Family Friend Asks for Quick Review

of Fire Alarm System

Presented by
M Narasimha Naik
CE18G007
 Dan Sturrich received his
P.E. license a few months
before.
 A close friend, Jose
Carrera, approaches him
with an idea.
 Jose owns a small
apartment building where
he is putting in a new fire
alarm system.
• It is required by the local
code that a P.E. design
and stamp the
construction plans for fire
alarms for commercial
buildings.
.
• Dan is a talented
electrical engineer, but he
has not previously
worked with fire alarm
systems. He works in a
totally different field of
electrical engineering.
 Jose is very frugal and doesn’t want to pay an
engineering firm for what he believes is just a rubber
stamp on the very detailed plans that were provided by a
vendor
 Dan’s family is good friends with Jose’s family; they often
socialize together, and Jose is persistent in asking Dan
to just look it over and stamp the plans.
 Dan doesn’t care about the few hundreds of dollars Jose
is offering. The only reason he is considering this work is
because Jose is a family friend.
 Questions & Answers

1 Why is Dan reluctant to review the plans and stamp

them?
Dan Sturrich and Jose Carrera are friends. Dan’s family
is good friends with Jose’s family; they often socialize
together.
2 What are three possible outcomes of this situation?
 Unethically authorizing the plan
 Without paying engineering firm fee.
 Without analyzing contingency of fair alarm.
3 What would you do if you were Dan?
As my work is totally different field and I don’t have prior
working experience in fire alarm I wouldn't have stamp.
Instead of that I would suggest him to meet respective
P.E in fire alarm.
4 If you were Dan, how would you feel if you stamped the
plans?

5 If you were Dan, how would you feel if you refused to stamp
the plans? them?