that FM Global procurement of evidence is biased, because they literally record their own fire test data, I have found the integrity and the personal effort offered by their personnel as a paramount case study in information sharing for the fire safety community. At the risk of tainting their reputations by association with this writer, I can not recommend enough the personal contributions Prateep Chatterjee and Weston Baker of FM Global, have made to our industry. Section 2.2.4.3 of FM Global's Data Sheet 8-9 talks to us on your subject. You are in good care with their share. Collusion exposure statement: Scot Deal has no financial links to FM Global either through payments or client procurement collaborations. Scot Deal is financially linked to NFPA through subscription fees. Scot Deal Excelsior Risk and Fire Engineering gms: +420 606 872 129 Si vis pacem, para vinum On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 11:47 PM Steve Leyton <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to be sure that I’ve got this right: A client is moving into a > brand-new ESFR protected warehouse space and they want to build a two level > bin-box system. I explained that they would have to fire protect below > the walkways and they’ve come back to me asking whether or not building > just the lower level of the system would alleviate the need to make > sprinkler system improvements. The CMSA and ESFR protection tables in > Chapter 14 (2016 edition) don’t include bin-box or plastics in the > application range, Only palletized and solid pile, Classes 1-4. If they > want to use a bin-box system, do they have to change roof sprinklers out > for CMDA? Or can the ESFR remain and CMDA sprinklers would be installed > under walkways when they’re built? > > > > I miss the little bitty book and pipe scheduled systems… > > > > *Steve Leyton, President* > T *|* 619.255.8964 x 102 *| * > *www.protectiondesign.com <http://www.protectiondesign.com/> *2851 Camino > Del Rio South *|* Suite 210 *|* San Diego, CA 92108 > Fire Protection System Design *|* Consulting *|* Planning *|* Training > > > > _________________________________________________________ > SprinklerForum mailing list: > https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] >
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