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Proposal ID : 358 - Proposal State : In Open Discussion Layer Proposal for Update

Originator : giovanni bassi - Last Update made by : Paula Tonel

Creation Date : 07-Feb-2018 14:18 CET - Last Update : 08-May-2018 21:13 CET

Previously Discussed in the group(s): FDRG, RVW

Primary Code Affected : e150

Secondary Codes Affected : e155,e515

Proposal Type : Addition of new code

Change Reason : Need to improve clarity or reduce ambiguity in the tabular list

Detailed Description

e150 Design, construction and building products and technology of buildings ~~for public use~~

P~~roducts and technology~~Materials and construction elements for design, construction, maintenance and occupancy of facilities. Facilities include construction entities such as houses, hospitals, schools, stadiums, and airport terminals. ~~that constitute an individual's indoor and outdoor human-made environment~~ ~~that is planned, designed and constructed for public use, including those adapted or specially designed.~~

Inclusions: ~~design, construction and building products and technology of entrances and exits, facilities and routing~~ materials and construction elements for building

~~e1500 Design, construction and building products and technology for entering and exiting buildings forpublic use~~

Products and technology of entry and exit from the human-made environment that is planned, designed and constructed for public use, such as design, building and construction of entries and exits to buildings for public use (e.g. workplaces, shops and theatres), public buildings, portable and stationary ramps, power-assisted doors, lever door handles and level door thresholds.

~~e1501 Design, construction and building products and technology for gaining access to facilities inside buildings for public use~~

Products and technology of indoor facilities in design, building and construction for public use, such as washroom facilities, telephones, audio loops, lifts or elevators, escalators, thermostats (for temperature regulation) and dispersed accessible seating in auditoriums or stadiums.

~~e1502 Design, construction and building products and technology for way finding, path routing and designation of locations in buildings for public use~~

Indoor and outdoor products and technology in design, building and construction for public use to assist people to find their way inside and immediately outside buildings and locate the places they want to go to, such as signage,in Braille or writing, size of corridors, floor surfaces, accessible kiosks and other forms of directories.

~~e1503 Design, construction and building products and technology for physical safety of persons in buildings for public use~~

~~Indoor and outdoor products and technology for public use to assure safety, such as guardrails and emergency signals.~~

e1500 Materials for building

Basic substances used in construction or to manufacture products and other items used in construction, such as metals, igneous rocks, coal tar pitch, timber, glass, plastics, butyl rubber.

e1501 Construction elements for building

Construction entity parts which, in themselves or in combination with other parts, fulfill a predominating functions such as supporting, enclosing, servicing, and equipping a facility.

e15011 Foundations

Elements such as wall and column foundations, slabs-on-grade, water and gas mitigation systems, and perimeter insulation.

e15012 Shell enclosure and interiors

Shell elements such as walls, structural floors, stairs and roof; other structural elements such as exterior windows, doors and grilles; interior construction elements such as interior partition, interior windows, doors and stairs,interior finishes.

e15013 Building services

Elements such as plumbing and electrical services, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, electronic safety and security systems, and also conveying systems such as lifts or moving walks.

e15018 Construction elements for buildings, other specified

e15019 Construction elements for buildings, unspecified

e1508 Design, construction and building products and technology of buildings ~~for public use~~, other specified

e1509 Design, construction and building products and technology of buildings ~~for public use~~, unspecified

Archived Versions

08/05/2018	Paula Tonel
21/03/2018	Paula Tonel
14/02/2018	giovanni bassi
07/02/2018	giovanni bassi
07/02/2018	giovanni bassi
07/02/2018	giovanni bassi

Rationale

The aim of Chapter1 of the Environmental Factors component is the identification of "products and technologies" used in specific life environments (for example, daily life, e115; employment, e135) or activities (mobility, e120). Unlike other categories of Chapter 1, current categories that deal with products and technologies for buildings, public or private, (e150 and e155) identify "products and technologies" in an unclear manner. There is a difference between the main category and its subcategories. Subcategories do not describe products and technologies for buildings (as one would expected of the title of the main category) but they describe products and technologies correlated to some uses of buildings (products and tecnologies for entering and exiting, for gaining access, way finding). Moreover, several examples are often ambiguous and not relevant because they include products and technologies that should be associated with other categories present in Chapter 1. For example,“telephones”(in e1501) or "accessible kiosk" (in e1502) are products to be related to category e125 Products and technology for communication, and "ramps" or "power-assisted doors" (in e1500) are products and technologies that should be attributed to the "building"environment.

This proposal aims to place adequate emphasis on the construction entity, highlighting the basic elements that describe a building, independently of its social function or of its intended use (private/public). We attempted to identify the basic elements for the design and construction of a building, which are the same independently of its intended use.

In this context, the distinction between "private use" and "public use" adds nothing to the descriptive power of categories e150 and e155. While acknowledging that this distinction has an explanatory value, we think that it would be better to associate it with category e515 (see proposal 359).

The most important classifications in the building sector (OmniClassTM Construction Classification System; ISO 12006-2:2015 – Building construction – Organization of information about construction works; UNICLASS 2015) describe the “basic” elements with which the buildings are built.

To describe the “products and technology” for buildings we used as reference the OmniClassTM Construction Classification System. The OmniClass Classification is designed to provide a standardized basis for classifying information created and used by the North American architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, throughout the full facility life cycle from conception to demolition or reuse, and encompassing all of the different types of construction that make up the built environment. We used in particular the definition and the examples encompassed in Table 21, Elements, and in Table 41, Materials.

URC (Mar 21, 2018): Review by Initial Review Group is completed: proposal moved to FDRG layer.

URC (May 8, 2018): proposal moved to Open Discussion layer.

Supporting Publication Web Links

building sector classification

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Comments

18-Mar-2018 19:53 CET by Janice Miller

Built environment, public use, change in code e150

Review remarks by Janice Miller for proposal #358
Initial Review Period March 2018
1. Has the author correctly entered the “Primary Code Affected” in that field on the Platform? Yes.
2. Are there any “Secondary Codes Affected”? Yes.
3. Has the author correctly entered the “Secondary Codes Affected” in that field on the Platform? Yes
4. Does the proposal affect the Descriptive Note in a given ICF code text? Yes
5. Does the proposal affect Inclusions in a given ICF code text? Yes
6. Does the proposal affect Exclusions in a given ICF code text? Yes
7. Is the proposal age specific? No
8. Does the proposal have plausibility as a classification entity in the ICF? Yes
9. Does the proposal add any additional value as a new classification entity? Yes
10. Would the proposal, if adopted, affect the described ICF situations in all cultures? Yes
11. Does the proposal address a genuine underlying need or deficiency within the ICF? Yes
12. Has the author incorporated sufficient rationale to justify adopting their proposal, as written, into a harmonized ICF? Yes
13. Is the author’s rationale for the proposal evidence-based? Yes.
14. Is the proposal consistent with the existing structure and content of the ICF? Yes
15. Is the proposal consistent with conceptual and taxonomic principles in the ICF? Yes
16. If adopted, would this proposal be consistent with the goal of ensuring standardization and comparability of data reporting? Yes
Additional remark: This proposal should be reviewed with #359 and #360

Initial Reviewer’s recommendation:
This proposal can go to the FDRG layer for further discussion.

12-Apr-2018 15:57 CET by Janice Miller

Proposals 358 359 360 related to e150,e155 and e505, e515

Proposals 358 359 360 related to e150,e155 and e505, e515
FDRG mid-year meeting, Hamburg April 2018 - Joanne Valerius (US), Susana Castro (UK), Liane Simon (Germany), Janice Miller (Canada)

The group reviewed the three related proposals, #358, 359, 360:

1) changes to e150 changing core content and adding new codes, and removing the public vs private distinction between e150 and e155;

2) deletion of all of e155;

3) the changes to e5150, e5151, e5152 by adding '...for public buildings' to the code title, and the addition of 3 new codes e5153, e51514, e5155 that mirror e5150, e5151, e5152 'for private buildings.

The group agreed that these changes/additions were acceptable, however recommend the following additional work to ensure that content lost in e150 and e155 be captured in the relevant code descriptions in EF. This content includes the following:

entrances, entries and exits, facilities and routing, portable and stationary ramps, power-assisted doors, lever door handles and level door thresholds, washroom facilities, telephones, audio loops, kitchen cabinets, appliances, signage, Braille or writing, size of corridors, floor surfaces, guardrails, emergency signals, secure storage of hazardous objects or materials,entries and exits to buildings for public use (e.g. child care settings, schools, workplaces, shops and theatres), level door thresholds, thermostats (for temperature regulation) and dispersed accessible seating in auditoriums or stadiums, accessible kiosks and other forms of directories.

For example, Braille or writing, emergency signals, accessible kiosks and other forms of directories, telephones, audio loops, signage could be added to:

e125 Products and technology for communication

Equipment, products and technologies used by people in activities of sending and receiving information, including those adapted or specially designed, located in, on or near the person using them, such as audio loops, Braille or writing, emergency signals, accessible kiosks and other forms of directories, telephones, audio loops, signage.

Inclusions: general and assistive products and technology for communication

18-Apr-2018 09:53 CET by Janice Miller

Proposals #358, 359,360

Follow-up discussion: C Sykes, T Maribo, J Miller
We recommend that these three proposals be further developed and discussed with some options to incorporate content that would be lost as listed in the last comment. The proposals should be clustered and considered in a comprehensive way as changes made from one proposal will have significant impacts on the others. In addition, further consideration and discussion is needed regarding the change to the public and private distinction, moving it from e150 and e155 to e515

12-May-2018 10:24 CET by Nicola Fortune

Comment by Ros Madden and Nicola Fortune on proposal 358 about e150

This is a significant proposal that would radically change the content and structure of this code and its sub-codes, and could be detrimental to their utility. The sub-codes currently are distinguished according to aspects/features of buildings that are of clear relevance to people with disabilities (i.e., relating to entering and exiting, gaining access, wayfinding); the proposal would remove these distinctions, replacing them with a North American classification developed for use by the construction industry, the categories of which are not of obvious relevance within the context of the ICF. The purpose of the ICF for describing the person’s experience of functioning within their context must always be a central consideration. The distinction between facilitators/barriers within a person’s home (buildings for private use) and out and about in public places is, likewise, clearly relevant when a person-centred perspective is taken; also, the options available for modifying facilitators/barriers are likely to be different in the context of private versus public buildings. As such, this distinction has utility in the ICF context. The public/private distinction cannot simply be moved from codes e150/e155 to code e515 ‘Architectural and construction services, systems and policies’ – it would have different meaning in the context of code e515.

We would reject this proposal and related proposals 359 and 360.

20-Jun-2018 07:20 CET by Ann-Helene Almborg

comments on proposal 358,359,360

Nordic WHO-FIC CC workshop 2018-06-19 (Solvejg Bang, Heidi Anttila, Thomas Maribo, Ann-Helene Almborg)

We agree with the comment by Ros Madden and Nicola Fortune to proposal 358, 359, 360 and we would reject this proposal and related proposals 359 and 360.

21-Jun-2018 12:29 CET by Christine Haas

#358 to #360 Build environment, public and private use

We received from our German experts the following comments:
- The restructuring seems logical and is supported. It is agreed that distinguishing public form private buildings is not essential.
- The wording of the proposal regarding “building” and “facility” should be reviewed. A native speaker may check whether there is a different meaning for “building” and “facility”. It is proposed to solely use then one of these words consistently.

There is feedback, that this change proposal still needs to be worked on. It should not be voted on in 2019.

25-Jun-2018 09:38 CET by Keisuke TAKAHASHI

Comment on proposal 358

e150 include the products such as lift and stationry ramps, which are very important environment for the people with walking disability, and these should be classified according to its purposes and functions, considering that this classification would be used for the analysis of the relationship between the patients' ability and the environment.

26-Sep-2018 23:19 CET by Coen H. van Gool

Comment attached to the vote of the user for Round 2 of year 2018. Voted:No

Proposal #358 and 360
Accessability and possibility of passing through are aspects of the built environment that are proposed to be deleted. We believe these aspects are crucially informative.

30-Sep-2018 23:10 CET by Ann-Helene Almborg

Comment attached to the vote of the user for Round 2 of year 2018. Voted:No

Disagree to proposal 358, 359 and 360.
Agree with comment by R Madden and N Fortune

16-Jun-2019 17:49 CET by Christine Haas

#358, #359, #360

After consultation with our German experts we can give you the following feedback:

We have difficulties to follow this fundamental change of the concept of categories e150, e155 and e515 and would therefore appreciate further explanation and discussion.

We fully support the comments of Nicola Fortune and Ros Madden from 12-May-2018.

11-Aug-2019 21:34 CET by Ann-Helene Almborg

Comment attached to the vote of the user for Round 1 of year 2019. Voted:No

Disagree to proposal 358, 359 and 360.
Agree with comment by R Madden and N Fortune

06-Sep-2019 12:09 CET by Keisuke TAKAHASHI

Comment attached to the vote of the user for Round 2 of year 2019. Voted:Can't Decide

There is no change in status.

16-Sep-2019 23:16 CET by Solvejg Merete Bang

Comment attached to the vote of the user for Round 2 of year 2019. Voted:No

Disagree to proposal 358, 359 and 360.
Agree with comment by R Madden and N Fortune

24-Apr-2020 15:22 CET by Patricia Saleeby

Platform Working Group

We reject this proposal 358 and related proposals, 359 and 360. We agree with the rationale and comments made by Madden and Fortune. The interpretation of "design, construction, and building product and technology" as raw materials and physical aspects of building (e.g., foundation, plumbing) is not consistent with the ICF's intent of defining environmental factors that affect functioning. Therefore, product and technology should be interpreted as buildings and components (entry and exit) that affect functioning (and not actual raw materials used for building and construction). It was noted that this particular code is stated differently than others under products and technology to support this reasoning.

24-Apr-2020 15:59 CET by Patricia Saleeby

Working Group

For documentation, our working group that reviewed proposals 358, 359 and 360 consisted of Heidi Anttila, Samson Tu, Miroslav Zvolsky and Patricia Saleeby.

12-May-2020 15:01 CET by Catherine Sykes

Review comments on proposal 358 about e150 Design, construction and building products and technology of buildings for public use

Comment by Catherine Sykes and Ros Madden on proposal 358 relating to code e150

We recommend rejecting proposals 358, 359 and 360. We still agree with the reasons set out by Nicola Fortune and Ros Madden in 2018. There is no support for this proposal from FDRG and other commentators. These proposals should be rejected and should take up no more time of the WHO-FIC Network.

30-Jun-2020 12:52 CET by Ann-Helene Almborg

comments to proposal 358

Comments from Nordic ICF-Network (Jaana P, Solvejg B,Thomas M, Ann-Helene A) 2020-06-24. We suggest that this proposal (and proposal 359 and 360) will be rejected according earlier comments and suggestions at the platform. The proposal has not been updated since 2018

30-May-2021 20:42 CET by Justin Smith

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