BPM 305 (TMA01) – PROJECT SCHEDULING AND CONTROL (MOHAMED ALI B1210887)

The UCA consist of the addition of all areas at very floor storey in a building or 
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which includes ground floor and other vehicular covered areas of building not
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surrounding walls and balustrade from the internal surface of UCA disregarding
and neglecting the thickness of the wall or balustrade.

Where any sheltering, screening or covering features such as roofs, canopies,

etc braced or resting
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 Awnings, sun shading, eaves awnings and etc which does not form par partt of the
covered areas nor connecting or isolated covered walkways should not be
included in the UCA.

Where size or area of site plot ratio is known or given, calculation of allowable
floor area can be computed for planning assessment as seen in scenario 3
below:

Scenario 3: Planning Assessment

 Area/size of site = 800m2

Plot ratio = 2:5:1
 Allowable or permitted GFA on this site = 2000m2
 
To cater or accommodate specific area per person or per activity, supplementary
or extra area need to allocated, accumulated or summate for the computation on
a unit basis. In cases where client may rule out or command for precondition or 
specifications in terms or in view of Usable Floor Area (UFA) or Net Rentable
 Area (NRA), then useable area may need to be computed.
Usable Floor Area constitute the total sum of floor areas computed at every floor 
levels from the general internal surface of walls of all inside rooms which are
deemed to be the basic function of the building. The computation can be done by
calculating the FECA and subtracting the extra or excess areas to the main
function of the building. Areas like service areas, fire access, common areas and
non-habitable areas are omitted out in the calculation.

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