MONTREAL - MEASURING WORKSHOP - IN CLASS

Instructor: 
Stéphane Carrière, OAQ, OAA Uptime ATS – architect-owner at JBC Architectes 

Description and Timetable

Part A – GENERAL PRESENTATION
Target clientele: Brokers*, administrators and managers

• Evaluation of measurement standards:
  - BOMA, SIOR and IFMA
  - Previous standards: 89,18996 and 2010 (office space)
  - New IPMS international standard
  
  
• New BOMA 2010-2012 Methods of Measurement:
  - Gross area of a building 2009
  - Office buildings 2010
  - Multi-unit residential buildings 2010
  - Mixed use properties 2011
  - Retail buildings 2010
  - Industrial buildings 2010
  
  
• Basic principles:
  - Common sense prevails
  - Standardized methodology and language
  - Documentation
  
  
• New definitions and new concepts:
  - Measuring floor area in office buildings 1996 vs 2010
  
  
• Overview of methods of measurement:
  - Definitions of the different spaces
  - Measurement methodology
  - New method for measuring floor area in offices 2017

• Principles for allocating rentable common areas:
  - Method A: 1996 legacy method
  - Method B: weighted R/U ratio method
• Calculation tables and formulas
• Mixed use buildings (new trends)
• Application and interpretation
• Discussion and Q & A period

Part B – WORKSHOP
Target clientele: Surveyors, architects and managers

• Definitions of different spaces:
  - Dominant floor area (dominant portion)
  - Common areas
  - Service areas
  - Occupant (useable) space
  - Storage space
  - Retail space
  - Rental space
  - R/U factor for each floor and for the building
• Exercise: Measurement application
• Exploration of new principles and of 2 calculation methods (office space)
• Exercise: Calculation tables and formulas
• Hints and tips
• Discussion and Q & A period

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