Inspection Flashcards
What were your examples?
Epsom, Waterloo - office, colliers wood - resi, peckham - retail.
What is the guidence on safety?
RICS Surveying safely 2018
What does RICS SS 2018 set out?
Sets out the best practice for management of H&S
Structure of the RICS SS 2018
Hygeine and health
Risks and hazards
personal responsibilities for RICS members
workplace H&S
visiting premises and sites
Key areas of RICS SS 2018
firms must provide safe working equipment
safe working environment
competent staff
safe systems of work
What DD checks do you carry out?
EPC requirements
Invasive plants
flood risk
contamination
H&S checks you carry out
require PPE
request info on any potential hazards
Standard industrial grade A spec
40% site coverage
10-15% office content
steel portal frame
profile sheet metal cladding
loading capacity of 30kn/m
3-phase electricity
LED lighting
eaves height of 8m
What is contamination? what must a valuer do?
polluter / landowner pays for remediation. Land remidiation relief.
value must:
suggest specialist report
add into special assumptions
deduct a cost for cap ex.
Talk me through your val inspection of waterloo
1 - arrange inspection date
2- ask if PPE was required
3 - print plans
4 - looked at rents and yields in the area prior to inspection
5 - carried out an internal and external inspection
6- looked at the local area: contamination, location, evidence
7 - made note of the current condition, occupational details and spec
8 - Made a note of the dame to the top floor. Caused by penetrating damp.
9 - included in the report, didnt look structural but advised that a specialist reviews the leak to see if it damaged the structure.
Talk me through your valuation in epsom
1 - arrange inspection date
2- ask if PPE was required
3 - print plans
4 - looked at rents and yields in the area prior to inspection
5 - carried out an internal and external inspection
6- looked at the local area: contamination, location, evidence
7 - made note of the current condition, occupational details and spec
8 - made a note of the damaged staircase, where the railing was hanging off. More of a H&S issue.
What are 3 deleterious materials?
High alumina cement
woodwool shuttering
calcium chloride
Talk me through inspection of colliers wood
1 - arrange inspection date
2- ask if PPE was required
3 - print plans
4 - looked at rents and yields in the area prior to inspection
5 - carried out an internal and external inspection
6- looked at the local area: contamination, location, evidence
7 - made note of the current condition, occupational details and spec
8 - Made a note of the dame to the top floor. Caused by condensation, lack of ventilation.
9 - wasn’t significant but recommended the ventilation was improved.
Talk me through inspection in peckham
1 - arrange inspection date
2- ask if PPE was required
3 - print plans
4 - looked at rents and yields in the area prior to inspection
5 - carried out an internal and external inspection
6- looked at the local area: contamination, location, evidence
7 - made note of the current condition, occupational details and spec
8 - no asbestos after checking the asbestos register
9 - cracking in between the bricks to the cement. Didnt look structural.
10 - Advised a structural engineers looks at it. Valuation may need to be reviewed if it was structural.
- What was the crack in pecckham? DO you know what heave is?
Cracking in the morter between the bricks.
Heave is the uplift in the ground beneath the building usually caused by tree removal and moisture build up in soil.
