Appeal 33510

Appeal Summary

Status: CANCELLED

Appeal ID: 33510

Submission Date: 10/8/24 1:06 PM

Hearing Date: 10/17/24

Case #: 24-71

Appeal Type: Fire

Project Type: commercial

Building/Business Name: Portland Community College

Appeal Involves: Alteration of an existing structure,Reconsideration of appeal,occ Change from to ,other:

Proposed use: Unchanged - Higher Ed

Project Address: 12000 SW 49th Ave

Appellant Name: Michael Stadelman

LUR or Permit Application #: Other

Stories: 4 Occupancy: A3, B, S1 Construction Type: IIA

Fire Sprinklers: Yes - Throughout

Plans Examiner/Inspector: Joe Thornton

Plan Submitted Option: pdf [File 1] [File 2]

Payment Option: electronic

Code Section	PORTLAND FIRE & RESCUE Fire Design Manual
Requires	The Portland Fire & Design Manual requires that all systems must be designed using 80% of the normal maximum static pressure unless otherwise approved by the Fire Marshal’s Office.
Code Modification or Alternate Requested	This appeal proposes to use the actual flow test data taken from private hydrants on campus for the fire sprinkler design with a 10% safety reduction.
Proposed Design	The attached flow test data would be utilized for the fire sprinkler design with a 10% safety. The test data was taken from the private hydrants on the Portland Community College Sylvania campus. The private hydrants are on the discharge side of the site fire pump.
Reason for alternative	An actual flow test likely provides more accurate data for campus style arrangements. The 29 PSI static pressure to use for design provided by the attached Portland Water Bureau model is a 7 PSI reduction from the 36 PSI maximum static pressure. Utilizing a 10% safety on the test results taken from the actual flow test would results in an 8 PSI static pressure reduction. Therefore the 10% reduction from the actual flow test would result in a larger reduction in pressure and provide more safety.

The administrative staff has not yet reviewed this appeal.