by AF0526 b3 — May 28, 2010—The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International has announced that two more of its measurement standards, “Office Buildings: Standard Methods of Measurement (ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 — 2010)” and “Gross Areas of a Building: Standard Methods of Measurement (ANSI/BOMA Z65.3 — 2009),” have been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). A third title in BOMA’s suite of measurement standards, “Industrial Buildings: Standard Methods of Measurement (ANSI/BOMA Z.65.2 — 2009)” was also recently accredited by ANSI.
“Office Buildings: Standard Methods of Measurement” is a new measurement standard that will help property professionals easily and accurately measure office buildings. It provides important improvements to the previous office measurement standard from BOMA released in 1996, including a new Single Load Factor calculation (“Method B”) in addition to the 1996 measurement method now referred to as “Legacy Method A” for measuring spaces, as well as new regional leasing practices, says BOMA.
“Gross Areas of a Building: Standard Methods of Measurement” is a new area measurement standard that outlines the procedure for determining the gross areas of a building’s Construction Gross Area and Exterior Gross Area. The standard is intended for application in buildings containing all types of occupancies, including office, retail, industrial, single and multi-unit residential, hospitality, entertainment and institutional buildings, both private and public.
Both standards feature full color illustrations, hyperlinked definitions and a new interactive downloadable format.
BOMA has also begun the process of putting two more building measurement standards through the ANSI consensus process, including the recently released “Multi-Unit Residential Buildings: Standard Methods of Measurement (2010),” as well as a new standard in development for measuring retail buildings.
For more information, see the BOMA Web site.
