• FM Cost Trends

    Low-Rise Office Buildings in Residential Areas

    Jan. 19, 2017
    2 min read

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    *Actual building costs have been adjusted to reflect materials prices as of January 2017 SOURCE: DESIGN COST DATA, BNI

    Office Building #1

    To retain 150-year-old trees on this St. Louis site adjacent to a residential area, this office building has a pier and above grade-beam foundation to avoid disruption of the tree roots. LEED-certified green features include recycling rainwater to irrigation system, light tubes, outside views from 90% of the tenant spaces, waterless urinals, recycling construction waste, solar water heating, two-sided finished block and insulated exterior system, native plant landscaping, and operable windows. The exterior insulated (CFMU) structural masonry system has an R-21 rating.

      

    Office Building #2

    This brick and stone office building is adjacent to a residential neighborhood. A residential character was achieved with warm red brick and cream-colored masonry, a pitched roof with 7-foot-deep overhang, berms that minimize the building’s height, and extensive glazing. The building has a concrete foundation with metal studs, bar joists, and braced-frame structural steel. The exterior façade and the lobby’s interior have cast stone masonry units. The building is capped with a silver-colored, standing seam metal roof. An excavated courtyard is connected to a basement conference room.
     

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