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Building Types
- Archives and Record Storage Building
- Ammunition and Exposive Storage Magazines
- Armories
- Aviation Facilities
- Community Services
- Educational Facilities
- Federal Courthouse
- Health Care
- Land Port of Entry
- Libraries
- Office Building
- Parking Facilities
- Research Facilities
- Warehouse
Space Types
- Atrium
- Auditorium
- Automated Data Processing: Mainframe
- Automated Data Processing: PC System
- Child Care
- Clinic / Health Unit
- Conference / Classroom
- Courthouse: Courtroom
- Courthouse: Enhanced Office
- Courthouse: Judicial Chamber
- Firing Range
- Food Service
- General Storage
- Hearing Room
- Joint Use Retail
- Laboratory: Dry
- Laboratory: Wet
- Library
- Light Industrial
- Loading Dock
- Lobby
- Mail Center
- Office
- Parking: Basement
- Parking: Outside/Structured
- Parking: Surface
- Physical Fitness (Exercise Room)
- Place of Worship
- Plaza
- Private Toilet
- Warehouse
Design Disciplines
- Architecture
- Cost Estimating
- Fire Protection Engineering
- Heating, Ventilating, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigerating (HVAC&R) Engineering
- Information Technologies Engineering
- Interior Design
- Landscape Architecture
- Planning
- Plumbing Engineering
- Architectural Programming
- Structural Engineering
Design Objectives
- Accessible
- Aesthetics
- Cost-Effective
- Functional/Operational
- Historic Preservation
- Productive
- Secure/Safe
- Sustainable
Products & Systems
Products
- Section 06 05 23: Wood Glues
- Section 07 41 13: Metal Roofing
- Section 07 92 00: Joint Sealants
- Section 09 20 00: Plaster and Gypsum Board
- Section 13 48 00: Sounds, Vibration, and Seismic Control
- Section 23 05 93: Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing for HVAC
- Section 23 28 13: Commercial—Kitchen Hoods
- Section 23 31 00: HVAC Ducts and Casings
Systems
Specifications
- Unified Facility Guide Specifications (UFGS)
- VA Guide Specifications (UFGS)
- Federal Green Construction Guide for Specifiers
- MASTERSPEC®
Project Planning, Management, & Delivery
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- Project Delivery & Controls
Facilities Operations & Maintenance
Documents & References
- Federal Mandates
- Construction Criteria Base
- Periodicals
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- Participating Agencies
- Industry Organizations
Tools
Continuing Education
- WBDG01 The Integrated Design Process
- WBDG02 Whole Building Approach to Laboratores
- WBDG03 Planning for Secure Buildings
- WBDG04 Optimizing Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
- WBDG05 Daylighting Principles and Strategies for Sustainable Design
- WBDG06 Sustainable Roofing Design Considerations and Applications
Resource Pages
- Achieving Sustainable Site Design through Low Impact Development Practices
- Acoustic Comfort
- Aesthetic Challenges
- Aesthetic Opportunities
- Air Barrier Systems in Buildings
- Air Decontamination
- Archaeological Site Considerations
- Assessment Tools for Accessibility
- Balancing Security/Safety & Sustainability Objectives
- Blast Safety of the Building Envelope
- Building Information Models (BIM)
- Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)
- Changing Nature of Organizations, Work, and Workplace
- Chemical/Biological/Radiation (CBR) Safety of the Building Envelope
- Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE)
- Construction Phase Cost Management
- Construction Waste Management
- Cool Metal Roofing
- Cost Impact of the ISC Security Design Criteria
- Daylighting
- Deferred Maintenance - The Use of Parametrics for Estimating Maintenance Costs
- Designing Buildings to Resist Explosive Threats
- Design for Organizational Effectiveness
- Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
- Earned Value Analysis
- Electric Lighting Controls
- Electrical Safety
- Energy Analysis Tools
- Energy Codes and Standards
- Energy Efficient Lighting
- Energy Master Planning for HVAC Systems in New and Existing Buildings
- Estimating
- Evaluating and Selecting Green Products
- Extensive Green Roofs
- Facility Performance Evaluation (FPE)
- Flood Resistance of the Building Envelope
- Form
- Fuel Cell Technology
- Glazing Hazard Mitigation
- Hangar Pavement Design
- High-Performance HVAC
- HVAC Integration of the Building Envelope
- HVAC System Dynamic Integration
- Indoor Air Quality and Mold Prevention of the Building Envelope
- Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)
- Low Impact Development Technologies
- Materials
- Measuring Performance of Sustainable Buildings
- Microturbines
- Mold and Moisture Dynamics
- Natural Ventilation
- Optimizing HVAC Life-Cycle Performance
- Passive Solar Heating
- Planning and Conducting Integrated Design (ID) Charrettes
- Playground Design and Equipment
- Predictive Testing & Inspection (PT&I) Can Prevent Operational Interruptions
- Psychosocial Value of Space
- Real Property Inventory (RPI)
- Reliability-Centered Maintenance
- Retrofitting Existing Buildings to Resist Explosive Threats
- Running a Design Competition
- Security and Safety in Laboratories
- Seismic Design Principles
- Seismic Safety of the Building Envelope
- Solar Water Heating
- Style
- Sun Control and Shading Devices
- Sustainability of the Building Envelope
- Sustainable Historic Preservation
- Sustainable Laboratory Design
- Sustainable O&M Practices
- Therapeutic Environments
- Threat/Vulnerability Assessments and Risk Analysis
- Trends in Lab Design
- UFC/ISC Security Design Criteria Overview and Comparison
- Using LEED on Laboratory Projects
- Value Engineering
- Water Conservation
- Windows and Glazing
- Wind Safety of the Building Envelope
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