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  2. Floor area - Wikipedia

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    Floor area. In architecture, construction, and real estate, floor area, floor space, or floorspace is the area (measured in square metres or square feet) taken up by a building or part of it. The ways of defining "floor area" depend on what factors of the building should or should not be included, such as external walls, internal walls ...

  3. Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols - Wikipedia

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    In a feature control frame (FCF), the ⌀ symbol tells you that the tolerance zone for the geometric tolerance is cylindrical. Abbreviations for "diameter" include ⌀, DIA, and D. D. diameter; delta. Abbreviations for "diameter" include ⌀, DIA, and D. For delta usage, see for example "delta notes". DIA[2] diameter.

  4. Square (unit) - Wikipedia

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    100. square metre. 9.29030. The square is an Imperial unit of area that is used in the construction industry in the United States and Canada, [ 1] and was historically used in Australia. One square is equal to 100 square feet. Examples where the unit is used are roofing shingles, metal roofing, vinyl siding, and fibercement siding products.

  5. Floor area ratio - Wikipedia

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    Floor area ratio (FAR) is the ratio of a building's total floor area (gross floor area) to the size of the piece of land upon which it is built. It is often used as one of the regulations in city planning along with the building-to-land ratio. [1] The terms can also refer to limits imposed on such a ratio through zoning.

  6. Glossary of structural engineering - Wikipedia

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    It is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong (66 by 660 feet), which is exactly equal to 10 square chains, 1 ⁄ 640 of a square mile, or 43,560 square feet, and approximately 4,047 m 2, or about 40% of a hectare. Acrow prop – or BS prop is a piece of construction equipment. It is a telescopic tubular steel prop, used ...

  7. Square foot - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of 1 square foot with some Imperial and metric units of area. The square foot (pl. square feet; abbreviated sq ft, sf, or ft 2; also denoted by ' 2 and ⏍) is an imperial unit and U.S. customary unit (non-SI, non-metric) of area, used mainly in the United States and partially in Canada, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana, Liberia, Malaysia, Myanmar ...

  8. TSX Broadway - Wikipedia

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    Cost. $2.5 billion. Technical details. Floor area. 500,000 square feet (46,000 m 2) TSX Broadway is an under-construction 46-story mixed-use building on Times Square, at the southeastern corner of Broadway and 47th Street, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Developed by L&L Holding, the building will include a 669-room hotel, multi-story ...

  9. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    Length. For measuring length, the U.S. customary system uses the inch, foot, yard, and mile, which are the only four customary length measurements in everyday use. From 1893, the foot was legally defined as exactly 1200⁄3937 m (approximately 0.304 8006 m). [13] Since July 1, 1959, the units of length have been defined on the basis of 1 yd = 0 ...