NASF is the sum of all areas on all floors of a building assigned to, or available for assignment to, an occupant or specific use. Assignable area is computed by physically measuring or scaling measurements from the inside faces of surfaces that form the boundaries of the designated areas. Exclude areas having less than a 3-foot clear ceiling height unless the criteria of a separate structure are met.

Totals include the major room use categories, classrooms, labs, offices, study facilities, special use, general use, support, health care, residential and unclassified spaces

Reference Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory and Classification Manual (FICM) for more details. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006160

Year Constructed:  Year in which the original building was completed.

Year Renovated:  Most recent major renovation.

Year Acquired:  Year facility was purchased.

Code 1:  Normal maintenance 

Code 2:  Limited to moderate renovation

Code 3:  Moderate to extensive renovation

Code 4:  Comprehensive modernization

Code 5:  Demolition, replacement or downgrade use

Replacement Values 

Total design and construction cost to replace a building to modern codes/standards, including correcting functional obsolescence (reconfiguration or other modifications to meet the current functional needs of the occupants). Include all soft cost such as inspection/testing. Only exclusions are movable equipment (equipment that would fall out if you could pick the buildings up and turn it upside down) and site/utility costs beyond five (5) feet from the building. 

Renovation Cost 

Total design and construction cost to renovate a building to modern codes/standards, including correcting functional obsolescence. Include all soft costs such inspection /testing. Only exclusions are movable equipment (equipment that would fall out if you could pick the buildings up and turn it upside down) and site/utility costs beyond five (5) feet from the building.

GSF is the sum of all areas on all floors of a building included within the outside faces of its exterior walls, including all vertical penetration areas, for circulation and shaft areas that connect to one floor. Gross area is computed by physically measuring or scaling measurements from the outside faces of exterior walls, disregarding cornices, pilaster, buttresses, etc., which extend beyond the wall faces. Exclude areas having less than a 3-foot clear ceiling height unless the criteria of a separate structure are met. GSF excludes open areas such as parking lots, playing fields, courts, and light wells, or portions of upper floors eliminated by rooms or lobbies that rise above single-floor height. Exception: Include top, unroofed floor of parking structures where parking is available.

Reference Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory and Classification Manual (FICM) for more details. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006160

Year Constructed:  Year in which the original building was completed.

Year Renovated:  Most recent major renovation.

Year Acquired:  Year facility was purchased.