Inspection Flashcards
What is the RICS guidance note that provides health and safety guidance for chartered surveyors?
Surveying safely 2nd edition
Effective from February 2019
What is the purpose of the RICS guidance note ‘Surveying Safely’ 2019?
It provides health and safety guidance for surveyors. It aims to promote a strong safety culture within the surveying profession by offering practical advice on managing risks in various work environments.
What is the hierarchy of risk control?
A system used to minimise or eliminate exposure to hazards. It ranks risk control measures from most to least effective.
- Elimination
- Substitution
- Engineering controls
- Administrative controls
- PPE
What is a risk assessment?
Carefully examining what in your work could cause harm to people, so that you can judge whether or not you have taken enough precautions to prevent harm.
What is a dynamic risk assessment?
Assessing the risks while undertaking the work.
What do you do if you spot a hazard?
- assess the immediate risk - eg exposed electrical wires
- take action to reduce the risk - eg. remove an obstruction from a walkway
- report it
- record it
- follow up - has it been addressed?
What is a hazard and a risk?
A hazard is something that can cause harm and risk is the likelihood of this.
What does PPE stand for?
personal protective equipment
In your Swanland valuation inspection, tell me about the construction style…
The house was a 2 storey building of brick masonry construction.
Hipped and pitched tiled roof
solid concrete ground floor
double glazed grid style mullion windows
it was extended in 2024 to provide a 1 storey rear extension with brick k elevation walls and aluminium framed bifold doors.
In your Swanland valuation inspection, tell me about the building characteristics and internal features…
bespoke windows
bespoke staircase
new extension
heating - underfloor wet system
air con - extension and principal bedroom
In your Swanland valuation inspection, what were the external factors that influenced your value.
Sought after location
amenities eg tennis courts, shops etc
How did you circulate the requirement for industrial properties in normanton?
I used the Industrial Agents Society
detailed the requirement
Were there any potential defects/implications with the chosen industrial unit?
My client wanted to install a mezzanine and to do this there needed to be the right floor loading strength.
this was a potential defect of the unit because if my client was unable to install a mezz then they would not want to proceed with this unit.
My client was able to check the floor loading at a later date, which met their requirements.
Was the location good for the chosen industrial unit in the normanton search?
Yes the unit was situated in Kottingley by J33 of the M62 running east to hull and west to Manchester and Liverpool. in where it joins with the A1M which runs north to Newcastle and south to London.
Why did you pick the industrial unit you picked in the Normanton search?
Good location by the M62 and A1M
Gated and secure unit with good yard space.
Level access roller shutter and height for mezzanine
Trade counter space
