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0 Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 15
1 General .......................................................................................................................................................... 15
1.1 Scope ............................................................................................................................................................. 15
1.2 Aims ............................................................................................................................................................... 16
1.3 Description ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
1.4 Approvals ....................................................................................................................................................... 17
2 Definitions ..................................................................................................................................................... 19
3 Contract planning and documentation ...................................................................................................... 24
3.1 General .......................................................................................................................................................... 24
3.2 Initial Considerations .................................................................................................................................... 25
3.3 Preliminary or estimating stage ................................................................................................................... 25
3.4 Design stage .................................................................................................................................................. 25
3.5 Commencement of installation works ........................................................................................................ 32
4 Extent of sprinkler protection ...................................................................................................................... 32
4.1 Buildings and areas to be protected ........................................................................................................... 32
4.2 Compartmentation and separation ............................................................................................................. 33
5 Classification of occupancies and fire hazards ........................................................................................... 33
5.1 General .......................................................................................................................................................... 33
5.2 Hazard classes ............................................................................................................................................... 33
6 Hydraulic design criteria ............................................................................................................................... 38
6.1 General .......................................................................................................................................................... 38
6.2
High Hazard Storage - HHS .......................................................................................................................... 38
6.3 Pressure and flow requirements for precalculated systems ...................................................................... 41
6.4 Pipe sizing and layout ................................................................................................................................... 43
7 Water Supplies - General ............................................................................................................................. 44
7.1 Suitability ....................................................................................................................................................... 44