We are in the process of completing an office-warehouse development. The location of the office warehouse works well for the Owner, but the water system that serves the area is substandard. This caused some concern when we considered how Fire Protection would be provided.

Fortunately, we had recently completed a fire protection system for a commercial development just next door. We had the solution for Fire Protection at this site. We could either build a similar system to the one next door, or we could make a deal with the neighbors to share the existing system we had designed.

Initially the water utility reviewer wanted a separate system for this site. However, we met with the local Fire Department and got their approval to share the system next door. With the letter from the Fire Department in hand, we obtained approval for our client, without having to build a new Fire Protection system.