\wd Wd STATE OF FLORIDA eile FLORIDA ENGINEERS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION OO HAY -1 AMET: &2 a 9 FLORIDA ENGINEERS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. -FEMC Case No. 99-00169 GARY P. GRUNAU, PE, _ | O O-/ S Sh Respondent. ADMINIS TRATIVE COMPLAINT COMES NOW the Florida Engineers Management Corporation, hereinafter referred to as “Petitioner,” and files this ‘Administrative Complaint before the Board of Professional Engineers against Gary P. Grunau, P.E., hereinafter referred to as “Respondent”. This Administrative Complaint is issued pursuant to Sections 120.60 and 471.038, Florida Statutes. Any proceeding concerning this complaint shall be conducted pursuant to Section 120.57, Florida Statutes. In support of this complaint, Petitioner alleges the following: 1. Petiti is chi ged with providing administrative, investigative, and litorial services to the Board of Professional Eng neers ‘pursuant to Section ' 471.038(4), Florida Statutes (1997). The Board of Professional Engineers is charged with regulating the practice of engineering Pursuant to Chapter 4 455, » Florida Statutes and Chapter 47\, Florida Statutes. eer ReTNENIe Sere ne Cre Rp SR REET pm oe rer pre ees gree ‘w) WY 2. __Respondent is and has been at all time material hereto a licensed professional engineer in the State of Florida, having been issued license number PE 34737. Respondent’s address of record is P. O. Box 479, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0479, 3. Respondent is the Chief Executive Officer of Granau Company, Inc., a fire protection system company located in Orlando, Florida. 4. Petitioner realleges and incorporates paragraphs one through three as if fully restated herein this Count One. 5, The Grunau Company offers aneannea services in the State of Florida. 6. . Section 471.023(1), Florida Statutes, states the practice of, or the offer to practice, engineering by registrants through a corporation offering engineering services to the public is permitted only if the firm possesses a certification issued by the department! 7. ‘The Grunau Company does not hold a Certificate of Authorization to offer éfigineering services in Florida. . . | 8. Based on the foregoing, Respondent is charged with violating Section 471.033(1)(a), violating a provision of Chapter 471, through a violation of Section 471.023(1), Florida Statutes, by offering engineering services through a corporation which has not been issued a Certificate of Authorization. _ leges and incorporates paragraphs one through three as if . fully restated herein this Count Two. ' Pursuant to Section 471.028, Florida Statutes (1997), the Florida Engineers Management Corporation (FEMC) was created to provide administrative, investigative, and prosecutorial services to the Board of Professional Engineers. Wd oe Ww 10. On or about December 8, 1999, Subject signed and sealed a fire protection plan on a project referred to as Kash-N-Karry #1846 in Oviedo, Florida. This plan was submitted to the City of Oviedo for permitting. 11. Subject’s fire protection plan and calculations contain numerous deficiencies including but not limited to the following: a. The spray application density is not in compliance with NFPA 13 5- 2. 3. 1. 3@), 1996; a >. - The inside diameter of 4.8 inches shown for the 4” ductile iron feeder pipe - is incorrect; c. ‘The plans do not indicate what class of ductile iron pipe is to be used; . d. The friction pressure loss for pipe 43 is incorrect. 12. Based on the foregoing, Respondent is charged with violating Section 471.033(1)(g), Florida Statutes, engaging in negligence, incompetence, or misconduct, in the practice of engineering. WHEREFORE, the Petitioner respectfully requests the Board of Professional Engineers to enter an order i imposing one or more of the ° following penalties: permanent Tevocation or suspension of the Respondent s license, restriction of the Respondent’s - practice, imposition of an n administrative fine, issuance of a Teprimand, placement of the oo Respondent on probation, the assessment of costs related to the pvestigation and sotiar aoe Se eee prosecution of this ¢ case, other than costs associated with an attorney’ s time, as s provided : for i in Section 455, 22763), Florida Statutes, and/or any other Telief that the Board deems i appropriate. , ; vv sicneD this 30 day of Mord , 2000. COUNSEL FOR FEMC: Natalie A. Lowe | _ Prosecuting Attomey Flo fessional Engineers “1208 Hays Street veel allahassee, Florida 32301 Florida Bar No. 8389 “p hh 16, 2000 popes ag oh Sans wen by, Rebane, Seckinger Dennis Barton Executive Director BY: Natalie Lowe Prosecuting Attorney FILED Department of Business and Professional Reguiation DEPUTY CLERK WM Tlichele CLERK cece one ee erie PPR tee meer

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