Applicable Codes and Standards

(i) Program Guide PG-18-15, Minimum Requirements for A/E Submission of

Schematic, Design Development and Construction Documents including Cost

Estimates (Volumes A, B and C):

(1) Volume A Not used

(2) Volume B Major New Facilities; Major Additions; and Major

Renovations

(3) Volume C Minor and NRM Projects

(j) VA Handbook 0730 Security and Law Enforcement

(k) VA Directive 6000 VA Information Resources Management (IRM)

Framework

(l) VHA Directive 2000-035 Telephone Care and Service

(m) VHA Handbook 1931.1 IRM Service

(n) VHA Manual M-11 IRM Management

1.5 APPLICABLE CODES AND STANDARDS

1.5.1 GENERAL: Use the latest edition of Codes, Regulations and

Standards as a basis of design. Unless otherwise indicated by VA

criteria, use the Codes and Standards of the following organizations:

(a) American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

(b) American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM)

(c) Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI)

(d) Federal Communications Commission (FCC), all Regulations,

Procedures and Standards for Two-Way Radio Equipment, Systems and

Operation

(e) Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) - Publication 174,

Federal Building Telecommunications Wiring Standard, Publication 175,

Federal Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces,

Publication 176, Residential and Light Commercial Telecommunications

Wiring Standards

(f) Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA)

(g) Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

(h) International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Standards for

Protocols and Interfaces that include Open System Interconnections

(OSI)

(i) Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

(JACHO), Manual of Hospital Accreditation Environment of Care

Guidelines and Standards

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