Unknown construction / unknown occupancy combinations

Construction and occupancy codes to used to represent cases in which the construction class and/or unknown occupancy type are unknown.

For onshore locations, construction class code 100 represents unknown construction, while occupancy class code 300 represents unknown occupancy. For offshore locations, construction class code 800 represents unknown construction, while occupancy class code 900 represents unknown occupancy.

If you try to import a location with a blank construction or occupancy code, ImportExpress rejects the location. However, you can specify default construction and occupancy class codes for *.csv imports. See the "Defaults tab" topic in the main Touchstone Help.

See "Location Basic Building Fields" for information about the basic building characteristics of locations.

Construction class code A Construction class code B Occupancy class code Result
Unknown Unknown Unknown Imports successfully. During analysis, Touchstone assigns General Commercial (311) or Unknown Offshore Asset Occupancy (900) as the occupancy code. For more information related to a specific model, refer to the model documentation on the .Client Portal.
Known Unknown Unknown Imports successfully. During analysis, Touchstone assigns construction class code A to construction class code B.
Unknown Known Unknown Imports successfully. During analysis, Touchstone assigns construction class code B to construction class code A.
Known Known Unknown Imports successfully.
Unknown Unknown Known Imports successfully.
Known Unknown Known Imports successfully.
Unknown Known Known Imports successfully.
Known Known Known Imports successfully.