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Records—Fundamentals and Vocabulary, ISO-30300 (2011)].
There are many types of assets, including the following:
(a) information;
(b) software, such as a computer program;
(c) physical, such as a computer;
(d) services;
(e) people, and their qualifications, skills, and experience; and
(f ) intangibles, such as reputation and image.
Authenticity*** Those characteristics that most truthfully reflect and embody the cultural her-
itage values of a place.
Barrier A physical obstruction that prevents or inhibits the movement of people, radionuclides
or some other phenomenon (e.g., fire), or provides shielding against radiation.
Beneficial occupancy (or occupation) A term used to describe a building that is capable of
being used for its intended purpose, even though it may have some minor defects
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Beneficial_occupation, July 21, 2014.
Best practicable environmental option The outcome of a systematic consultative and
decision-making procedure which emphasizes the protection and conservation of the
environment across land, air, and water. The BPEO procedure establishes, for a given set of
objectives, the option that provides the most benefits or the least damage to the envi-
ronment, as a whole, at acceptable cost, in the long term as well as the short term. It is
further specified that BPEO involves a balancing of criteria, including technology,
financial costs, and pollution impacts; BPEO is now at the heart of waste management
decision-making in the UK (UK’s Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution,
Twelfth Report, 1988).
Brownfield* Real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be compli-
cated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or
contaminant.
Brutalism An architectural style featuring bold, structurally innovative forms that use raw con-
crete as their primary material. Readily recognizable for their massing and materiality,
brutalist buildings often reveal the means of their construction through unfinished surfaces
that bear the imprints of the molds that shaped them. The name for the style is commonly
attributed to Le Corbusier, who specified b eton brut (concrete that is raw or unfinished) in
his Unit e d’Habitation apartment buildings, the first of which was completed in Marseille
in 1952. The anglicization of the term brut into Brutalism as a name for the style has led to a
misassociation with the adjective “brutal” (defined as cruel, unpleasant, or even savage,
barbaric), which may have reinforced the aesthetic dislike of the style.
Built form The physical layout and design of a community. It is the arrangement, appearance,
and functions of communities and includes, infrastructure designed to support human
activity, such as buildings, roads, parks, and other amenities. It addresses the natural and
built environments and influences the processes that lead to successful communities.
Simply, it is how compilations of buildings fit together in a space and is a demonstration of
the balancing of height, breadth, setbacks, vistas, building materials, ratio of open space to
structure per lot, etc. The point of referencing built form is to focus on the total effect that a
collection of buildings has had on an area (Sugden, 2017).
Change management The process, tools, and techniques to manage the people side of change
to achieve the required business results (https://www.prosci.com/change-management/
thought-leadership-library/the-what-why-and-how-of-change-management).