Figure 1: Determining the height of a building with a flat roof

FLAT ROOF ROOF 600mm

Height

Top of foundation Concrete

OCCUPIED ROOF

Height ROOF
Top of concrete in Foundation

Height is measured from the top of the concrete in foundation to the point twothirds of the way up the roof slope

Figure 1: Determining height in a building whose roof is occupied 2:

Figure 3: Determining height where roof is unoccupied

UNOCCUPIED ROOF

Height ROOF

Top of Concrete

Height is measured from the top of the concrete in foundation to the point half of the way up the roof slope

ROOF WITH PARAPET WALL

Parapet Wall

Heightmeasured to top of parapet wall from top of concrete in foundation

Concrete in Foundation

Figure 4: Determining the height of buildings with a parapet roof

Example to illustrate of the Cube Method Consider a block of 5 unit factories made up workshops and offices as shown below

Figure 5: Five unit factory block on plan

2.000 Roof level

4.000

GFL 0.5 Top of fdn

Figure 6: Drawing of Factory block in Elevation

Calculations Assume cube rates as follows: Office @ GH120 cedis per metre cube Factory @ GH750 cedis per metre cube Effective height = (Top of fdn to G.L) = 5.500 m 500 + Top of G.L to roof 4.000 + Roof (unoccupied) (2)

Volume of workshops = 50 x 20 x 5.5 = 5500 metre cube Volume of offices = 50 x 5 x 5.5 = 1375 metre cube = 412,500

Estimated cost of block = 5500@75 1375@120 = 165,000 = GH 577,500