Super Category
Indicates to the system that areas of these categories are usable areas, vertical penetrations, or service areas. Choose from the available values:
Vertical Penetration — If the room category will be assigned to areas representing vertical penetration, choose this value from the drop-down list. You will want to set Occupiable? to No.
Service Area — If the room category will be assigned to areas representing service areas, choose this value from the drop-down list. Depending on operations at your site, a service area can be either occupiable or non-occupiable.
Usable Area — If the category does not represent vertical penetration area or service area, you will want to complete this field with Usable Area. Set Occupiable? to Yes.
Other— used by sites following IFMA or BOMA standards.
Calculations Used In
This field dictates whether rooms of this the room category will be used in the Update Area Totals and Perform Chargeback. For example, if you have an open plan room and rooms for the individual workstation, you do not want the calculations to consider the area of both sets. Therefore, for the OPENPLAN room category, you could set Calculations Used In to No Totals; for the individual workstation records, you could set the Calculations Used in to All Totals. For more information, see Open Plans with Workstations.
All Totals — Rooms of this category will be included in all calculations.
Room Totals Only — Rooms of this category will be included only in Total Room Area calculations
Dept, Comn, Occ — Rooms of this category will be included in all calculations that consider department and common areas, and/or occupiable and non-occupiable areas.
No Totals — Rooms of this category will not be included in any calculations.
Here are some typical Room Categories:
|
Room Category |
Super Category |
Calculations Used In |
Occupiable |
|
SUPPORT |
Usable Area |
All Totals |
Yes |
|
OPENPLAN |
Other |
No Totals |
Yes |
|
OFFICE |
Usable Area |
All Totals |
Yes |
|
SERV |
Service Area |
All Totals |
No |
|
VERT |
Vertical Penetration |
All Totals |
No |
|
EXTERIOR |
Other |
No Totals |
No |
The Super Category, Calculations Used In, and Occupiable fields are an off shoot of Room Chargeback and Measurement Standards, like BOMA and IFMA. Here’s a more extensive translation between BOMA and ARCHIBUS.
|
IFMA or BOMA Room Category |
Occupiable? |
Super Category |
Calculations Used In |
ARCHIBUS Equivalent Room Category |
|
Gross Building |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Gross Measured |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Building Exterior Gross |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Building Interior Gross |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Vertical Penetration |
No |
Vertical Penetration |
All Totals |
VERT |
|
Boundary Area (IPMS 2) |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Not a category, but captured as Internal Gross Area; compatible with IMPS 2 only when using BOMA 2017 calculations |
|
Building Core |
No |
Vertical Penetration |
All Totals |
VERT |
|
Void Area |
No |
Vertical Penetration |
All Totals |
VERT |
|
Occupant Void Area |
No |
Vertical Penetration |
All Totals |
VERT |
|
Major Vertical Penetration |
No |
Vertical Penetration |
All Totals |
VERT |
|
Service Area |
No |
Service Area |
All Totals |
SERV |
|
Amenity Area |
Yes |
Usable Area |
All Totals |
Any Value |
|
Floor Common or Floor Service |
No |
Service Area |
All Totals |
SERV, Prorated to Floor |
|
Building Common or Building Service |
No |
Service Area |
All Totals |
SERV, Prorated to Building |
|
Primary Circulation |
No |
Service Area |
All Totals |
SERV |
|
Base Building Circulation |
No |
Service Area |
All Totals |
BASE BL CIRC |
|
Perimeter Encroachment |
No |
Service Area |
All Totals |
Any Value, Prorated to Floor |
|
Interior Encroachment |
No |
Service Area |
All Totals |
Any Value, Prorated to Floor |
|
Occupant Area |
Yes |
Usable Area |
All Totals |
Any Value |
|
Office Area |
Yes |
Usable Area |
All Totals |
Any Value |
|
Storage Area |
No |
Usable Area |
All Totals |
Any Value |
|
Tenant Area |
Yes |
Usable Area |
All Totals |
Any Value |
|
Tenant Area |
Yes |
Usable Area or Service Area |
All Totals |
Any Value, but not prorated, and not TENANT ANCIL (this is compatible with BOMA 2017, Method A only) |
|
(IPMS 3) | ||||
|
Tenant Ancillary Area |
No |
Usable Area |
All Totals |
TENANT ANCIL |
|
Restricted Area |
No |
Usable Area |
All Totals |
Any Value |
|
Secondary Circulation |
No |
Usable Area |
All Totals |
Any Value, Prorated to Floor |
|
Interstitial Area |
No |
Other Area |
No Totals |
n/a |
|
Building Projections |
No |
Other Area |
No Totals |
n/a |
|
Excluded Area |
No |
Other Area |
No Totals, or All Totals if using BOMA 2017 |
n/a |
|
Rentable Exclusions | ||||
|
Restricted Headroom |
No |
Other Area |
No Totals |
n/a |
|
Interior Parking |
No |
Other Area |
No Totals, or All Totals if using BOMA 2017 |
n/a |
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