Do you use the BOMA Standard for floor space drawings?
I own a CAD drafting company and have been thinking of getting into BOMA floor space drawings. Does everyone use BOMA drawings for their commercial property? Do you stick with one company for your BOMA drawings or do you work with multiple companies? I'm just trying to get a feel for how receptive the industry is to using another service provider.
[{"id": "i41rgjc", "text": "On the seller rep side, industrial, in a tertiary market. A strong majority of our clients don't have any floor plans or can't provide them in a timely fashion. So much so that I've considered starting a side business strictly producing floorplans. In my opinion for our situation, that service has to be in the range of reasonable to cheap. \"Magic plan\" does the job in a pinch. If we have a large high dollar listing, it would make sense to spring for the service your talking about providing. I can't speak for owners, however, in my experience floorplans are one of those things they've \"been meaning to get around to\" (because tenants have changed multiple times since they've last done it, etc) if you could take that off their plate and free up bandwidth and time to be used elsewhere, I see value.\n\nJust some musing on the subject.", "replies": [{"id": "i4bpmr4", "text": "&gt; Magic plan\n\nI'm in retail ownership and have never heard of this app. Can you create plans on the free version or do you have to pay?", "replies": [{"id": "i4bv76j", "text": "To my knowledge, we have never paid for Magic Plan. We use it to create a sketch of a room, unit, floor, or building. We do not rely on it to provide accurate measurements but instead to give an idea of layout. It's better than nothing, but a buyer or tenant will often want to do a more detailed analysis during DD.", "replies": [{"id": "i4bwj66", "text": "Thanks. My use would be to make simple sketches of our spaces for marketing/lease LOI purposes. We own strip and neighborhood centers with a lot of small spaces. This seems really handy.", "replies": [{"id": "i4byuzd", "text": "Sounds like you could definitely benefit from Magic Plan then \ud83d\udc4d", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i41rsgc", "text": "The BOMA standard is the accepted standard in the office industry, and they have an industrial and retail version. If you\u2019re drawing office buildings, you\u2019ll have to be familiar with the BOMA standard.", "replies": [{"id": "i41vyit", "text": "I would plan on hiring a draftsperson with experience in the BOMA standards", "replies": [{"id": "i41wb1s", "text": "It\u2019s not overly complicated. I think BOMA\u2019s publication for the standard is maybe 50 pages. If you\u2019re a draftsman, you could teach yourself.", "replies": [{"id": "i41wkge", "text": "Ok perfect. I hadn't gone to purchase the code yet", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i43fi6d", "text": "In Seattle there is one company with the vast majority of this biz. They charge a minimum plus $0.12-18/sf (not 100 prices these days). It seems like they kill it", "replies": [{"id": "i43w48o", "text": "That's what I have noticed that every major city seems to only have 1 or 2 of these guys. It's almost like the market can't sustain multiple players in the space", "replies": [{"id": "i455r7s", "text": "I think you are correct. I believe the company I am referencing travels a decent amount, multiple states away. I imagine the model being to develop relationships with national developers and do that work wherever those groups are currently building, they are more and more the ones with sf-age", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i440fxr", "text": "I use Total Sketch. The residential industry now follows ANSI per Fannie Mae. \n\nCAD drawings is an over kill IMO, unless you are going to do major TI work", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i455rwr", "text": "Stevenson Systems is go-to vendor in Bay Area for boma in Commerical office buildings", "replies": [{"id": "i46cesr", "text": "I just checked out their website. They definitely have it all figured out. One of the best I've seen, no wonder they have the most market share. Now I know who to look at for inspiration", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]