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Design and Specification (L2) Flashcards

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What is Approved Document B and what legislation does it relate to?

What are the key components?

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What other legislation relates to fire safety?

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What are the key requirements of the Fire Safety Act 2021?

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What are the key requirements of the Building Safety Act 2022?

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How is H&S considered at all stages of the project? what regulations relate to this?

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What are the key aspects of the CDM Regs 2015?

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What is a modern method of construction? What MMC does your firm use? What are the benefits of this?

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In the Clapham example, what would your approach have been if there had been an impact to sales values?

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How important is material choice to you and how is it controlled? Approved Document B

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What are the commonly found defects in new build property?

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Causes are commonly due to movement , water or deterioration of building materials. (Heave could create cracking in brickwork) (wet or dry rot) water ingress around door and window openings.

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What are the stages of design and specification?

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What is the effect of technical standards and statutory regulations, such as planning on the design process?

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What is the change control process set out in the AHA in your case study?

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Do you understand and apply spatial parameters, design codes etc.?

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Difference between pile and strip foundations?

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Strip = most common and used for grounds with good weight bearing capacity. Essentially is a strip of concrete under load bearing walls.

Pile = required where soil weight bearing capacity is poor. It essentially is large, piled columns forced into the ground using a piling rig.

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What did you learn in your Japanese Knotweed CPD?

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RICS professional Standard – Japanese knotweed and residential property 2022. Invasive species that damages hard surfaces, costly to eradicate and hard to control (specialist company must dispose). Identified as purple/green hollow stemmed with green leaves. Allowing it spread is a criminal offence under the Wildlife and countryside Act 1981

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What do you know about contamination?

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Legislation is the Environment Protection Act 1990, I refer to contamination, the environment and sustainability RICS Guidance Note. General principles if the polluter or landowner pays for remediation. Land Remediation Relief available up to 150% of claims available

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What would your approach have been if there had been an impact to sales values?

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Your role in the specification of market units at Clapham park?
What were the key considerations?
How do you make savings on procurement?

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How do you establish the specification requirements for the Linear Park at CPE estate?
How did you juggle the needs of the various users?
What were the building regulations requirements?
Whether any other specification requirements?

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How have you investigated suitable sustainable features and
incorporate them within a design?

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How can you express recognised performance standards and guidance?

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Talk me through preparation of a Design Risk Assessments (DRA) of the proposed design, to satisfy the requirements of the Health and Safety Regulations.

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How do you develop initial proposals to a detailed stage (including
sections and details) and obtaining statutory consents?

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How do you detail how components are installed, connected and
performing?

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Tell me about your preparation of sketch designs to demonstrate
compliance with a client’s brief, while satisfying statutory requirements.

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Tell me about your understanding and application of spatial parameters and requirements.

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What is the National Building Specification?

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When may a hand drawn sketch be more appropriate? What are the benefits of using CAD over hand drawn sketches?

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What uncertainty can be encountered in the post-design phase?

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Explain what happens during the commissioning stage of a project

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What are working (or production) drawings used for?

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Explain your understanding of the New Rules of Measurement

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What is a Bill of Quantities used for?

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What issues do you encounter when scheduling works?

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How would you schedule works?

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What is a workmanship clause?

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What is a design method review?

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What is a supplier warranty or guarantee used for?

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40
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What third party testing or certification would you specify is carried
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41
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Why would you nominate materials and product quality?

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42
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What are internal and external authority?

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43
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How can you express quality in design?

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44
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How would you deal with an incomplete design?

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45
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How do prescription and performance specifications differ?

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What is a performance based specification?

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How would you prepare a detailed design?

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How would you present a design effectively to a client?

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What compliance issues do you need to manage during the design
stage?

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What is contingency management?

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51
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What is a design gap and when might they arise?

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What is a design gap and when might they arise?

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53
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What would a briefing report include?

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How would you carry out a feasibility analysis or study?

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55
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What areas of a brief may be subject to confidentiality?

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56
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How would you manage an initial briefing session with a client?

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57
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How can you incorporate BIM in projects?

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58
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How can you ensure standardisation in design and specification?

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59
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Why is effective project communication key?How can you effectively manage the design process?

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60
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Tell me about the various stages of the design process.

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61
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Tell me about your understanding of the functional requirements and performance of building materials and components.

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Tell me about your understanding of the Health and Safety regulations, including the implications on design.

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Tell me about your knowledge of the effect of technical standards and statutory regulations, such as planning, on the design process.

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64
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Tell me about your understanding of the structural implications of
design to the load bearing components of building fabric.

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65
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What is the Green Guide to Specification?

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How have you interpreted the requirements of a client’s brief, in order to satisfy their requirements?

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67
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Tell me about the general issues surrounding sustainability in design
such as materials, sources, transportation and energy efficiency.

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68
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What do you understand by the concepts of Modern Methods of
Construction? Give examples of modern methods of construction.

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69
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What do you understand by the concepts of Modern Methods of
Construction?

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70
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How could a house builder improve the sustainability performance of the houses they build and how could this be proven by them?

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71
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What does the term, sustainable development, mean?

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72
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What regulations and codes of practice govern the construction
industry’s approach to sustainability?

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73
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Tell me about your knowledge and understanding of preambles to
contract documentation.

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74
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What would you describe as modern services?

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What are the stages of the RIBA plan of work? When was the RIBA plan of work last updated? Why is the RIBA plan of work considered to be good practice?

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At what stage do you produce a sketch design?

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What RICS guidance relating to design and specification are you aware of? Tell me about the key principles of this guidance.

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78
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Name 3 different approaches of communicating requirements in a
specification

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Under what circumstances would you improve the thermal rating of a building?

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80
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How do you ensure that constructed works satisfies your spec?

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Could you give examples of some manufacturing and quality standards?

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How would you go about setting out a specification for a new build from start to finish?

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Explain what a Designer’s Risk Assessment is What would a Designer’s Risk Assessment include? How is risk categorised?

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What different design philosophies are you aware of?

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What is occupational / use centred / KISS / pragmatic / critical design?

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How can you build compliance, sustainability and safety into design?

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How does ISO 9004 relate to design and specification?

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What is project definition defined as? What are the three component parts of project definition?

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How do you establish project objectives?

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What legacy issues might you need to consider in design work?

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How would you set KPIs for a project?

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92
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Explain how resourcing and risk relate to your design work.

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What issues can a shortfall in design resource lead to?

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How can risk be managed during the design and specification stages? What is a design risk register?

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