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If your project does not involve renovation or construction of an existing or new building, check “No Space”, fill out the Preparer’s Name and the current date and save the page. The rest of the information is not applicable. For any construction project involving a building, this information is required to be filled out, in addition to the table on computer page 11. The information from computer page 9 defaults to computer page 11, so complete computer page 9 first.

In the "Facility Requirements" section, the type of space is to be entered. If several areas are the same, each area does not need to be listed individually. For example, if the area is to be "office" space, it is not necessary to list each office separately. Also, file rooms, break areas or other similar spaces can be lumped into the category "Office". The number (#) column is for the number of people to be housed in this space. It is not the number of rooms. Typically, at this point, most agencies have not prepared programs and do not actually know the number of rooms. They should, however, know the number of people that need to be housed. Examples of occupants are employees, clients, students, etc.

If your project does not have space requirements, does not involve renovation or addition to a new or existing building or space, click the checkbox for "No Space" for Space Requirements. Please check "New Space" or "Existing Space" in reference to the proposed building project.

Whether or not you are required to complete this page, these two fields are required. Put the name of the person who is completing the table on that page and the current date the page is being filled out. If this page is not applicable to your project, enter your name and current date in those fields.

Net Area/Person should reflect the area/space needed per person. For example, if the agency requests a classroom to house 30 students at 30 square foot per student, the Net Area Required is 900 square feet. The program will automatically calculate this figure.

Net area required for each functional space type (number of people times the net area per person required).

The total gross area equals the product of the total net area times the burden factor (see section entitled "Burden Factor").

The burden factor is a percentage that is allowed for building support areas such as lobbies, elevators, stairwells, and primary circulation. An efficient burden factor is usually around 20%. More often, the burden is 25-30%.

The burden area is the difference between the gross area and the net area. The program will calculate this area.

Additional Program Requirements refers to those areas that are not spaces as such. For example, loading docks, public roadways, utility tie-ins, etc. that are required for the project should be listed here.