Conceptualization - Configuration Quantities

Statistical Configuration is Step 2.

If a site is known then configuring the number of stories for building to meet zoning is easy.

If site is unknown, one should configure the building anyway to determine the size of site necessary to be acquired.

Shown below is our sample product, configuration quantities and statistics for our hypothetical design - all that is really necessary to make a decent cost estimate.

Project: Office Building Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia

Building Configuration


		UPPER			TOTAL
ITEM	1ST FLOOR	FLOORS	BASEMENT	PENTHOUSE	BUILDING	SITE AREA

2-1 GROSS AREAS (sf)	51,500	206,049	9,000	8,000	274,549	940,460
2-2 BUILDABLE AREA (sf)	50,000	50,000	50,000	8,000
2-3 NO. OF FLOORS	1	4	1	2	2
2-4 NO PENTHOUSE					4
2-5 TYPICAL FLOOR AREA (sf)	51,500	51,512	9,000	4,000
2-6 SLAB ON GRADE AREA (sf)					51,500	51,500
2-7 SITE IMPROVEMENT AREA (sf)						888,960
2-8 TOTAL FLOOR CONST (sf)					223,049
2-9 FIRST FLOOR AREA (sf)			51,500
2-10 BASEMENT EXT ROOF (sf)			0
2-11 F-F HEIGHT (ft)	18.00	13.00	12.00	12.00
2-12 BLDG. EXT. HEIGHT (ft)	18.0	52.0	12.0	24.0	94.0
2-13 PERIMETER (ft)	1,270	1,270	402	270
2-14 CLOSURE AREA (sf)	22,860	66,040	4,824	6,480
2-15 EXT. CLOSURE (sf)					95,380
2-16 VOLUME (cf)	927,000	2,678,637	108,000	96,000	3,809,637
2-17 TOTAL NET AREA (sf)					203,850
2-18 BLDG SUPPORT AREA (sf)					70,699
NOTES

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