A distribution company with a nationwide footprint contacted ECS in 2016 to find a way to quantify the risk the aging fire sprinkler systems posed throughout the portfolio of their properties.
The prior year, two of their locations experienced a significant number of leaks on the wet pipe systems, resulting in a large expenditure on emergency repair calls, property damage, disruption of business, and ultimately replacement of the system piping.
To be able to better forecast future capitol expense required to repair or replace sprinkler piping, they contracted ECS to perform corrosion assessments on twelve (12) of their locations. These investigations were preformed in the span of several weeks and looked at representative samples of 92 wet systems protecting the various facilities.
This provided a unique view of the factors that lead to accelerated corrosion in wet system piping and gives building owners the ability to focus limited resources on addressing those systems that are most likely to develop leaks first.