Designation:E1679−13AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardPracticeforSettingtheRequirementsfortheServiceabilityofaBuildingorBuilding-RelatedFacility,andforDeterminingWhatServiceabilityisProvidedorProposed1,2ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1679;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONMostorganizationsandworkgroupshaveonlyafewgenerictypesoffunctions,suchasgeneralpurposeofficefunctions,orofficefunctionsrequiringspecialsecurityprovisionsbecausereceivingmanyvisitors,orhavingamixofofficeand“dry”laboratoryfunctions,andsoon.Foreachtypicalorgenerictypeoffunction,facilitiesarerequiredtohaveadifferentmixoffunctionalcapabilitiestosupporttheactivitiesofthosewhouse,own,ormanagethatfunction.Thisdocumentisadefinitiveprocedureto(1)ascertaintheprofileofrequiredlevelsoffunctionality(functionalsupport)foraspecificoccupantgroup,(2)ascertaintheprofileoflevelsofserviceability(functionalcapability)thatareprovidedinanexistingfacility,orcalledforinthedesignforafacility,and(3)comparewhatisprovidedtowhatisrequired.Toascertaintheprofileprovidedbyafacility,ortheprofileofanorganization’srequirements,thispracticeusesscalesthatlooklikemultiplechoicequestionnairesfordiscretetopicsrelatedtobuildingsandtheiruse.Onesetofscalesisforuserfunctionalrequirements(demand)andamatchingsetofscalesisforbuildingserviceability(supply).Foreachtopicofrequiredfunctionality(demand),theuserofthispracticeemploysaclassificationscalecalleda“requirementscale”tosetthelevelrequired.Eachrequirementscalecontainsseveraldescriptionsofrequiredfunctionalityforthattopic,classifiedinarangefromlowtohigh,forexample,fromLevel0toLevel9.Foreachtopicofserviceabilityprovided(supply),theuserofthispracticeemploysaclassificationscalecalleda“ratingscale”toascertainthelevelofserviceabilitythatisfoundi...
