Question

You are calculating the structural density for a one-story industrial building with 100,000 square feet located on a site containing 250,000 square feet. The structural density is....

A) not enough information to calculate

B) of little use in industrial applications

C) .40

D) 2.5

Answer 1

Structural Density:

The ratio of the total ground floor area of a building to the area of the site where the building located is the structural Density

For Industrial buildings the limits of the ratio are

Minimum ratio is 1

and the Maximum ratio is 3 (In general).

Here it is given that the building is a single story with a ground floor area of 100,000 ft².

The total area of the site is 250,000 ft².

Hence the structural Density is = 100,000 ft²/ 250,000 ft². (Ground floor area/Total site area)

= 100/250

= 0.4 (it has no units)

So option C is the correct answer.

I hope you have understood.

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