Some experts predict a continued doubling of annual sales to five billion dollars within five years.
With this growth, comes new pressures for optimal, cost effective sprinkler system design. Hydraulically designed sprinkler systems produce optimal results, but manual hydraulic calculations are exceptionally difficult to perform, especially for large complex systems. With the advent of affordable desktop computers and powerful software for hydraulic calculations, hydraulically designing even the most complicated sprinkler system is now practical. As a result, hydraulic calculation software has emerged as a powerful design tool in designing cost effective and reliable sprinkler systems. Greg Lindholm, president of Nordic Fire Protection in Owatonna, Minnesota, has designed fire sprinkler systems since 1972.