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Parking garage

Polina Brutskaya: Design Source; July 30, 2019

Are parking garage stairs calculated as a vertical penetration or are they just considered into the parking garage calculation?

David Fingret: Extreme Measures Inc.; July 31, 2019

Parking garage stairs are included in Major Vertical Penetrations. Keep in mind that the lowest level of the stairs should be allocated to Building Service Area under BOMA 2017.