Maximum Occupancy/Station Quantity:
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A room’s station quantity cannot be blank. Newly created rooms will have a default station quantity of zero. Hold errors
will occur if the room type code requires a station quantity other than zero.
Exit – A door (not a window) that leads from a room to a path of travel out of the building. For a door to be considered an
exit it must be operable from inside the room with no keys or special equipment and must not lead into an area that
contains a greater hazard than the area you are leaving (i.e. classroom exit cannot lead you into a kitchen area).
 Double doors - (two doors in a single frame with or without center vertical support) are counted as one exit.
 Separate doors - doors that do not share a frame are each counted as an individual exit.
 Panic Hardware – latching or locking hardware on an exit door that is designed to release when you push on the
hardware in the direction of travel. This hardware is also referred to as “crash bars,” “panic bars,” “push bars,” or
“fire exit hardware.” Door knobs and handles that require a turning or rotating type motion are NOT panic
hardware.
Facilities Inventory station quantities will be determined based on Station Type as listed below for room types requiring
station quantity with counts greater than zero.
 Loose seating (loose tables & chairs, loose chairs, no furniture, lounge furniture)
o Enter station quantity that is based on the design intent for the room.
o If there is a posted occupancy for the room:
 If the maximum occupancy sign has a single number on it. Use that number
 If the sign has multiple numbers (standing, chairs only, tables & chairs), use the number that
matches the way the room is most typically used.
o Spaces that could be used for standing room, dining set up, lecture set up, should use loose seating if the
room type requires maximum occupancy data (examples - multipurpose rooms, exhibition space,
galleries, atria, lobbies)
 Number of exits = number of openings to the space includes those without doors
 Number of Exit Doors Equipped with Panic Hardware = if there are no doors on exits include
these openings in this count
 Number of Exit Doors that Swing Out in Direction of Travel = include openings with no doors
 Fixed seating (seats permanently attached to the floor)
o Enter station quantity that equals count of number of fixed seats + the number of wheel chair spaces
 Lab benches (fixed furniture - labs, shops, equipment rooms)
o Enter station quantity that equals the total number of people the room accommodates at all work stations
 Fixed or loose workstations (computer workstations, drawing tables, mapping stations)
o Enter station quantity that equals the total number of people the room accommodates at all work stations
 Mixed seating – Combination of fixed and loose seating in the same room. This could include combinations of
any or all of the above four station types.
o Enter station quantity that equals the total number of people the room accommodates
The above directions will be given final review and included the University Police #2.7.
The following room types require maximum occupancy data:
110, 120, 130, 210, 212, 220, 230, 231, 240, 241, 242, 350, 410, 430, 510, 520, 523, 526, 528, 550, 610, 620, 630, 650,
670, 680, 880
The following room types require station quantity:
110, 120, 130, 210, 212, 220, 230, 231, 240, 241, 242, 250, 260, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 316, 317, 320, 321, 322, 350,
410, 430, 510, 520, 523, 550, 610, 620, 630, 650, 670, 680, 810, 880, 910
See additional guidance on calculating station quantity in the screen shots below from Paulien Associates presentation in
May of 2012. For the entire presentation “Room Type Coding & On-site Observations Review Session” at
https://www.dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000518.pdf
300 Clarification Notes:
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Clarification of student work stations:
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If a cubicle space has multiple student work stations but would be appropriate for one full time work station,
count it as one.
If a student work station is very small or ad hoc, and not appropriate to sit at for 8 hours a day, do not count as
a station.
If any work station is part-time, but is still appropriate to sit at for 8 hours a day, still count it as a station.
The presence of a chair does not necessarily mean the presence of a station.