Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 400)
Washington, DC 20420
February 2007
TABLE 2: SEATING CALCULATION
HCD/S STAFF
FACTOR
Number of FTE Title 38 Employee positions
0.04
Number of MTOT House Staff
0.05
Number of Clinic Support Staff
0.02
Number of MTOT Student/Trainees
0.02
Number of Administration Support Staff
0.01
E. Double-Faced Shelving Section calculation Health Sciences Library:
To calculate the number of double-faced sections per type, multiply the HCD/S staff
positions by the appropriate factor per Table 3.
TABLE 3: DOUBLE-FACED SECTION CALCULATION
TYPE
FACTOR
Current Periodicals
0.0968
Bound Periodicals
0.2583
Microfilm
0.0107
Monograph Collection
0.2045
Basic Reference Collection
0.0215
F. Seating calculation Patient Education Resource Center (PERC) :
To calculate the number of seats, multiply the planning parameter by its appropriate
factor per Table 4. Add results; deduct the Number of Electronic Carrels.
TABLE 4: PERC SEATING CALCULATION
PROJECTED NUMBER OF PATIENT BEDS /
FACTOR
OUTPATIENT VISITS
Psychiatric
0.05
Patient beds (including Nursing Home Care and
0.01
Domiciliary)
Outpatient visits
0.001
G. Double-Faced Shelving Section calculation Patient Education Resource Center
(PERC):
To calculate the number of double-faced sections per type, multiply the each
parameter by the appropriate factor per Table 5.
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