STANDARDS (GENERAL)

STANDARDS (General)

ARTICLE ISSUE #

What Standard Shall We Live By? SQ19

How Standard Are Our Standards? SQ 22

Those Installation Rules Variations SQ23

Work Continues Toward International Sprinkler Performance Standard SQ30

Engineering and Standards Committee Operating Policy SQ 33

Standards - Which One Do I Use? SQ 38

NFSA Technical Committees Meet In Tampa SQ 63

HR3704: The Hotel And Fire Safety Act Of 1987 SQ 63

UL Lists Its Positions SQ 63

A Giant Step Backward: Local Sprinkler Ordinances Lose

Fights at State Levels SQ72

Moving to Metric SQ82

NFPA 13D -A New Look SQ86

Minimum Pressures SQ89

The Division 13 Specifications Initiative SQ90

Thrust Blocking SQ91

Division 13 Specification Success SQ91

NICET's Recertification Program SQ94




EARTHQUAKE PROTECTION

Where are the Earthquake Areas TN VIII 4

Nonmetallic Piping Protection Issues TN X 3



SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION FEATURES

Designing Around Privacy Curtains TN IV 4

Protecting Composite Wood Joist Construction TN VI 6

The Wood Truss and Joist Issues TN IX 6

Nonmetallic Piping Protection Issues TN X 3


DRAIN CONN/FLUSHING CONN

FM, ISO Frown on Cross Mains at Peaks TN VII 2

Factory Mutual - Flushing Connections TN I 3

NFPA 13 Requires Sectional Drain Valve Sizing TN VIII 1

Proposed Changes to 1987 NFPA 13 Mostly Restrictive TN IX 5



FRICTION LOSS

AISI Promotes Higher C-Factor for Steel Pipes TN III 3

FM Tests Show Extra Friction for Grooved Couplings TN IV 4

Wet Pipe C-Factor "Steel" is 120 TN VI 1

Don't Ignore Pressure Losses for Water Flow Switches TN IX 3


VELOCITY LIMITS

Limiting Velocity in Pipes TN III 2

NFPA 14 Velocity Limits Undone TN III 3

More on Velocity Limits TN III 4

FM Holds Firm on Velocity Limits TN VI 1


HYDRAULICS

Factory Mutual Decides to Get Tough TN III 1

Factory Mutual Update - Hydraulic Calculations TN III 2

ISO Changes Policy on Orifice Mixing TN III 5

Hydraulics Correspondence Course Available TN IV 3

IRI Streamlines Computer Plan Review TN IV 5

Industrial Risk Insurers Appendix I For Hydraulically TN IV 5

Designed Systems

Sources of Hydraulic Design Software TN VI 5


ALARMS

How Long Until the Alarm? TN III 3

IRI Rules Out Wafer Check Valves... TN II 4

..And Prefers System Alarm Valves TN II 4

Know of Any Problems With Wafer Check Valves? TN II 5

Safety Factor Needed for Pressure Control Valves TN V 4

RPZ on Antifreeze Loop Requires Extra Check TN VI 4

GENERAL

Preview of 1989 Sprinkler Standard Changes TN X 6

New Truss and Joist Rules Summarized TN XI 5

NFPA Proposes Class IA Standpipe System TN XII 2

TIA's Recognize ESFR Sprinklers in Storage Standard TN XII 4

Two Proposed TIA's Fail TN XII 5

New Maintenance Standard Proposed TN XII 6

TIA For Composite Wood Joists Not Issued TN XIII 1

NFPA 1990 Annual Meeting to Include Aerosol Standard TN XIII 2

ASME Proposes Changes to Sprinkler Use in Elevators TN XV 2

Welding TIA not Issued TN XV 4

Revised Storage Due in 1995 TN XVII 1

NFPA Aerosol and Rubber Tire Storage Standards Updated TN XVII 4

1995 Edition of Storage Standards Approved TN XVIII 1

Sprinkler Committee Plans 1996 Edition of NFPA 13 TN XVIII 4

Sprinkler Committee Clarifies Alarm Requirements TN XVIII 4

NFPA Standards Errata TN XIX 2

Changes to Other NFPA Standards TN XX 3

O'Neil New Sprinkler Committee Chairman TN XX 3