ASTM E1692-95a(2005)
(Classification)Standard Classification for Serviceability of an Office Facility for Change and Churn by Occupants
Standard Classification for Serviceability of an Office Facility for Change and Churn by Occupants
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
Each Facility Rating Scale in this classification provides a means for estimating the level of serviceability of a building or facility for one topic of serviceability, and for comparing 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.
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: (1) the serviceability of an existing facility for uses other than its present use; (2) the serviceability (potential) of a facility that has been planned but not yet built; and (3) the serviceability (potential) of a facility for which a remodelling has been planned.
The use of this classification does not result in building evaluation or diagnosis. Building evaluation or diagnosis generally requires 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 or 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 to accommodate changes in working method, and frequent relocations of staff, and realignment of workstations.
1.2 Each pair of scales shown in , printed side by side on a page, are for classifying one topic of serviceability within that aspect of serviceability. Each paragraph in an Occupant Requirement Scale (see ) summarizes one level of serviceability on that topic that 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 that, 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, and 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 it does not state how to conduct a serviceability rating or how to assign a serviceability score. That information is found in Practice E 1334. The scales in this classification are complementary to and compatible with Practice E 1334. Each requires the other.
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An American National Standard
Designation: E1692 – 95a (Reapproved 2005)
Standard Classification for
Serviceability of an Office Facility for Change and Churn by
Occupants
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1692; 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 E1334. The scales in this classification are complementary to
and compatible with Practice E1334. Each requires the other.
1.1 This classification covers pairs of scales for classifying
an aspect of the serviceability of an office facility, that is, the
2. Referenced Documents
capability of an office facility to meet certain possible require-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
ments to accommodate changes in working method, and
E631 Terminology of Building Constructions
frequent relocations of staff, and realignment of workstations.
E1334 Practice for Rating the Serviceability of a Building
1.2 Each pair of scales shown in Figs. 1-5, printed side by
or Building-Related Facility
side on a page, are for classifying one topic of serviceability
E1679 Practice for Setting the Requirements for the Ser-
within that aspect of serviceability. Each paragraph in an
viceability of a Building or Building-Related Facility
Occupant Requirement Scale (see Figs. 1-5) summarizes one
2.2 ISO Documents:
level of serviceability on that topic that occupants might
ISO 6240 International Standard, PerformancemStandards
require. The matching entry in the Facility Rating Scale (see)
in Building—Contents and Presentation
is a translation of the requirement into a description of certain
ISO/DIS 7162 Draft International Standard, Performance
features of a facility that, taken in combination, indicate that
Standards in Building—Contents and Format of Standards
thefacilityislikelytomeetthatlevelofrequiredserviceability.
for Evaluation of Performance
1.3 The entries in the Facility Rating Scale (see Figs. 1-5)
ISO/DIS 7164 Draft International Standard, Performance
are indicative and not comprehensive. They are for quick
Standards in Building—Definitions and Means of Expres-
scanning, to estimate approximately, quickly, and economi-
sion for the Performance of a Whole Building
cally how well an office facility is likely to meet the needs of
one or another type of occupant group over time. The entries
3. Terminology
are not for measuring, knowing, and evaluating how an office
3.1 Definitions—For standard definitions of additional
facility is performing.
terms applicable to this classification, see Terminology E631.
1.4 This classification can be used to estimate the level of
3.1.1 facility, n—physical setting used to serve a specific
serviceability of an existing facility. It can also be used to
purpose. E631
estimate the serviceability of a facility that has been planned
3.1.1.1 Discussion—A facility may be within a building, or
but not yet built, such as one for which single-line drawings
a whole building, or a building with its site and surrounding
and outline specifications have been prepared.
environment; or it may be a construction that is not a building.
1.5 This classification indicates what would cause a facility
The term encompasses both the physical object and its use.
to be rated at a certain level of serviceability, but it does not
3.1.2 facility serviceability—the capability of a facility to
state how to conduct a serviceability rating or how to assign a
perform the function(s) for which it is designed, used, or
serviceability score. That information is found in Practice
required to be used. E631
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Current edition approved May 1, 2005. Published May 2005. Originally the ASTM website.
approved in 1995. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as E1692 – 95a (1999). Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
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E1692 – 95a (2005)
3.1.2.1 Discussion—The scope of this performance is of the needed, they are two of the initial footprint modules, without a
facility as a system, including its subsystems, components, and dividing partition or wall between them.
materials and their interactions, such as acoustical, hydrother-
4. Significance and Use
mal, air purity, and economic; and of the relative importance of
4.1 Each Facility Rating Scale in this classification provides
each performance requirement.
a means for estimating the level of serviceability of a building
3.1.3 offıce—a place, such as a room, suite, or building, in
or facility for one topic of serviceability, and for comparing
which business, clerical, or professional activities are con-
that level against the level of any other building or facility.
ducted. E631
4.2 This classification can be used for comparing how well
3.2 Descriptions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
different buildings or facilities meet a particular requirement
3.2.1 churn rate—the rate at which changes in the layout or
for serviceability. It is applicable despite differences such as
location of individual workstations occur in an organization,
location, structure, mechanical systems, age, and building
calculated as the number of occasions during the year in which
shape.
the location at which an individual works is changed, or a
4.3 This classification can be used to estimate the amount of
workstation was relocated, including realignments or
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