2.2.1-6

Timber floors

Unit: m2 Sub-Element: 2.2.1 - 1 Floors
Component Information
Code:
2.2.1-6
Sequence:
6
Unit:
m2
Sub-Element:
2.2.1 - 1 Floors
Description:

Timber floors

Details to State:

details to be stated

Component Statistics
7
Measurement Rules
7
Included Items
10
Excluded Items
Measurement Rules (7)
C1 1

The area measured is the surface area of the floor slab. No deduction is to be made for voids within the floor slab that are less than 1.00 m2 in surface area.

C2 2

Where more than one floor construction type is employed, the area measured for each floor construction type is measured.

C3 3

Where more than one floor construction type is employed, the combined area of each floor construction type should equal the total area of the upper floors.

C4 4

Areas for balconies, galleries, tiered terraces, walkways, internal bridges, external links and roofs to internal buildings should be shown separately.

C5 5

Sloping surfaces to be measured flat on plan.

C6 6

Work to existing buildings is to be described and identified separately.

C7 7

Contractor-designed work is to be described and identified separately.

Note: Where the contractor is only responsible for designing specific elements and/or components of the building project (i.e. not the entire building project).
Included Items (7)
1.

Timber suspended floors, including: upper floors; balconies (internal and external) that are an integral part of the suspended floor construction; mezzanine floors; service floors, etc.; galleries, tiered terraces, etc.; walkways, internal bridges, etc.; external corridors/bridges forming links between buildings, including supporting frames; roofs to internal buildings, where an integral part of the upper floor construction.

2.

Structural floor members, including joists, struts, trimmers, plates, etc.

3.

Carpenter’s metalwork, including strutting, joist hangers, straps, bolts, etc.

4.

Floor surface where construction does not provide a platform (e.g. floor boarding for joisted floors).

5.

Thermal insulation.

6.

Sundry items.

7.

Where works are to be carried out by a subcontractor, the subcontractor’s preliminaries, design fees, risk allowance, overheads and profit, with allowance for these to be made within unit rate applied to element or component.

Excluded Items (10)
1. Ref: 1.1.3

Suspended timber floors used in lowest floor construction (included in sub-element 1.1.3: Underpinning/Foundations).

2. Ref: 2.1.5

Joists and other structural members forming an integral part of a timber frame structure (included in sub-element 2.1.5: Timber frames).

3. Ref: 3.2.1

Surface treatments to floor boarding (included in sub-element 3.2.1: Floor finishes).

4. Ref: 3.2.1

Applied floor finishes (included in sub-element 3.2.1: Floor finishes).

5. Ref: 2.7.2

Balustrades and handrails for internal balconies, walkways, atriums, etc. (included in sub-element 2.7.2: Balustrades/Handrails).

6. Ref: 3.3.1

Applied ceiling finishes and linings (included in sub-element 3.3.1: Ceiling finishes).

7. Ref: 3.3.2,3.3.3

False ceilings and demountable suspended ceilings (included in sub-elements 3.3.2 or 3.3.3, as appropriate: Suspended ceilings/Modular ceilings).

8. Ref: 3.3.2

Roofs to internal buildings that are not an integral part of the upper floor construction (included in sub-element 3.3.2: Roof finishes).

9. Ref: 2.2.2

Balconies that are not an integral part of the upper floor construction (included in sub-element 2.2.2: External balconies).

10. Ref: 2.2.3

Drainage for balconies that are an integral part of the upper floor construction (included in sub-element 2.2.3: Balcony drainage).

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