Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
surface de plancher des constructions
English translation:
building floor area
French term
France
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Native in: English 
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surface de plancher des constructions
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Tony M
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Proposed translations
building floor area
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Cyril B.
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Merci, Cyril !
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EirTranslations
42 mins
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¡Gracias, Beatriz!
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philgoddard
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Thanks, Phil!
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Alan Douglas (X)
: Tony, if only it were quite so simple! Which 'floor area' is being referred to here? See:http://www.architecte-paca.com/permis-construire-maison/surf...
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Well, as the text specifically distinguishes between the SPC and the SU, I think it is fairly easy to see which it is.
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Discussion
My point in asking the question "which 'floor area' is being referred to here?" was not to ignore the difference between these two but to ask "which floor area definition (in French) corresponds most closely to which floor area definition (in English)?" and yes, there is a special problem here. In a technical text it is not sufficient to say "building floor area" without qualification.
The problem is that the surface hors oeuvre brut (SHOB), surface hors oeuvre nette (SHON), now being replaced by surface de plancher des constructions (SPC), suface habitable and surface utile all have precise legal definitions and methods of calculation which do not correspond to the English equivalents of 'gross external floor area (GEA)', gross internal floor area (GIA)', 'net internal floor area (NIA)' and 'habitable floor area'. (See: http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-renovation/displayarticle.asp...