Scales & Standard

ICF contributes extensively to the development of standards for the management, performance and serviceability of buildings and building-related facilities.

Two matched sets of scales with 100+ topics

The Serviceability Scales are ASTM¹ and ANSI² Standards that enable anyone - occupants, managers and owners of office buildings - to use them in the planning, use, management and ownership of buildings.

Occupant requirement scales

• use to set requirements for functionality and quality
• describes occupants' needs in everyday, non-technical language
• the core of front-end planning

Facility rating scales

• use to assess the capability of a facility to meet those levels of requirements
• performance indicators express each level of service

Sample scale

Each set of scales categorized into:

• the "A" Scales for Group and Individual Effectiveness.
• the "B" Scales for the Building and its Management.

Each set can be used separately and independently of the other:

• they have been pilot tested and adopted by corporations and governments
• they are being taught and used in several countries

List of "A" and "B" Scales (11KB)

¹American Society for Testing and Materials. ASTM sub-committee E06.25 on Whole Buildings and Facilities
²ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Standards.