Inspection Flashcards
What is the suggested 4 steps to an inspection?
- Personal Safety
- Inspection of the Local area.
- External Inspection
- Internal inspection
What to take on an inspection?
- Mobile phone.
- Camera
- measures
- plans/files
- PPE
what consideration do you have of the area?
- Location/public transport /business viability.
-Contamination/ environmental factors/ flooding/OHL. - Comps/local market conditions/active agents.
What to check for external inspection?
- Method of constructions.
- Repair and condition.
- Parking/access/ loading
- Boundaries
- Date of building, (asking client, planning, build regs, land reg, architectural style.
What to check for internal inspection?
- layout and spec
-repair and condition - defects
- services
- statutory compliance, (asbestos, H&S, Equaity act 2010)
- fittings
- compliance
Inspection Purposes (val & Agency) ?
- Valuation (valuation influencers), understand all the factors which can influence the valuation of the property such as location, tenure, condition, defects, etc
- Agency (marketability issues), Consider the current condition of the buildings, repair issues, compliance, presentation of accommodation, marketability.
foundations (4 common types)
- Trench and strip - used for resi, for walls and closely spaced columns.
- Raft - slab foundation over the whole site to spread the load of the structure.
- Piled - long and slender reinforced concrete cylinders.
- Pad - under individual or group of columns so that the columns is spread.
Brickwork construction types?
- Solid Walls - one brick thick (min) with headers in.
Cavity wall - two layers, metal - Ties between, can be filled with insulation. EVIDENCE, Cavity tray, air brick or wheep hole.
Bricks lay type
stretchers - Length way
Header - Narrow way
Efflorescence
White marks of the brick from water reacting with the salt in the brick.
Spalling
When a brick starts to crumble because of thawing action.
Shops fit out
-new shops are steel or concrete frame
- Services capped off
-Concrete floor
- let as shell
Office build styles?
- steel or concrete
- steel frame have less columns, higher floor heights and are wider span
- Check plans if in doubt
Types of fit out for an office?
Shell and core - only common parts are done (what we did)
Category A - basic finish of an office
Category B - complete specific works for the occupier
works for the occupies.
What are office floorplans and sizes based off?
-Celluar offices are usually set out on a 1.5m grid plan.
- Normal offices usuall go for 7.5-9.25sqm per person.
What factors do you look for on an inspection what will effect value? (Valuation)
- Material Condition.
- Location
- Tenure
- Defects
- Occupation
What factors do you look for on an inspection what will effect value? (Agency)
- Repair
- Maintaince
- Compliance
- Services
- Flexibility of accommodation
- Presentation
Regulations for PPE
PPE at Work Regulations 2022
Lone Working Policy
- Calendar is updated with address
- Members of staff know what and when i am
- Text in and out
- Timescale
Red Hall Farm Safety Hazards
- Delapodated buildings
- Un fenced slurry lagoons
- Exposed A roads
- Livestock
Red Hall Farm, What did you look out for your external inspection?
- Rough structural condition
- Access
- Condition
- Build Style
- Position
What brick work are on Traditional Barns?
- Solid wall
- 1 brick thick
- Headers brick pattern
What do you look for in Brick Construction?
Spalling - Damaged brick to the surface from freezing/thaw
Efflorscene - White marks from salt from water reaction
1 Meadow View, What did the Deeds State and what did you advice?
- Stated that there was only a right to pass over the area.
- Stated that they can only keep vehicles in the garage.
