typesetting: distinguishing between property types ivan graff, p. e. office of asset management

Typesetting:Distinguishing Between Property Types

Ivan Graff, P. E.

Office of Asset

Management

2015 FIMS / RE Training

Agenda

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Real and personal differences

Details on personal property

Details on: Buildings Real Property Trailers

The Blues Brothers


Property Definitions

Personal Real

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41 CFR 102-36.40 Government-wide

41 CFR 109-1.100-51 DOE – specific

DOE Financial Mgmt Handbook10.3(a)(1)

DOE G 580.1-1 Referenced in O

580.1A

41 CFR 102–71.20 Government-wide

FY 2014 FRPP Guidance

DOE Financial Mgmt Handbook 10.2(a)(1)

DOE O 430.1B OECM Memo. 02/23/10


Comparing Personal and Real

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R E

A L

P E

R S

O N

A L

Immobile Movable

Always Tangible

Tangible &

Intangible

Annual Inventory

AnnualInventory

*

All Items Reported

Not All Reporte

d * Triennially for equipment


Examples of Real Property

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Buildings

Utilities

Land

Roads, Walks, Bridge

s

Walls, Poles, Towers

DOE O 430.1B

“Prefabricated

Movable Structure

s”

Minerals in Land


Examples of Personal Property

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Motor Vehicl

es

Equipment

Sensitive

Items

Minerals &

Precious Metals

Stock Materia

lsPotable

Alcohol

High Risk

Property

Energy Related

Laboratory

Equipment 41 CFR 109

DOE O 580.1A

governing regulation


Mobile Property

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Is this real property?

Temporarily personal property?

2015 FIMS / RE Training May 7, 2015 8

Mobile Refinery

Moveable Oil Rig?


Related Personal Property

Laboratory

Equipment


Experimental Equipment

Utility Generation


Security Equipment Installed on a Structure

Security Equipment

Installed on a Building

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Hot Cells

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Hot Cells

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Hot Cells

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Real Property Type:

BUILDINGS


“A building is a constructed asset that is enclosed with walls and a roof that provides space for agencies to perform activities or store materials as well as provides space for people to live or work.”

– 2014 Guidance for Real Property Inventory Reporting

constructed

enclosed

activities

live or work

underground

stacked, adjacent, nested


What does “constructed” mean?

constructed

enclosed activities live or work underground stacked, adjacent, nested

Land Parcel

Constructed


What does “enclosed”

mean?

constructed enclosed

activities live or work underground stacked, adjacent, nested

What characteristics

does a wall have?

What characteristics

does a roof have?


Does it matter if the

roof and walls seem

indistinguishable?



Do gaps within the

wall or between the

walls and the roof or ground

matter?


How long must the materials

comprising the walls and

roof last?



Temporary breaches do not negate the wall.


What does it mean to “perform

activities”?

constructed enclosed activities

live or work underground stacked, adjacent, nested

• Administrative,• Research (R&D)• Production• Materials

Handling• Cleanup

• Operations• Maintenance• Repair• Surveillance• Improvements

frequency, duration, intensity do not matter

Examples:


What does it mean to

have “space for people to

live or work”?

constructed enclosed activities live or work

underground stacked, adjacent, nested

Reference:

36 CFR 1191.304


May a structure become

accessible following

commissioning?



What about a blocked

entryway?




Not Buildings:

• Tanks• Repositories

(waste)• Grouted, encased,

or buried “structures.”

Still Buildings:

• General entry barred due to:

Structural deficiencies

Contamination


Might a

building

reside under-

ground?

constructed enclosed activities live or work underground


Partially below grade?

Above grade entrance?


Are tunnels buildin

gs?

constructed enclosed activities live or work underground


Transportation Tunnel

Living andWorking

Storage


constructed enclosed activities live or work underground stacked, adjacent, nested

One buildin

g record

GOOPATRON

Include portico in building record



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2

Penthouse on building = one building record

Adjacent independent structures = multiple building records

Note: Do not assume independence from façade appearance.

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Adjacent independent structures = multiple building records

Note: Include breezeway in the building records


Real Property Type:

TRAILERS


Trailers Means Modular Buildings

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• Unit size, height, elevation• Number of component units• With or without chasis . . .

--- do not matter


Evolution of a Container

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Personal Property

Possibly Real PropertyProbably Real Property

“Permanent” means:• Severable through destructive means• Relocation not quick or easy• Utility connections meet code for permanence


Questions & Comments

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