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surface développée

English translation: Gross floor area

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French term or phrase:surface développée
English translation:Gross floor area
Entered by: Nektaria Notaridou

00:10 Aug 16, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Real Estate
French term or phrase: surface développée
vs superficie au sol in the following context:

L’Apport inclut l’ensemble immobilier à usage industriel et de bureaux annexes, d’une superficie au sol de XXXm2 et d’une surface développée de XXXm2

My guess is that superficie au sol refers to the land area where the property is located and surface développée refers to the floor area of the construction. Any help is much appreciated!
Nektaria Notaridou
Gross floor area
Explanation:
Total surface area of the whole building(s), ground + upper/lower floors. See definition in reference provided.
Selected response from:

Susanna Poggi
France
Local time: 18:21
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Gross floor area
Susanna Poggi
4 -2built up area
YESHWANT UMRALKAR
3 -1extension
Lara Barnett


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
built up area


Explanation:
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YESHWANT UMRALKAR
India
Local time: 21:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Whilst that term mighht refer to an area of a town, say, it can hardly be applied to one single property. AFAIK, Asker was not looking for Indian EN; in any case, it is clear from the context that this is not the meaning here.
4 hrs
  -> Partially understand your contention. However, for your information, in India it is a standard term in usage in building industry to distinguish land covered by construction from an open space in a plot of land. Could also be referred to as plinth area
disagree  Eliza Hall: That's an interesting point about Indian construction terms. Here, though, it's about the building itself, not the land. It refers to the finished living space (as opposed to, e.g., the area of land occupied or the unfinished basement).
1 day 10 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
extension


Explanation:
This is an idea, depending on the rest of the text or pictures if you have them, and provided it relates to the same idea.

Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: No justification for this interpretation in the source text.
8 hrs
  -> Possibly not, but as my comment says (with a medium confidence position) "this is an idea, depending on the rest of the text....etc"
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Gross floor area


Explanation:
Total surface area of the whole building(s), ground + upper/lower floors. See definition in reference provided.


    Reference: http://www.assurprox.com/surface-developpee.html
    Reference: http://www.usgbc.org/help/what-gross-floor-area
Susanna Poggi
France
Local time: 18:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: That's the distinction being here
7 hrs
agree  Eliza Hall
1 day 1 hr
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