Thursday, February 6, 2025

How are plans reviewed -- #26

 How are plans reviewed -- #26

Definition of building area


Building area means the greatest horizontal area of a building above #grade within the outside surface of exterior walls or within the outside surface of exterior walls and the centre line of #firewalls.


This definition is illustrated in Figure 11, where the area of the third storey is the area of the building.

#buildingarea #exteriorwall


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