Assessors' Manual
Data Collection Manual

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STRUCTURE CODES

The structures listed below are to be inventoried in the Improvement Section of the data collection card. The 3-character codes are listed in alphabetical order. Starred(*) codes can only be collected for commercial properties. Next to the code is a brief description of the improvement. Following the description is (are) the Measure Code(s) associated with that structure, along with the actual measurement(s) to be collected and recorded. The "MSR UNITS" heading indicates what unit of measurement is being applied.

When collecting commercial properties, care should be taken not to duplicate structures that are already included in the base costs of the commercial building model. This would duplicate the costing of that item and thus inflate the total cost for the building. For example, most commercial building models for 2 and above stories include costs for elevators. A second example is overhead doors: most models, where overhead doors are typical, have a percentage of the exterior wall devoted to the cost of the overhead doors. If the building being collected has space considerably more than what is accounted for in the commercial building model, the excess should be collected as a miscellaneous improvement (MSI).

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