Hi all,
We are workign on this subway station and it has ramps that cgoes across the streets. The ramps are to be built by the project but the space underneath them - since it a street - won't be touched by the project. So we re having a really hard time in definidn the LEED Project Boundary for this project: the property is delimited on the north and south side by walls, on the groundfloor; but the ramps are aerials structures...so what I see as a solution and what makes senses to our project is to consider as the LEED Project Boundary the ground floor for the area delimited by the north and south walls + the perimeter of the ramps, which will be in a different level, since they corss the streets and the streets and sidewalk are not object of this project.
Since the platforms will be in the gorundfloor, within the north/south property walls, and the ramps will be aerial structures crossing the streets I caled it a "tridimensional LPB". I know it sounds a little confusing but I hope I could convey the scenario! So does this apporach make any sense??
Thanks
Marcio Alberto Casado Pereira
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January 28, 2013 - 12:04 pm
Hi folks,
any thoughts on the situation above? Long story short, our issue is that the footprint of the 2nd floor goes beyond the footprint of the ground floor. We have for instance a hanging group bathrooms in the 2nd floor, below them is the public sidewalk. And since we are not interferring in the sidewalk it does not make sense to include it in the LPB. So from a site plan perspective, if we draw a LPB that includes the bathrooms we will also be including the sidewalk, you know what I mean?? Not sure how to solve this...
Reminding that this is a public building - a subway station - reason why the property line is not defined very well and there are elements advancing the sidwalk.