02 Definitions of Measurement Flashcards
What RICS guidance is there on measuring practice?
- Code of Measuring Practice guidance note
- RICS Property Measurement professional statement
- Measured Surveys of Land, Building and Utilities guidance note
What is contained within the RICS Code of Measuring Practice?
Provides succinct definitions to permit the accurate measurement of buildings and land, describing what is included/excluded with illustrated examples
What is contained within the RICS Property Measurement professional statement?
Combines the new International Property Measurement Standards (see below) with the existing RICS Code of Measuring Practice
What is contained within the RICS Measured Surveys of Land, Building and Utilities guidance note?
Provides guidance producing surveys and mapping material at large scales and accuracies, including selection tables for communication to the client
What is GEA and what is included/excluded?
Area of a building measured externally at each floor level
Includes:
- Perimeter wall thickness
- Areas occupied by internal walls, columns, piers, chimney breasts, stairwells, lift-wells etc.
- Anything within the boundary of the outer face of the external walls
Excludes:
- External open-sided balconies, covered ways and fire escapes
- Canopies
- Open vehicle parking areas, roof terraces etc.
- Voids over or under structural, raked or stepped floors
- Greenhouses, garden stores, outbuildings etc.
What is GIA and what is included/excluded?
Area of a building measured to the internal face of the perimeter walls at each floor level
Included:
- As GEA, except perimeter wall thickness
Excluded:
- As GEA, plus perimeter wall thickness
What is NIA and what is included/excluded?
The useable area within a building measured to the internal face of the perimeter walls at each floor level
Included:
- Entrance halls, but not when used in common
- Kitchens
- Ramps and steps within useable areas
Excluded:
- Internal structural walls
- Entrance halls, atria, landings and balconies in common use
- Toilets, toilet lobbies, bathrooms, cleaners’ rooms etc.
- Lift rooms, plant rooms, fuel stores etc.
- Stairwells, lift-wells and permanent lift lobbies
- Corridors and other circulation areas in common use
When would you use GEA, GIA and NIA?
- GEA - town planning applications, rating council tax bands and building cost estimates
- GIA - estate agency and valuation of industrial buildings
- NIA - estate agency and valuation of shops, supermarkets and offices
What is IPMS?
IPMS is a new international standard which sets out how to measure different types of property in order to increase consistency around the world in what should be included in the measurement of floor space
How does IPMS relate to GEA, GIA and NIA?
- IPMS 1 is equivalent to the old measurement of GEA
- IPMS 2 is equivalent to the old measurement of GIA
- IPMS 3 is equivalent to the old measurement of NIA
What are the different standards that exist under IPMS and when will they be released?
- IPMS for Offices - already published (November 2014)
- IPMS for Residential - to be published toward the end of 2015
- IPMS for Industrial - to be published in 2016
- IPMS for Retail - to be published in 2017
- IPMS for other properties (e.g. leisure centres, hotels, theatres) - TBC
How has the IPMS affected the existing RICS guidance on measurement?
- The RICS professional statement ‘Property Measurement (incorporating IPMS)’ has been introduced to reflect the new international standard for measuring offices and will be updated when the other building types are released
- This document still contains the RICS Code of Measuring Practice in the mean time for all other property types
- RICS Code of Measuring Practice will be phased out as the new global standards are introduced
Do you have to follow the new IPMS guidance?
Compliance with the new professional statement is mandatory from 1st January 2016
How can you compare IPMS measurements with existing measurements under the previous measuring methods?
The RICS is developing an online conversion tool that will allow members to compare an IPMS measurement with the Code of Measuring Practice
