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Excerpt from The Superintendence of Piping Installations in Buildings: Sanitary, Hydraulic, and Gas
Superintendence is also necessary in order to foresee changes from the plans due to structural reasons so as to avoid extras. It is likewise required in order to keep a proper record of any work omitted with the architect's approval, and for which a proper credit should be given by the contractor.
It is Often erroneously supposed that with the inspection given to modern work, at least in the larger cities, by build: ing, plumbing, or health inspectors, a close supervision of this work on the part of the architect or of his office staff is rendered unnecessary. No greater mistake than this is possible. For it should be remembered that city plumbing ordinances are, without exception, framed so as to secure satisfactory sanitary results with the cheapest permissible class Of work and material. Where general laws are passed intended to govern such work, it is always with the intent of establishing a minimum standard. It would be obviously out of the question to enforce, by laws, a different standard of workmanship and material in the houses of the wealthy than in the cheaper types of homes or in plain stores and warehouses.
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