ASTM E2619/E2619M-17
Standard Practice for Measuring and Calculating Building Loss Features That Take Up Floor Area in Buildings

Standard No.

ASTM E2619/E2619M-17

Release Date

2017

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Latest

ASTM E2619/E2619M-17

Scope

1.1 This practice specifies how to measure certain characteristics of a building, known as building loss features, inside the exterior gross area of a floor and how to calculate the amount of actual and effective floor area that will be not be available for the placement of people’s workplaces, furniture, equipment, or for circulation, if using standard furnishings and orthogonal furniture systems. 1.2 This practice can be used to specify a performance requirement to limit the amount of floor area that may be taken up by building loss features. 1.3 This practice can be used to assess how well a design(s) for an office facility meets a performance requirement regarding floor area. 1.4 This practice can be used to assess how well a constructed office building has met a performance requirement regarding floor area. 1.5 This practice is not intended for and not suitable for use for regulatory purposes, fire hazard assessment, and fire risk assessment. 1.6 Users of this practice should recognize that, in some situations, the amount of certain actual and effective floor area losses may be mitigated to some degree at some cost by custom-tailoring spaces and creating specially fitted furnishings and carpentry to get some value from space which would not otherwise be usable. 1.7 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard. 1.8 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. 1.9 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

ASTM E2619/E2619M-17 Referenced Document

• ASTM E1836/E1836M Standard Practice for Building Floor Area Measurements for Facility Management*， 2024-04-21 Update
• ASTM E631 Standard Terminology of Building Constructions

ASTM E2619/E2619M-17 history

• 2017 ASTM E2619/E2619M-17 Standard Practice for Measuring and Calculating Building Loss Features That Take Up Floor Area in Buildings
• 2009 ASTM E2619/E2619M-09e1 Standard Practice for Measuring and Calculating Building Loss Features That Take Up Floor Area in Buildings
• 2008 ASTM E2619-08 Standard Practice for Measuring and Calculating Building Loss Features That Take Up Floor Area in Buildings