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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wendy Lewis [mailto:wlewis -at- nclogic -dot- com]
>
> This may be a strange question for this list, but has anybody
> ever been in a
> hotel, or any building for that matter, with more than a few floors
> underground? How are they labeled?
>
> I've only ever seen B for Basement and BB for Below Basement? Beyond
> Basement? What comes when you have 4, 5, 6 or 10 floors below
> ground level?
>
> I'm writing a manual for software that has a Floor box you
> fill in with a
> number then radio buttons to select Ground or Underground. I think the
> Underground selection means that if you put 5 in the Floor and select
> Underground that it means 5 stories below ground level. I've not much
> experience with buildings like these.
>
> PS. The SME doesn't know. It was just in the spec.
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