Analysis of Selected Standards of Floor Area Measurements on the Example of Office Premises

Definition of floor area is known not only in cadastre but is also commonly interpreted as area of residential or commercial premises that is suitable to be developed accordingly with requirements of premises owner/tenant. Nevertheless it turns out that this common belief is not always true and the definition of floor area despite being defined in Polish legislature can be interpreted in few ways. Different views according to floor area are result of the fact that in Polish law there is no obligation of performing measurements of floor area according to one actual standard for all purposes. There are many existing standards and differences between them are so significant that this same area measured in compliance with various standards might vary by few meters. Property owners and managers, landlords and tenants often are not aware of the fact of existing many standards of measurements and their lack of knowledge in this area is cause of ignorance of consequences of choosing particular standards. The purpose of this thesis was to introduce the topic of floor area measurements standards used for office premises: PN-70/B-02365, PN-ISO 9836:1997, ANSI/BOMA Z65.1-2010, TEGOVA, GIF and IPMS. In practical part of the thesis, on the base of measurements conducted in one of Warsaw office buildings, the sections of measured area were prepared accordingly to standards described in the thesis. Moreover, the comparison of standards was performed. Essential part of the thesis represents description of results of choosing particular standards by landlord and by tenant.

Warsaw University of Technology