Problem is they really do not have the jurisdiction to stop it. County is holding up a Stormwater drainage permit.
County only has jurisdiction to issue a stormwater drainage permit that the county engineer says they have met the conditions to receive. So, the county cannot make that request...
What NFPA 855 2023 Ed.??? Here in the State of Texas the State Fire Marshall's office has Adopted NFPA 1 (2021) not (2024). Not sure it references NFPA 855 (2023). Could you be a bit more specific? I am trying to answer a question posed to me by a county commissioner (who is also a close...
After reading the articles I am still wondering if the SunWoda batteries are the same as was evaluated. The developer has stated that the electrolyte in these batteries is non-combustible. A combustible electrolyte appears to be the source of generation of combustible gases on decomposition in...
Is the statement that a Battery Energy Storage System that utilizes LiFePO4 type batteries (manufactured by SunWoda) immune from a fire potential defendable based on actual performance data? Most opponents want to point to the numerous cases of Thermal Runaway type fires but most of these seem...
Daughter had an inlet valve freeze on her sprinkler system backflow preventer. It is a large 1" brass Febco 765 PVB type with an inlet and outlet valve. Problem was even if she opened the vents ports on the PVB it did not drain the water off the top of the inlet valve that was installed in the...
They refuse to even come and look at the job. It seems since the State made these contractors get licensed, they are few and far between. Sort of a take it or leave it attitude by the contractors.
The issue was the only licensed contractors I could locate claimed they cannot find hardwood and they want to use 1" treated wood. They claim they were told by their trainers that it was acceptable. The problem is in the interpretation of the code which is not explicit enough for the average...
I am a bit surprised nobody in this forum wants to wade in on this issue. I am a licensed chemical engineer but have both experience and education in certain aspects of civil construction both in concrete and with wood. And yes, even Chem Engr have to take Statics, Dynamics and Strength of...
Is anyone familiar with the interpretations of the PART 3285—MODEL MANUFACTURED HOME INSTALLATION STANDARDS (with respect to use of 1" treated (yellow pine) wood for the pier caps. I have a full slab under the home and two stacked block piers. But instead of 2" hardwood caps or 1" painted...
I want to thank everyone for the candid discussion. It looks like for now the plans are on hold. The OPS has an interpretation that is about 30 yes old and a bit outdated so I have asked for another. I tend to agree with the requirement for a relief or a HP shutdown if the bypass is being...
I didn't design and seal the drawings. I am really questioning the design and the engineer that sealed them. Why does New London Texas keep coming to mind? I read the preliminary report on Andover, Ma and the Columbia Gulf issues that LittleInch reported above. Seems there is good cause to be...
I talked with a former manager of a small municipality in Texas that has their own gas system which has gone through much changeout in personnel. His comment was the continuity of service issue. They wanted to be able to continue to deliver gas to customers so they would throttle across the...
In a natural gas city gas regulator station with two parallel regulators, one primary and one secondary both with backup monitor regulators for overpressure protection, should a bypass be allowed? The station is taking gas from an 800 psig MAOP pipeline, and after regulation down to 60 psig and...
This may not seem as straight forward as the language in the law implies. What is the public? You have to look to your particular state law and the exemptions it allows. Generally, the public is anyone that is outside of your own company that might be exposed to your engineered product or...
