Architectural terms for buildings

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Does anyone have the term for the cement ‘border’ or ‘apron’ (for lack of a better term) around the perimeter of an office building ? In this example, it’s the exterior cement area on the outside of the ground floor windows. In the attached picture, it’s the clean area under the overhang just before the door. It runs along most of the perimeter between the columns.

I’m in the process of putting a quote together for a building in a business park. I’m going to quote washing the building (which is brick with some cement trim as you can see)

I’d like to use the correct term if possible and was curious as to what it’s called. I’m hoping to land the business complex eventually (3 or 4 buildings) and want to sound somewhat knowledgeable about the terms for the building exterior components.

My apologies if this belongs somewhere else, I looked but couldn’t seem to find a category it fit with.

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I’d call it “masonry course” I reckon.

Decorative Lintel Beam likely made with cast stone. You could just call it architectural cast stone

You’re talking about the protrusion of the foundation at ground level, right?

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Oh my vey he is lol I’m so dense sometimes! On that one I’d definitely call it a decorative concrete apron or wheelchair ramp

Heck, I thought he was talking about the course under the bricks.

And I was building on what you said! I thought you were thinking Soldier Course. You slapped my thinking cap sideways lol

You may already know but this is where “apron” comes from

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I’d just figure it in and wash it, lol

decorative trim is what id call it.

building perimeter walk

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Sidewalk/Concrete area under roof overhang.

i see what your saying now, id call it the decorative walk ways

Why keep trying to figure it out…draw it so there’s no question, wash it, collect check (I think I’ve heard that around here somewhere…)

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These are all great! Thank you all for the help.
Some of us are OCD in weird ways and this is mine. I’m just hoping SH takes the grime off of that cement trim, but that’s another topic (which I’m searching for now). Thanks again and happy November!