Location Basic Building Fields

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The following table describes the Touchstone location fields related to the basic building characteristics of this location.

For lists of valid AIR and valid non-AIR construction codes, see the "Reference: Exposure Data" section in the "Exposure Data Validation" section of the Help included with your Touchstone Client.


Field	Description	Validation Rules	Default Value
Construction Code Type	One of the following types of construction codes to indicate the construction code type that you are using for the building and appurtenant (other) structures at this location: AIR codes (AIR) ATC codes (ATC) ISO earthquake codes (ISE) ISO fire codes (ISF) ISO WC codes (ISW) RMS industrial codes (RMI) RMS codes (RMS) AIR always recommends translating non-AIR codes to AIR codes wherever possible before importing your data. Note: If you select a non-AIR construction code type and specify non-AIR construction codes in the Construction Building and Construction Other Structures fields, Touchstone displays the non-AIR construction codes in these fields. Touchstone also maps these codes to AIR construction codes. Touchstone stores both the non-AIR (user-supplied) construction codes that you have specified and the corresponding AIR construction codes in the exposure database into which you have imported or added your locations.	Required if you are creating a new record or editing an existing record Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface	AIR codes
Construction Building	Construction code for the building at this location. The construction code type that you have specified determines which codes are valid for this field.	Required if you are creating a new record or editing an existing record Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface, if the construction code type is AIR codes (AIR) For offshore platforms, that is, for locations with an offshore country code such as "GOM" (Gulf of Mexico), the only valid construction class codes are the offshore asset construction class codes.	100 - Unknown (800 - Unknown for offshore exposures, i.e., exposures that use an offshore country code)
Construction Other Structures	Construction code for any appurtenant structures covered at this location. The construction code type that you have specified determines which codes are valid for this field.	Optional Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface if the construction code type is AIR codes (AIR)	100 - Unknown (800 - Unknown for offshore exposures, i.e., exposures that use an offshore country code)
Occupancy Code Type	One of the following types of occupancy codes to indicate the occupancy code that you are using at this location: AIR codes (AIR) ATC codes (ATC) ISO BOP codes (ISB) ISO COMFAL codes (ISC) ISO codes (ISO) RMS industrial codes (RMI) RMS codes (RMS) RMS WC codes (RWC) SIC codes (SIC) Note: If you select a non-AIR occupancy code type and specify a non-AIR occupancy code in the Occupancy Code field, Touchstone displays the non-AIR occupancy codes in these fields. Touchstone also maps these codes to AIR occupancy codes. Touchstone stores both the non-AIR (user-supplied) occupancy codes that you have specified and the corresponding AIR occupancy codes in the exposure database into which you have imported or added your locations.	Required if you are creating a new record or editing an existing record Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface	AIR codes
Occupancy Code	Occupancy code for the building at this location The occupancy code type that you have specified determines which codes are valid for this field.	Required if you are creating a new record or editing an existing record Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface if the occupancy code type is AIR codes (AIR) For offshore platforms, that is, for locations with an offshore country code (ISO Country Codes, such as "GOM" (Gulf of Mexico), the only valid occupancy class codes are the offshore asset occupancy class codes.	311 - General commercial (900 - Unknown for offshore exposures, i.e., exposures that use an offshore country code)
IsTenant	One of the following values to indicate whether this location is covered by a tenant policy: Yes No	Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface	No
Year Built	Year in which the building at this location was built or underwent a major upgrade. The age of a building provides a good indication of the building codes that are in effect for the building. When the year built of the structure is not known, AIR calculates an unknown year built damage function by applying an exposure-weighted distribution to the corresponding damage functions for each year built. Touchstone uses this field for earthquake and hurricane analysis.	Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface Must be a numeric value between 0 and the current year, inclusive. For example, if the current year is 2017, you can enter a value between 0 and 2017, inclusive.	[NULL]
Stories	Number of floors or stories of the risks that this location record covers. For pleasure boats, this field represents the boat length in feet. Enter a value (in feet) within one of the following categories to specify the length of the pleasure boat: Small (up to 26 feet) Medium (26-50 feet) Large (over 50 feet) If the pleasure boat length is unknown, enter `0`. Touchstone does not support this field for offshore platform policies. Therefore, enter `0`.	Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface Must be a numeric value between 0 and 999, inclusive	[NULL]
Gross Area Click for Differences between Gross Area and Floor Area.	This field affects losses for US Hurricane, US Earthquake, and Forestry locations for Extra Tropical Cyclone in Sweden, and Norway. For the US Hurricane and Earthquake models, this is the Gross Area of the building at this location. Touchstone does not support this field for offshore platform policies. Therefore, enter `0`.	Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface Must be a numeric value between 0 and 15000000, inclusive	[NULL]
Gross Area Units	One of the following units of measurement for the gross area: Acre (AC) Hectare (HA) Square feet (SQFT) Square meters (SQM) The Gross Area (square footage) for the AIR Hurricane Model for the United States does not include Finished Attic or Finished Basement.	Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface	Square feet
ISO Construction Code	ISO construction codes for the building at this location. See "ISO Fire Codes" and "ISO Earthquake Codes" in the Help provided for non-AIR construction class codes in your Touchstone Client.	Optional
ISO Occupancy Code	ISO occupancy code for the building at this location. See "ISO Commercial, Fire, and Allied Lines (COMFAL) Codes" in the Help provided for non-AIR occupancy class codes in your Touchstone Client.	Optional
Building Value per Gross Area	Building value per gross area for this location. The building value per gross area calculation for each location is the replacement value building divided by the gross area.	Read only Not applicable for workers' compensation locations
Territory	User-defined territory code for this location for reporting purposes.	Optional Can contain up to 30 characters Can contain hyphens and underscores
Building Height	Height of the building at this location. This field is not used for loss calculations; it is used only for informational purposes. The building height units that you specify determine the unit in which you should express the value for this field.	Optional Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface Must be a numeric value between 0 and 2,147,483, 647, inclusive
Building Height Units	One of the following units of measurement for the building height: Feet (FT) Meters (M)	Optional