ASTM E2166-12

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Designation: E2166 − 12
StandardPractice for
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Organizing and Managing Building Data
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2166; 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 E1836 Practice for Building Floor Area Measurements for
Facility Management
1.1 This practice covers the organization of building infor-
mation to support informed decision making.The kinds of data
3. Terminology
considered in this practice includes text, numeric, and graphic
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of general terms related to
data. The system of organization is applicable to a wide range
building construction used in this practice, refer to Terminol-
of data collection and organization tasks from routine in-depth
ogy E631; and for general terms related to building economics,
analysis of a single building, to situations where many build-
refer to Terminology E833.
ings must be evaluated and prioritized in a short time frame.
4. Significance and Use
1.2 The organizational structure is based on Classification
for Building Elements and Related Sitework—UNIFORMAT
4.1 Use this practice to organize information that describes
II (Classification E1557), a system which groups building
new or existing buildings of any size. The concepts presented
elements according to the way buildings are constructed and
here can also be applied to other categories of construction
function.
where a standard corresponding to UNIFORMAT II does not
yet exist.
1.3 TheuseofUNIFORMATIIprovidesasetofrecognized
summary levels that are relevant throughout the industries that
4.2 The hierarchical structure of UNIFORMAT II enables
design, construct, and manage buildings.
the user to focus on building elements in functionally consis-
tent groups. It can be applied by an administrator initiating a
2. Referenced Documents
data system as a facility standard, as well as a consultant
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2.1 ASTM Standards: reporting on building conditions.
E631 Terminology of Building Constructions 4.2.1 Aconsistent method of arrangement for subject matter
E833 Terminology of Building Economics expedites the preparation and use of source documents, and
E917 Practice for Measuring Life-Cycle Costs of Buildings simplifies the process of comparing information from several
and Building Systems sources.
E1334 Practice for Rating the Serviceability of a Building or
4.3 This practice is suitable for arranging the content of
Building-Related Facility
individual reports, managing physical files, as well as auto-
E1557 Classification for Building Elements and Related
mated data applications. Personal computers operating com-
Sitework—UNIFORMAT II
mercially available software are able to meet the functional
E1699 Practice for Performing Value Analysis (VA) of
requirements of this practice.
Buildings and Building Systems and Other Constructed
4.4 This practice provides a consistent and comprehensive
Projects
outline suitable to track the evolution of specific building
E1765 Practice for Applying Analytical Hierarchy Process
conditions in one or many buildings. It can be applied to
(AHP) to Multiattribute DecisionAnalysis of Investments
historical building data as well as new information.
Related to Buildings and Building Systems
4.5 Administration of this practice will reveal categories of
building data that have been overlooked in prior data gathering
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Perfor-
efforts that did not rely on a systems approach. The compre-
mance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.81 on
hensive hierarchy of Systems and Elements, readily displays
Building Economics.
the amount and depth of information distributed among the
Current edition approved April 1, 2012. Published April 2012. Originally
categories and levels. The pattern of available information
approved in 2001. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as E2166 – 07. DOI:
10.1520/E2166-12.
highlights voids among the categories. It is also possible to
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