I'm not sure I agree with that philosophy BJC.
Just because a company may have such an attitude towards their workers, doesn't mean it should be reciprocated. What about your colleagues that you would be leaving in the lurch? I have worked for companies where I didn't give two hoots for the...
I know in the UK there is a British Standard for this:
BS 1710:1984 "Specification for identification of pipelines and services"
From memory, this allows for banding of pipes, rather than full colouring.
If you are not based in the UK, there may be a similar standard (I'm surprised that NFPA...
NDOUKAS
Only just seen the post, hence the late reply.
WHat does it say in NFPA 13 (assuming you are in the US)or whatever national standard you are working to?
James
Doesn't your contract with current employer specify your minimum notice period? I'm from the UK and each employer I've worked for has had a notice clause in the contract - both from them to me and vice versa. Not sure if it is different in the US / Canada.
I've given 2 months before, but only...
Chicopee,
Unfortunately I can't help you with the assessment, but I would suggest you try a similar posting on the NFPA (fire) Code Issues Forum within the Eng-Tips boards. They may be able to help.
Regards
James
That last one isn't a problem in the UK as good old TETRAPAK(TM) have devised a whole number of openings for milk and juice cartons (possibly why Hausing - i think his name is - is one of the richest men in the UK)
Friar Tuck,
You missed one out - Even though our cars do 46MPG at 50MPH, we buy petrol in litres. Also, although legally shops have to sell weighed goods in kilo's, we always ask for a pound of carrots or quarter of a pound of cheese etc...
We also still have a few people here who moan about...
A 3 bed house in Manchester may only be £160k, but is that in a part of Manchester where I would like my kids to grow up? (I did live in Salford and Manchester for 10 years, up until a year ago, before people start ranting about that last statement)
I must be doing something wrong (maybe living...
The only part of the API Code I know is through use of a book by F P Lees called "Loss Prevention in the Process Industries" where a set of tables of incident radiation vs levels of damage are given. 4.7 is given as the intensity where emergency actions lasting up to several minutes may be...
Re "Whenever someone asks my wife what I do she says ‘he’s an engineer but not the kind that fixes motor cars with a spanner’. "
I get the same from my wife too - either that or "I'm not sure what he does, but he sits in front of a computer"
Regarding salaries, I think it depends on the sector...
Hi,
I'm a Chartered Fire Engineer from the UK. I have come across this in the past related to diesel storage tanks (about 15m diameter)for power stations and we located foam system operation valves at a safe distance based on radiation calculations, however the software we used to do this...
