How do you calculate plinth area of a building?
Christopher Snyder
Published Apr 10, 2026
In this regard, how is construction area covered calculated?
Covered Area – Covered area is the total area of the flat only i.e. wall to wall measurement. It includes the carpet area and the internal walls. This can be calculated by adding up 12-15% of the carpet area. If the wall is very thick, you may consider upper band i.e. 15%.
Subsequently, question is, how do you calculate plinth beam area? If they done shuttering for bottom then it will be the same like ceiling beams. If not then only take the length of the beam and depth of the beam, and they prepared for two sides of the beam . So one side length *one side depth*2 nos will give the total shuttering area of the beams.
Keeping this in consideration, how does Autocad calculate plinth area?
Select the polyline in question and then do one of the following:
- Enter the LIST command, which will display the area (and other information) at the Command line (pressing F2 will show and expanded Command window).
- Enter the PROPERTIES command or press CTRL+1, which will bring up the Properties palette.
What is covered area in flat?
Hi Sanjay, the covered area is the actual area of an apartment which is also considered as Gross area. Whereas a Carpet Area is the area calculated from wall to wall inside the house and Built up area is the carpet area + area covered by the thickness of walls+ balconies etc.