Square Footage

From: Design Cost Data | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Measuring the Area of Buildings. A Simple Task. Or Is It?

Inconsistency and confusion.

Although a square foot is a square foot in all buildings, the total square footage in a building can differ widely. Why? Simply because there are a number of different rules and methods in common use for calculating building areas. They are different because of the variety of needs and applications for the information. So, it is important that one knows the objective before calculating building areas or relying on quoted square footage.

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