These documents are in Word 6.0. Design Guides are intended to help you speed the design process, control cost, avoid errors and omissions, and get value for dollars spent. Design guides are developed in partnership with the using service and are benchmarked with similar private sector guides. They are to be applied flexibly, not as rigid standards. If not hyperlinked, a document is accessible only as hard copy and, therefore, is currently available only to VA employees or VA consultants.
Electronic conversion is in progress.
The Design Guides are in Adobe Acrobat Reader format.