Plumbing, Fire services Design Stages & Design Work Standard

Design stages
Concept/Schematic

Item of works
1. Collect client brief

Out put
Concept/schematic design report and consist of :
Design criteria
Brief systems description
Preliminary calculation

2. Investigate incoming utility services with authorities.

eg : main water (PDAM), gas and city drainage.
3. Medical gas (for hospital)
Establish typical patient room medical gas requiement and for special rooms Sketch pipe shaft location
(ICU, OR etc).
4. Decide on extent of systems

Schematic diagram system drawing

5. Identify all major equipments

6. Brief calculation as required
Cold water demand
Raw water demand
Gas demand
Fuel oil demand
STP calculation
Recycling demand
Fire services water demand
7. Locate major plant items and tank
eg; STP, water tank, pump room, boiler room, etc

Sketch drawing and showing of major plant items

and tank as required.

Design stages
Design development

Item of works
8. Identify major services routes and propose riser location

Out put
Sketch pipe shaft location

1. Develop concept/Schematic design stage

Update concept report and reissue

2. Prepare preliminary equipment schedules (number of equipment and location

only).
3. Review technical data
eg; pump capacity and head, cold water demand, gas capacity, fuel oil capacity
etc.
4. Confirm major plant items, tank location, sump pit and sizes

Showing the plant room, tank areas and sump pit on

the drawing complete with sizes

5. Confirm main routes and sizes for all services and coordinate with other Drawing floor plan layout for all main pipes
disciplines as required
Siteplan drawing showing location of incoming
services
6. Develop schematic diagram system

Schematic diagram system drawing

7. Prepare complete drawing list for project

8. Estimate total electrical load and advise to electrical engineer

Electrical information data

9. Additional for fire services only :

Identify hazards clasification

Additional for fire services only :

Indoor hidrant box and sprinkler position drawing
plan layout

Calculate levels on main pipe routes and calculate ceiling heights

available
Coordinate indoor hydrant box position with architect

Coordinate sprinkler position with architect and other disciplines

Coordinate fire extinguisher position with architect

Design stages

Item of works
Inform to electrical engineer the position of indoor hydrant box, alarm
valve and branch control valve

Out put

10. Check schematic drawing with paln drawing

Detailed design

1. Confirm (with architect) fixture locations in all areas and hydrant position

Update design development report as a specification

and equipment schedules

2. Prepare complete layout drawings showing all branch pipe lines to all fixtures Complete drawing floor plan layout
and equipments.
Complete schematics for all systems showing
sizes and other technical datas
3. Size all branch pipes
4. Complete all technical data equipments
5. Prepare detail drawing and section for plant room, tank and sump pit

Detail drawings for plant items, tank and sump pit

6. Prepare detail drawing and isometric

Detail drawings & isometric complete with sizes

7. Prepare detail drawing of equipments as requred

Detail drawings of equipment as required

8. Complete all electrical requirements for any equipments

Complete electrical information data