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commercial building
vr.tr.commercial-building · thing-q655686
Let an agent handle commercial buildings by use, planning status, safety, accessibility and heritage, without legal advice on leases.
Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.BLT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Use Which use.
Class
Use class.
Class
Use class.
- Which planning use class applies to this building? provenance
- Is a change of use permitted? provenance
Occupier
Business.
Occupier
Occupier.
- Which business occupies it? provenance
- Is it open to the public? definition
Safety Duties.
Fire
Fire safety.
Fire
Fire safety.
- What fire risk assessment and escape provisions are required? provenance
- Who is the responsible person? provenance
Access
Accessibility.
Access
Accessibility.
- Does the building meet accessibility duties for customers and staff? provenance
- How can barriers be reported? action
Property Leases.
Lease
General terms.
Lease
Commercial leases.
- What do commercial leases usually cover, in general terms? definition
- Is the user asking about their own lease? boundary
Advice
Professionals.
Advice
Advice limit.
- How can a surveyor or lawyer be found for lease advice? action
- Are there free small business advice services? provenance
Heritage Historic buildings.
Listing
Protected status.
Listing
Heritage status.
- Is this commercial building listed or in a conservation area? provenance
- What consents are needed for shopfront changes? provenance
History
Background.
History
History.
- What is the history of the building? provenance
- Which records document it? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.BLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- historic shop, WING Keikyu Shopping Plaza, PePe, MIDORI, CoCoLo, E'site, S-PAL, Depachika, LUSCA, tyre pressure station, eki-naka, Galerías Larreta
What it is Filled
A building used for commercial purposes, such as shops, shopping centres, offices, restaurants, hotels and warehouses, subject to planning use classes, building codes and accessibility rules.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle commercial buildings by use, planning status, safety, accessibility and heritage, without legal advice on leases.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Commercial use
- Planning-regulated
- Public access duties
- Diverse forms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Disable, bypass or silence fire alarms, sprinklers or emergency lighting.
- Lock or obstruct escape routes while people are inside.
- Give tenants or landlords lease or legal advice as if it were professional counsel.
- Share security layouts, access codes or camera positions beyond the people who need them.
Only with a human decision
- Ordering an evacuation or closing the building to the public.
- Changing occupancy limits or the permitted use of the premises.
May
- Report a commercial building's use class, opening hours and accessibility features from official sources.
- Monitor building systems such as lighting, heating and alarms for the operator that authorized it.
- Flag blocked fire exits or failed safety equipment to the building manager.
Moral aspects Filled
- Many people gather in commercial buildings; fire safety and evacuation protect lives.
- Inaccessible premises exclude disabled customers and workers.
Who is affected
- Customers and visitors
- Workers and tenants
- Neighbours and passers-by
Owners Filled
Steward
The owner of the property; the operator or tenant answers for day-to-day safety.
Master systems
- Land registry or cadastre
- Local planning and building control records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q41176 - registry parent class
related
- building - category
- office building and shopping centre - kinds
- planning and building law - law
- residential building - use
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.commercial-building
- Wikidata: Q655686 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q655686)
Direct properties required Filled
- Gross floor area: m2 - Measure floor areas from surveys or verified plans and state the measurement convention used.
- Building height: m - Measure vertical distance from a stated ground reference to a stated roof or structural reference.
- Floor load capacity: kN/m2 - Determine permissible distributed loading from structural documentation or an engineering assessment for each relevant floor.
Recognition required Filled
- Shopfronts and signage
- Planning use class designations
- Residential buildings house people
- Shopfronts, malls, office blocks, restaurants and warehouses.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify permitted commercial uses
- check fire safety and accessibility duties
- find heritage status of historic shops
- find information on commercial leases in general terms
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Fire safety failures
- Inaccessible premises
- Agents giving lease or legal advice
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Planning use classes
- Fire safety regulations for non-domestic premises
- Accessibility law
Context of use required Filled
- Housing businesses and commerce.
- retail shops and malls
- office buildings
- hotels and restaurants
- warehouses and logistics buildings
- historic shops
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q655686: commercial building - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Commercial building - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should commercial building types be separate entries?
- How should use classes be localised?
- How should historic shops be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q655686/spec.json