Inspection Flashcards
What is the 4 step process to an inspection
- Consider you health and safety, ppe etc
- Inspect the local area
- External inspection
- Internal inspection
What are the different types of foundations?
- Trench - Resi buildings
- Raft - Slab foundation for lightweight buildings
- Piled - Concrete cylinders
- Pad - Slab under individual collumns
What are the different types of construction?
- Solid Wall - Solid Brickwork, usually at least one brick thick ( different forms of brickwork, English bond/Flemish bond etc) - 9 inches thick
- Cavity Wall - Two layers of brick tied together with metal ties, filled with insulation (stretcher only)
What can be the usual defects to brickwork?
- Spalling: Brick starts crumbling due to freeze/thaw
- Efflorescence: White marks on the brick when water mixes with natural salts
What is an inherent and latent defect?
Inherent defect: A fault with the design or material that has always been there
Latent: A fault that could not be found through reasonable inspection
What is the process if you find a defect?
- Take photos
- Try to establish what has caused it on site
- Inform you client
- Seek specialist advice where required/
What is a deleterious material?
It degrades with age, can cause structural problems.
These materials include:
- High Alumnia cement
- Woodwool shuttering
- Calcium chloride
What are the three common defects?
- Water (damp)
- movement
- deterioration of building materials
What is the key legislation relating to contamination of the site?
Environmental Protection Act 1990
What is a hazardous material?
Something that causes damage to your health
These can include:
Asbestos
Lead piping
Radon Gas
What do you know about Japanese Knotweed?
Its an invasive plant that can penetrate through hard surfaces such as brick or tarmac
It is illegal to plant it - can face fines
Often found new train tracks
Purple stem
What are the different types of fit outs?
Shell and Core - The common parts are complete, the other parts are left for the tenant to fit out
Grade B - Done to the occupiers spec
Grade A - Specific spec
What is included in a Grade A office spec?
• Full access raised floor with floor boxes • Approx ceiling height 2.6 – 2.8m • Air con & double glazed windows • 1 cycle space per 10 & 1 shower per 100 Floor boxes Lifts -8-10 sq m of working space per person - BREEAM Excellent
What is the usual construction of an office ?
Usually steel or concrete frame
Steel has less columns - wider span between each
Concrete has more columns - shorter span between each
Check architects plans if unsure
What is the usual construction of an industrial unit?
Steel portable frame with steel cladding walls and roof
What can affect the value of a property?
- Location
- Tenure
- forms of construction
- Defects
- Condition
- occupation details.
What should you look out for when inspecting the local area?
- Location
- Local facilities
- Transport links
- contamination, environmental hazards
- Comparable evidence, local market conditions and agents boards.
When was the building in your case study built?
Circa 1900s - spoke to building surveyors, did local research
What type of construction is your case study building?
Stone built building, pitched tiled roof and steel framed windows
What is a ‘safe person’ as defined in RICS surveying safely?
each individual assumes individual behavioural
responsibility for their own, their colleagues’ and others’ health and safety while at work.
What has changed in the surveying safely 2011 to 2018
- Concept of a safe person
- Fire regs
- asbestos
Whats the purpose of surveying safely 2018?
This guidance note sets out basic, good practice
principles for the management of health and safety for
RICS-regulated firms and RICS members.
What are the 4 causes of damp?
- damp coming in from the outside most commonly roof,
- rising damp coming from the ground
- plumbing failure
- condensation
How would you tell if it is a cavity wall or a solid wall?
Solid wall - around 9 inches thick. Different kind of bonding, english and flemish.
Cavity Wall - Stretchers
