Facility Planning Tools - Space Planning Criteria (formerly Handbook 7610)
Space Planning Criteria has been recently updated for Veterans Health Administration (Health Care) chapters only.
Chapters for General Counsel, Veterans Benefits Administration, and National Cemetery Administration have not been updated and may not reflect current best VA business or private sector practices. They remain in the TIL as historical baseline documentation, until such time as a decision is made as to their update/disposition.
- Download all Space Planning Documents from Chapter 100 thru 420 in a ZIP file.
- Download all Space Planning Documents from Chapter 701 thru 870 in a ZIP file.
General Counsel
National Cemetery Administration
Veterans Benefits Administration
- Adjudication Division 821
- Administration Division 823
- Building Support Facilities 801
- Finance Division 824
- Loan Guaranty Division 826
- Office of the Director 800
- Personnel Division 825
- Service Organizations 870
- Support Facilities 862
- Support Service Division 834
- Veterans Services Division 827
- Vocation Rehabilitation and Counseling Division 828
Veterans Health Administration
- Acquisition and Materiel Management Service - Administration 284
- Acquisition and Materiel Management Service - Warehouse 291
- Ambulatory Care (Hospital Based) 262
- Audiology and Speech Pathology Service 204
- Cardiovascular Laboratories 210
- Chaplain Service 208
- Childcare Development Center 420
- Clinical Services Administration 214
- Community Living Center (CLC) (formerly Nursing Home Care Unit) 106
- Credit Union 220
- Day Hospital 300
- Day Treatment Center 261
- Dental Service 222
- Dialysis Center 316
- Digestive Diseases - Endoscopy Suite 287
- Domiciliary 312
- Educational Facilities 402
- Electroencephalography Laboratory 226
- Engineering Service 230
- Environmental Management Service - Administration 406
- Environmental Management Service - Laundry and Linen Operation 408
- Environmental Management Service - Lockers, Lounges, Toilets, and Showers 410
- Eye Clinic 233
- Fiscal Service 234
- Health Administration Services 246
- Human Resources Management 266
- Intensive Care Nursing Units 102
- Library Service 400
- Lobby 244
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 275
- Medical Administration Service / Health Administration Service 246
- Medical Center Director's Suite 238
- Medical Media Service 248
- Mental Health and Behavioral Patient Care Units 110
- Mental Health Clinic 260
- MS&N Patient Care Units 100
- Nuclear Medicine Service 252
- Nursing Service Administration 254
- Nutrition and Food Service 224
- Outpatient Clinics (CBOC, SOPC) 265
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service 240
- Pharmacy Service 268
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilition Service 270
- Police Service 279
- Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center (PRC) 111
- Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service 308
- Psychology Service 272
- Pulmonary Medicine (PM) 212
- Quarters, On-Call 274
- Radiation Therapy Service 277
- Radiology Service 276
- Recreation Service 269
- Research and Development 278
- Service Organizations 280
- Social Work Service 282
- Spinal Cord Injury / Disorders Center 104
- Substance Abuse Clinic 202
- Supply Processing and Distribution 285
- Surgical Service 286
- Veterans Assistance Unit 218
- Veterans Canteen Service 206
- Voluntary Service 290
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