Enter the total number of floors above ground in the building. When calculating the number of stories, do not include any basement or mezzanine floors.
For a multistory building, Segregated Estimator uses the number of stories to adjust the costs for high-rise construction (by taking into consideration the additional framing required in multi-level buildings as well as the cost of raising material and labor to the upper floors).
In a multistory building that you section horizontally (i.e., you put some of the floors in one section and the other floors in another section), you must enter the total number of floors above ground in the building for each section.
Example: If Section 1 of a building has 2 floors and Section 2 has 8 floors, enter 10 stories in both Section 1 and Section 2.