Animal Research Facility with attached gates

Hi Amy, The Affirmative:  I would suggest including them, especially if they were recycled or repurposed.  The gates do not fit into the FFE category, and not quite as specialized as elevators. You would include doors or other mobile partitions as these are typical building materials, I would include the gates too.  At that level of reporting, no one is going to ask "what was being recycled?", it encourages diversion and falls into the background slurry of supporting credit documentation.  I firmly believe you are meeting the intent and would personally include it in my calcs. The Negative: If these are perimeter gates, well outside the building envelope, I might suggest leaving them out - repurpose them anyway as a best practice (sounds like you have), but this may challenge the definition of "alterations" and would likely be considered a specialty product, not a base building material, i.e. not part of the building. I'm interested in what anyone else has to say about this, I come across these situations as well! I hope this helps!