Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Design Guidelines (United States and Canada) Release Date: October 28th 2015 All previous versions of this document are obsolete. This document is available for download on the AEC website at http://aec.ldschurch.org/ . Consulting architects, engineers and landscape architects may request a copy on CD from Nancy Black (email: [email protected]; phone: 801-240-2472) Contact Richard Hope, AEC Design and Facilities Support Section, with questions or suggestions for improvement (email: [email protected]; phone: 801-240-5075) Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City, Utah © 2015 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Table of Contents How to Use These Guidelines ..................................................................................................................... 1 Icon Legend .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 1 Guidelines Intent....................................................................................................................................... 1 Building Codes and Standards ......................................................................................................... 2 Types of Meetinghouse Projects ...................................................................................................... 2 Standard Plan Projects ............................................................................................................... 2 Non-Standard (Custom) Projects ............................................................................................... 2 Addition and Replacement and Improvement (R&I) Projects .................................................. 2 Historic Property Projects ......................................................................................................... 2 Glossary ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 Architecture, Engineering and Construction Division (AEC) ......................................................... 1 Area Physical Facilities Manager (APFM) ...................................................................................... 1 Area Project Manager (APM) .......................................................................................................... 1 Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) ............................................................................................... 1 Bishops’ Storehouse......................................................................................................................... 1 Church Headquarters (CHQ) ........................................................................................................... 1 Church History Department ............................................................................................................. 1 Church Occupying Unit ................................................................................................................... 2 Core Feature Requirements .............................................................................................................. 2 Corporation of the Presiding Bishop (CPB) .................................................................................... 2 Custom Project ................................................................................................................................. 2 Customer .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Deseret Industries ............................................................................................................................ 2 Director for Temporal Affairs (DTA) .............................................................................................. 3 Director for Temporal Affairs (DTA) for Historic Sites .................................................................. 3 Facilities Manager (FM) .................................................................................................................. 3 FM Group (Office) ........................................................................................................................... 3 Historic Properties ........................................................................................................................... 3 Historic Sites Executive Committee ................................................................................................ 3 Landmark Properties ........................................................................................................................ 3 Meetinghouse Facilities Department (MFD) ................................................................................... 4 Meetinghouse Replacement and Improvement Standards ............................................................... 4 Meetinghouse Technical Services (MTS) ........................................................................................ 4 New Meetinghouse .......................................................................................................................... 4 New Space Projects ......................................................................................................................... 4 North America Operations Division (NAO) .................................................................................... 4 Owner’s Representative ................................................................................................................... 4 Presiding Bishopric Office (PBO) ................................................................................................... 5 Physical Facilities Advisory Committee (PFAC) ............................................................................ 5 Project Manager (PM)...................................................................................................................... 5 Quality, Cost, Time (QCT) Targets ................................................................................................. 5 Register Properties ........................................................................................................................... 5 Replacement and Improvement (R&I) Project ................................................................................ 5 Seminaries and Institutes of Religion (S&I) .................................................................................... 5 Value Managed Relationship (VMR) .............................................................................................. 5 AEC Design Guidelines Release Date: 10/28/2015 Table of Contents-1 Welfare Services .............................................................................................................................. 6 Chapter 1: Architectural ........................................................................................................................... 1 Guiding Principles .................................................................................................................................... 1 Standard Plans Change Boundaries .......................................................................................................... 1 Project Site Adaptation ............................................................................................................................. 1 Meetinghouse Standard Plan Development .............................................................................................. 2 Building Codes and Standards ......................................................................................................... 2 Types of Meetinghouse Projects ...................................................................................................... 2 Standard Plan Projects ............................................................................................................... 2 Non-Standard (Custom) Projects ............................................................................................... 2 Addition and Replacement and Improvement (R&I) Projects .................................................. 2 Historic Property Projects ......................................................................................................... 2 Core Feature Requirements .................................................................................................................. 3 Historic Properties ..................................................................................................................... 5 Chapel ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Rostrum ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Sacrament Preparation ............................................................................................................... 6 Cultural Center (Cultural Hall) .................................................................................................