Office of Construction & Facilities Management

Miscellaneous Criteria

• Asbestos
• Commissioning Process
• Fire & Safety
• Harm Prevention
• Healing Environments
• Innovative 21st Century Building Environments for VA Healthcare Delivery
• Metric
• Physical Security & Resiliency
• Retro-Commissioning Process
• Room Finishes
• Signage and Wayfinding
• Telecommunications Systems Infrastructure Standards and Design
• Tuberculosis Facility Guidance
• VA Hospital Building System Development Study 

Asbestos

• Asbestos Abatement Specifications
• Asbestos Abatement Design Manual
• VA Asbestos Directives and Handbook

Commissioning Process

• Whole Building Commissioning Process Manual     Summary of Changes
• compressed file with Cx Manual and Appendix templates in Word and Excel

Also see Retro Commissioning Process
and Natl Cemetery Admin Commissioning Process

Fire & Safety

• Advisory Committee on Structural Safety of VA Facilities
• Fire Protection Design Manual
• Qualifications and Scope of Services for Project Fire Protection Engineer
• Construction Projects Fire Code Compliance Process
• A/E Design Submission Requirements/Instructions
• Specifications:
  • 10 44 13 - Fire Extinguisher Cabinets
  • 28 31 00 - Fire Detection and Alarm
  • 01 00 00 - General Requirements
  • 21 12 00 - Fire - Supression Standpipes
  • 21 13 13 - Wet - Pipe Sprinkler Systems
• A/E Review Checklists
• Design Manuals

Harm Prevention

• Architectural Design Manual - Section 4.33
• Parking Design Manual - Section 7-6
• Mental Health Design Guide 

Healing Environments

• Healing Environment Design Guidelines 

Metric

• VA Directive 0100 Metric Transition Plan Implementation and Guidance
• VA Handbook 0100 Metric Transition Plan (Implementation Procedures)
• Metric Guide for Federal Construction
• M2, Metric Design Guide
• Newsletters 
  • Mar-Apr 1994
  • Jan-Feb 1994
  • Nov-Dec 1993
  • Sep-Oct 1993
  • Jul-Aug 1993
  • May-Jun 1993
  • Mar-Apr 1993
  • Jan-Feb 1993
  • Nov-Dec 1992
  • Sep-Oct 1992
  • Jul-Aug 1992
  • May 1992

Physical Security and Resiliency

Plaques and Seals

Retro-Commissioning Process

• Retro-Commissioning Process Manual
• compressed file with RetroCx Manual and Appendix templates in Word and Excel

Room Finishes

• PG 18-14  Room Finishes, Door, and Hardware Schedule
  • Change Summary

Signage and Wayfinding

Telecommunications Systems Infrastructure Standards and Design

• Infrastructure Standard for Telecommunications Spaces (ISTS) - v4.0, June 1, 2023 (OIT document) Primary telecommunications reference for data center specifications and design templates - Change Summary
  • Appendix A - Request for Variance
  • Appendix B - OIT Design Guide Templates for Critical Infrastructure in Telecommunications Spaces (Clinical and Non-clinical Environments)
• Archived Infrastructure Standard for Telecommunications Spaces - v3.1, July 1, 2021 (OIT document) Primary telecommunications reference for data center specifications and design templates - Change Summary
• Older Archived ISTS Versions
   
• PG-18-10 Telecommunications and Special Telecom Systems Design Manual - February 2016 (CFM document) 
   
• PG-18-12 Office of Information and Technology Design Guide - February 2011 (CFM document) Secondary telecommunications reference
   
• Refer to Standards Alert 017 - OIT Infrastructure Standard for Telecommunications Spaces (CFM document) for implementation of these standards
• Archived OIT Documents pertaining to Standards Alert 017

Tuberculosis Facility Guidance

• CDC Guidelines for TB Transmission Prevention *
• HVAC Design Manual 

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