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Chapter 16
Fire Protection
Fire-protection designers use a variety of methods and software programs
to lay out fire-protection systems. In the Autodesk ® Revit ® MEP 2015
software, fire protection is probably one of the least mentioned features.
However, there are considerable benefits to performing this process in Revit
MEP, including coordination and clash detection with other services and
building elements.
In this chapter, you will learn to do the following:
• Place fire-protection equipment
• Create fire-protection systems
• Route fire-protection piping
Understanding the Essentials of Placing
Fire-Protection Equipment
Properplanninginplacingfire-protectionequipmentisessentialwhentrying
to create a productive layout with Revit MEP 2015. You should plan to have
most of your equipment roughly located during the schematic design phase
of the project, which helps with productivity and coordination with other
disciplines. You need to use proper design methods to verify whether a fire
pump is required on a project.
Although pump manufacturers are starting to provide Revit content, they
are still few and far between. If you look under Imperial Library Ø Fire
Protection, you will find several components that can be used out of the box
for fire protection. Others can be found as mechanical or piping components.
For example, the backflow preventer is located under Imperial Library Pipe
Valves Backflow Preventers.
Point of Connection
You should start your model by understanding where your water supply
starts. Normally, a civil engineer provides location details. There is no special
need for a model element to represent this point of connection (POC) . You
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