Calculations

Question 1

Parameter Budget Method

Answer 1

involves an expanded itemization of construction quantities and furnishings and assignment of unit costs to these quantities.

Question 2

Matrix

Answer 2

deals with pricing alternatives.

Question 3

Quantity Take off Method

Answer 3

most precise method for determining budget.

Question 4

Itemization

Question 5

Square Footage Method

Answer 5

based on project size and is used before much design work has started.

Question 6

What are space requirements determined by?

Answer 6

-Functional needs per area
-Size of an object
-Activity planned in the space
-Building code requirements

Question 7

What is gross area? and the calculation

Answer 7

Floor area construction

GSF = RSF (rentable) + Vertical penetration and building exterior walls

Question 8

What is rentable area? and the calculation?

Answer 8

Revenue-producing floor area

RSF = USF (Usable) + Prorated share of building common area

Question 9

What is usable area and the calculation?

Answer 9

Those that are occupiable by tenants

USF = NSF (net) + circulation area

Question 10

What is net area and what does it include?

Answer 10

Space required for the function in the space or the program area

Includes:
-Individual workspaces
-Dedicated and shared support spaces
-Special mission-critical spaces

Question 11

What are circulation areas and what types are there?

Answer 11

Primary Circulation = main route connecting the building core and common spaces (public corridors, elevator lobbies, exit stairs, and core toilets)

Secondary circulation = private circulation area that connects to the primary circulation area and public corridors (aisles between individual and support areas)

*Circulation comprises 25%-40% of the total usable area

Question 12

What is the calculation you use to find circulation area?

Answer 12

NSF x (circulation multiplier - 1) = Circulation Area

Question 13

What is the calculation to find usable square feet? (USF)

Answer 13

NSF x Circulation Multipler = USF

OR

NSF + circulation area = USF

Question 14

What is Usable area

Answer 14

Floor area used by the tenant (people and furniture) not shared spaces

Occupant area (always more than the net programmable area)

Question 15

What is rentable area

Answer 15

floor area tenant pays rent on

Interior area excluding vertical penetrations through the floor (air shafts and elevators)

Includes structural elements like columns and interior/exterior wall thickness

RSF = USF + Prorated share of builing common area

Question 16

What is the efficiency factor of a single leased space?

Answer 16

the ratio of the net area or net assignable area to the usable area

Question 17

What are the two types of BOMA calculations?

Answer 17

Method A: Rentable area / usable area for each floor

Method B: Net are / Usable area

Question 18

When measuring usable area, if more than 50% of the wall is glass, where would you measure from?

Answer 18

the inside surface of the glass to the finish surface (inside face of the tenant side partition

Question 19

when measuring usable area, if less than 50% of the wall area is glass, where would you measure from?

Answer 19

the exterior walls inside surface to the finished surface (inside face) of the tenants partition

Question 20

What are all of the occupancy classifications

Answer 20

A: Assembly
B: Business
E: Educational
I: Institutional
M: Mercantile
R: Residential
Storage

Question 21

Which occupancy classification type is the most restrictive?

Answer 21

Assembly