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"We
didn't expect to see the first drawing until more than a month
after Clark Nexsen delivered the entire project. By deploying
leading-edge technologies like PowerCAD SiteMaster, they saved
the US Navy and US taxpayers a lot of time and money."
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Michael Willette, Project Manager, GIS Division, Navy
Public Works in Norfolk, VA.
"GiveMePower
helped us create highly-detailed and amazingly-precise floor
plans on site, in real-time and in AutoCAD-ready format 2-3
times faster than we could have using traditional methods.
Frankly, it's hard to imagine doing building surveys any other
way."
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Macklin Smith, AIA, Project Manager, Clark Nexsen Architecture
and Engineering
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With
commercial office space commanding a premium, building owners and
managers can increase revenues by finding more gross rentable square
footage space with GiveMePower BOMA Plans. Per ANSI Standards, a
resurvey to BOMA 1996 Standards typically yields a 2-8% increase
in usable and rentable areas, which more than offsets the direct
costs of a resurvey. Tenant discrepancies with occupancy costs based
on square footage are mitigated, and building information for lease
plans and leasehold improvements are current and easily accessible.
The
GiveMePower BOMA Plans are client-friendly and serve as an excellent
addition to the sales and marketing toolkit, or space verifications
of leased property. Special considerations in the wording of measurements
relative to existing tenant contracts are easily accommodated. Items
clearly marked on the BOMA floor plan include:
- Walls,
windows and doors.
- All
rooms are clearly labeled and dimensioned.
- Floor
and building common areas, and vertical penetrations.
- Usable
and rentable areas.
- Symbols
showing key building component such as plumbing fixtures, kitchen
appliances, heating fixtures, elevators, water fountains, etc.
Key
BOMA 1996 Definitions
- USABLE
AREA means the actual occupiable area of a floor or tenant.
- BASIC
RENTABLE AREA means the tenant's USABLE AREA and it's proportionate
share of FLOOR COMMON AREA. Note: Basic Rentable Area is conceptually
similar to BOMA 1980's Rentable Area.
- RENTABLE
AREA means the tenant's USABLE AREA and it's proportionate share
of FLOOR COMMON AREA and BUILDING COMMON AREA.
- FLOOR
COMMON AREA refers to areas common to all the tenants of a floor,
such as corridors, elevator lobbies, washrooms, janitor closets,
telecommunications and utility areas. Floor Common Area is often
found in and around a building core.
- BUILDING
COMMON AREA refers to areas common to all the tenants of a building,
such as ground floor lobbies, public corridors, concierge areas
and fully enclosed mechanical or equipment rooms. Building Common
Area is often found on Ground Floors, Basement Levels and Mechanical
Penthouses.
- MAJOR
VERTICAL PENETRATION refers to stairs, elevator shafts, flues,
pipe shafts, vertical ducts and the like, and their enclosing
walls, which serve more than one floor of a building. Major Vertical
Penetrations are excluded from Usable, Basic Rentable and Rentable
Areas.
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