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Q. Hi. I am in the process of measuring a medical building per BOMA standards,...
A. No, under the current BOMA Standards, space must be fully enclosed in order to be...
Article ID: 512
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, Exterior areas
Date: 2008-11-18
Q. If there are 5 office buildings in a park with a separate central plant building...
A. Yes, the Standard allows for a complex to be treated as if one building, in...
Article ID: 511
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, complexes
Date: 2008-11-13
Q. What are the BOBA standards for measuring the Demised Premises for an single level unanchored...
A. You could use the BOMA/SIOR 2004 Industrial Standard for a building like this, which applies...
Article ID: 510
Filed under: BOMA/SIOR (2004) Industrial Standard, Retail
Date: 2008-11-07
Q. I have a suite on the main floor of a four storey stand alone medical...
A. Q1. That would seem reasonable. The decision on how to classify space should...
Article ID: 509
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, Building Common, Floor Common, building common
Date: 2008-11-05
Q. I am working with someone who is looking @ an office condominium. He is looking...
A. Yes, that is what the ANSI/BOMA Office Standard (1996) details; common areas would typically include...
Article ID: 508
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, Load factors - general
Date: 2008-10-31
Q. i am trying to get information on how to do a BOMA calculation on...
A. Copies of the Standards are available at: http://shop.boma.org/showMultipleItems.aspx?session=347F2B66364F4F0F802E9877C21629D6&category=133 A little more involved than a simple 'equasion', you'd...
Article ID: 507
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, calculating rentable area
Date: 2008-10-29
Q. Is the roof considered an asset by BOMA? Why does BOMA not include the roof in...
A. The BOMA Floor Measurement Standards deal only with floorspace, which must be fully enclosed, capable...
Article ID: 505
Filed under: General BOMA questions, roof areas
Date: 2008-10-10
Q. With a 4 store commercial office building, which has an atrium from the first floor...
A. Yes, the GBA would include the atrium, but it would be excluded as a Vertical...
Article ID: 504
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, atriums
Date: 2008-10-09
Q. We have a stairwell that serve only occupants of a private 2nd floor office. Is...
A. Under the BOMA Office Standard, if a stairwell is put in for the exclusive use...
Article ID: 502
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, private stairwell
Date: 2008-10-08
Q. Need to understand measurement standards (what is included) for industrial-warehouse type space considered as rentable...
A. You should obtain a copy of the Standards from BOMA, available at: http://shop.boma.org/showMultipleItems.aspx?session=347F2B66364F4F0F802E9877C21629D6&category=133 This outlines the different...
Article ID: 501
Filed under: BOMA/SIOR (2004) Industrial Standard, what areas are included
Date: 2008-10-07
Q. What is the difference between the old BOMA calculations vs. the new BOMA calculations? Do...
A. The major difference is the introduction of Building Common under the current 1996 Standard. ...
Article ID: 498
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, Differences between 1996 and 1981 Standards
Date: 2008-09-26
Q. I am the President of the BOMA local here in Jacksonville, Florida. I received...
A. The BOMA Floor Measurement Standards define the methodology to use in the calculation of Rentable...
Article ID: 497
Filed under: General BOMA questions, how to measure demised space
Date: 2008-09-25
Q. Our client wants to include in his building common area building amenities (such as fitness...
A. Yes, there is nothing in the Standard that wouldn't allow this; it does allow for...
Article ID: 495
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, Building Common
Date: 2008-09-23
Q. How are terraces/ balconies on upper levels of an office building calculated related to rentable/...
A. No, Rentable space must be fully enclosed. Terraces and balconies are not considered Rentable...
Article ID: 494
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, balconies
Date: 2008-09-22
Q. When calculating rentable area, shafts are excluded, right? Are the vertical walls (for instance 12" concrete...
A. Yes, ventilation shafts are considered major vertical pentrations typically, and excluded from Rentable area. A VP...
Article ID: 493
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, Vertical Penetrations
Date: 2008-09-19
Q. With a multi story office building one tenant takes up the 4 top floors of...
A. If the elevator is put in by or for a tenant for their private and...
Article ID: 492
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, private elevator
Date: 2008-09-19
Q. Below is correspondence I have had with the BC Association AIC regarding two appraisals that...
A. The BOMA Standards are published by BOMA and used throughout North America, and increasingly world...
Article ID: 491
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, patios
Date: 2008-09-17
Q. Trying to understand how major vertical penetrations are accounted for in parking levels. Are all...
A. Technically, all the VP areas would be included within your GMA as well, and then...
Article ID: 490
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, parking areas
Date: 2008-09-16
Q. In a stand-alone building or if bathrooms are within tenants space (i.e. not common bathrooms)...
A. Usable area, by definition, is to only include space that is suitable for 'housing personnel...
Article ID: 489
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, restrooms - self contained
Date: 2008-09-11
Q. My question has to do with if a basement in a commercial office building should...
A. Yes, basement areas can certainly be included under the current ANSI/BOMA 1996 Office Standard. ...
Article ID: 488
Filed under: ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 (1996) Office Measurement Standard, basement areas
Date: 2008-09-10
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