Question:
I was wondering if you could provide your insight into a project I am currently involved in. We are reviewing our building square footage numbers for our tenant spaces. We have been in our building for 10 years now and as tenants have downsized and not renewed we have re-leased most suites in the same suite size as was originally built out. However, our architect has changed and as our new architect prepares drawings for us for these new leases, his usf and rsf are consistently different from what the original architect provided. Most of the differences are small 1 % – 2 %. How are these differences in architects measurements usually handled? Does the BOMA standard allow for a variance between architects measurements? Any insight or suggestions you might provide would be most appreciated.
Answer:
Yes, the BOMA Standards allow for a 2% variance. That is, if 2 measuring professionals come up with numbers within 2% of each other, they are considered equal. This is quite common, they will never agree exactly, but for all intents and purposes they are equal.
Asked On: 2009-10-27 |
Last Updated: 2009-10-28 12:40:14