ASTM E1663-03

Standard Classification for Serviceability of an Office Facility for Typical Office Information Technology

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
Each Facility Rating Scale (see Figs. 1-6) in this classification provides a means to estimate the level of serviceability of a building or facility for one topic of serviceability and to compare that level against the level of any other building or facility.
This classification can be used for comparing how well different buildings or facilities meet a particular requirement for serviceability. It is applicable despite differences such as location, structure, mechanical systems, age, and building shape. Further information may be found in ISO 6240.
This classification can be used to estimate the amount of variance of serviceability from target or from requirement, for a single office facility, or within a group of office facilities.
This classification can be used to estimate the following:
4.4.1 Serviceability of an existing facility for uses other than its present use.
4.4.2 Serviceability (potential) of a facility that has been planned but not yet built.
4.4.3 Serviceability (potential) of a facility for which remodeling has been planned.
Use of this classification does not result in building evaluation or diagnosis. Building evaluation or diagnosis generally requires a special expertise in building engineering or technology and the use of instruments, tools, or measurements.
This classification applies only to facilities that are building constructions, or parts thereof. (While this classification may be useful in rating the serviceability of facilities that are not building constructions, such facilities are outside the scope of this classification.)
This classification is not intended for, and is not suitable for, use for regulatory purposes, nor for fire hazard assessment nor for fire risk assessment.
SCOPE
1.1 This classification covers pairs of scales for classifying an aspect of the serviceability of an office facility, that is, the capability of an office facility to meet certain possible requirements for performance to support typical office equipment for information technology.
1.2 Within that aspect of serviceability, each pair of scales, shown in , are for classifying one topic of serviceability. Each paragraph in an Occupant Requirement Scale (see ) summarizes one level of serviceability on that topic, which occupants might require. The matching entry in the Facility Rating Scale (see ) is a translation of the requirement into a description of certain features of a facility which, taken in combination, indicate that the facility is likely to meet that level of required serviceability.
1.3 The entries in the Facility Rating Scale (see ) are indicative and not comprehensive. They are for quick scanning to estimate approximately, quickly, and economically, how well an office facility is likely to meet the needs of one or another type of occupant group over time. The entries are not for measuring, knowing, or evaluating how an office facility is performing.
1.4 This classification can be used to estimate the level of serviceability of an existing facility. It can also be used to estimate the serviceability of a facility that has been planned but not yet built, such as one for which single-line drawings and outline specifications have been prepared.
1.5 This classification indicates what would cause a facility to be rated at a certain level of serviceability but does not state how to conduct a serviceability rating nor how to assign a serviceability score. That information is found in Practice E 1334. The scales in this classification are complimentary to, and compatible with, Practices E 1334 and E 1679. Each requires the other.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Sep-2003
• ICS: 35.260 - Office machines
• Technical Committee: E06 - Performance of Buildings
• Drafting Committee: E06.25 - Whole Buildings and Facilities

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM E1663-01 - Standard Classification for Serviceability of an Office Facility for Typical Office Information Technology
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM E1663-03(2010) - Standard Classification for Serviceability of an Office Facility for Typical Office Information Technology
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2010
• Referred By: ASTM E1765-16(2023) - Standard Practice for Applying Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to Multiattribute Decision Analysis of Investments Related to Projects, Products, and Processes
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2003
• Referred By: ASTM E1694-22 - Standard Classification for Serviceability of an Office Facility for Special Facilities and Technologies
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
Designation: E1663 – 03
Standard Classification for
Serviceability of an Office Facility for Typical Office
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Information Technology
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1663; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.1 This classification covers pairs of scales for classifying
an aspect of the serviceability of an office facility, that is, the E631 Terminology of Building Constructions
capability of an office facility to meet certain possible require- E1334 Practice for Rating the Serviceability of a Building
ments for performance to support typical office equipment for or Building-Related Facility
information technology. E1679 Practice for Setting the Requirements for the Ser-
1.2 Within that aspect of serviceability, each pair of scales, viceability of a Building or Building-Related Facility
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shown in Figs. 1-6, are for classifying one topic of serviceabil- 2.2 ISO Document:
ity. Each paragraph in an Occupant Requirement Scale (see ISO 6240 International Standard, Performance Standards in
Figs. 1-6) summarizes one level of serviceability on that topic, Building—Contents and Presentation
which occupants might require. The matching entry in the 2.3 Other Document:
Facility Rating Scale (see Figs. 1-6) is a translation of the ANSI/TIA/EIA-569–A Commercial Building Standards for
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requirement into a description of certain features of a facility Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces
which, taken in combination, indicate that the facility is likely
3. Terminology
to meet that level of required serviceability.
1.3 The entries in the Facility Rating Scale (see Figs. 1-6) 3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 facility—a physical setting used to serve a specific
are indicative and not comprehensive. They are for quick
scanningtoestimateapproximately,quickly,andeconomically, purpose.
3.1.1.1 Discussion—A facility may be within a building, a
how well an office facility is likely to meet the needs of one or
another type of occupant group over time. The entries are not whole building, or a building with its site and surrounding
environment; or it may be a construction that is not a building.
for measuring, knowing, or evaluating how an office facility is
Thetermencompassesboththephysicalobjectanditsuse(See
performing.
1.4 This classification can be used to estimate the level of Terminology E631).
3.1.2 facility serviceability—the capability of a facility to
serviceability of an existing facility. It can also be used to
estimate the serviceability of a facility that has been planned perform the function(s) for which it is designed, used, or
required to be used.
but not yet built, such as one for which single-line drawings
and outline specifications have been prepared. 3.1.2.1 Discussion—The scope of this performance is of the
facility as a system, including its subsystems, components and
1.5 This classification indicates what would cause a facility
to be rated at a certain level of serviceability but does not state materials and their interactions, such as acoustical, hydrother-
mal, air purity, and economic; and of the relative importance of
how to conduct a serviceability rating nor how to assign a
serviceability score. That information is found in Practice each performance requirement (see Terminology E631).
3.1.3 offıce—a place, such as a room, suite, or building, in
E1334. The scales in this classification are complimentary to,
and compatible with, Practices E1334 and E1679. Each re- which business, clerical, or professional activities are con-
ducted (see Terminology E631).
quires the other.
3.1.4 For standard definitions of additional terms applicable
to this classification, see Terminology E631.
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This classification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on
Performance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.25
on Whole Buildings and Facilities.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2003. Published November 2003. Originally
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approved in 1995. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as E1663 – 01. DOI: For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
10.1520/E1663-03. contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
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