National Cemetery Administration

Tasks

• No personnel assigned to this area
• This is the center for filing and reference and shared use of office equipment

User(s)

• All administrative personnel
• Maintenance foreman

Related Areas

• General Office
• Director
• Assistant Director
• Maintenance Office

Special Requirements

• Maximum use of volume for storage and work surfaces with minimum but efficient circulation
• Most components built-in. Below counter lateral file cabinets are included as construction contractor-furnished equipment; interment file drawers are government-furnished, but enclosure built-in in the building contract; adjustable shelving above
  • Interment records (drawers for 125 millimeters x 200 millimeters (5 inches x 8 inches) cards)
  • Personnel files
  • Correspondence files
  • Computer Network Equipment, if not in telephone closet
  • Supplies (locked storage base cabinets or full height closets)
  • Work surfaces - 600 millimeters (24 inches) deep, at least 1200 millimeters (48 inches) length to be 750 millimeters (30 inches) deep for drawing reference surface
  • Paper cutter, hole punches, stapler, etc.
  • Two-way communications equipment (microphone, radio base equipment, etc.)
  • Wall mounted or other flat file system for 750 millimeters x 1050 millimeters (30 inches x 42 inches) cemetery maps
  • Tack board
  • Facsimile Machine
  • Computer printer(s)
• Floor to ceiling enclosure may be required to contain equipment noise; in any case, walls should be not less than 1800 millimeters (72 inches) high