I was considering sending every floor plan that has something different in order to comply with "representative floorplans", but I double thought about it and considered it would be a bit too much.
For example, our project has, starting from basement up to the roof:
7 tipical basement levels (parking)
1 parking level that is different due to mechanical rooms to the 7 tipical before
1 parking level with retail
Lower level (lobby)
Mezanine
10 tipical floorplans (speculative office)
Penthouse 1 (speculative office)
Pentshouse 2 (different to Penthouse 1 and speculative office)
Machinery floor
Roof
Should I include all of these? Or can I leave some of those out of the package?
Any comments will be appreciated.
David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
LEEDuser Expert
1976 thumbs up
December 17, 2012 - 2:41 pm
You might be fine with one typical parking level, the parking level with retail, the lobby, one of the typical spec office floors and the machinery floor. If the roof or penthouse levels have areas that contribute to LEED credits such as green roof, stormwater management, heat island reduction, etc, then you'd want to include those as well.
It's a judgment call and will vary from project to project, but the main goal is to allow any credit reviewer access to plans that show all the key areas of the building that affect LEED issues and explain how the building works. Section(s) and elevations drawing are important to include for that reason.
It's hard to define exactly where the sweet spot will be for just enough information without providing too much, but that's what we are aiming for.
Michael E. Edmonds-Bauer
Edmonds International38 thumbs up
January 2, 2013 - 12:46 pm
Thanks a lot David!!