L- CPD & Gaps in knowledge Flashcards
What is the role of a monitoring surveyor?
Oversees the progress of the project, and approves the various stages of the project to allow the drawdown of funds
What is the Golden Brick?
Golden Brick is a vehicle that enables an affordable and social housing provider to benefit from zero VAT rating of a new build development, incorporating the purchase cost of the land under this tax-free umbrella.
What is a CAP?
RICS introduced & Government-endorsed procedure to help disagreements on projects settle out of court.
Involves 1 tor 3 professionals to be appointed by RICS to resolve disagreements by working with the parties and providing a CAP report setting out practical means of resolve.
Costs in line
<£20k - £1,500 fixed fee (max. 20hr)
£20k - £100k - £180/hr (max. 20hr)
£100k - £500k - £295/hr (max. 20hr)
Over £500k - £375/hr (max. 20hr)
+ nominal RICS panel fee of £100-£650.
How is Golden Brick achieved? What part of the build is Golden Brick?
Delaying the completion of the land purchase until Golden Brick is reached. Golden brick is any construction above the foundation.
What act was introduced in 2022? When was it effective from?
Building Safety Act 2022 (28 April 2022)
What does the BSA 2022 mainly relate to?
High rise and higher risk buildings. Residential.
How many parts does the act cover?
6 parts.
What are higher risk buildings?
7 storeys or over 18m and 2 or more residential units.
What are the main differences of the BSA 2022? (5)
1) Competence - duty to comply with the act.
2) Golden Thread - digital audit trail of information from inception through to in-use.
3) Duty holder responsibilities increasing (client, the principal designer, designer, principal contractor, or contractor).
4) Accountable Person to submit a Safety Management System during operation. All existing HRRB have 6 months to submit from April 2023.
5) Gateway amendments - Building Control approval required before works begin with more rigorous protocol (additional statements, plans and design co-ordination to be reviewed)
When are we supposed to achieve net zero carbon?
2050
What is the Paris Agreement? What year was it agreed?
A legally binding international treaty on climate change agreed by 195 Nations at the UN Climate Change Conference.
2015
What does the Paris Agreement aim to do?
Limit rising temperatures to between 1.5 degrees C and 2.0 degrees C this century.
What is the definition of Net Zero?
“the amount of a building’s embodied and operational carbon emissions over the life of the building, including its disposal, are zero or negative”
What tools measure emissions of buildings?
SAP (Standard Assessment Procedure)
SBEM (Simplified Building Energy Model)
Embodied Carbon - what?
Carbon contained in the manufacturing or a material and it’s construction.
What method calculates the embodied carbon and operational carbon of a building?
Lifecycle analysis
What stages to Lifecycle analysis’ cover?
Cradle to Grave.
Name 5 technologies assisting with Net Zero or reducing operational carbon?
1) Solar panels / PV’s
2) Air/ Ground source heat pumps
3) LED lighting
4) Motion sensors
5) Smart hubs/ thermostats
6) Cool roofs - material that reflects heat
7) Solar shading
8) Green roofs
9) Wind turbines
10) SUD’s
11) Increased insulation
What does BREEAM stand for?
Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method. (BRE Environmental Assessment Method)
When will gas boilers stop being installed in new domestic dwellings?
2025
What part of the Building Regs manages fossil fuels etc.?
Part L - Conservation of Fuel and Power.
What key changes are happening to Building Regulations (4) and when?
15 June 2023.
Part L conservation of fuel and power.
1) Produce 31% less carbon than current standards.
2) Greater insulation requirements to new builds.
3) Tighter SAP calc thresholds.
4) Tightening of U-values for walls, doors, windows and roofs.
What are the 7 rights of GDPR?
Right to:
Access
Rectification
Object
Forgotten
Restrict processing
Data portability
Decision based on automated processing
What other Ethics standards are you aware of?
What is it?
International Ethics Standard Coalition
60 professional bodies combine for the first global world ethics standards.
Creating a universal set of ethics principles for the Built Environment.
Materials and insolvency - scenarios:
1) Materials delivered to site - whose?
2) Delivered to site - not paid by Employer? Situation?
3) Delivered to site but not instructed? Contract terms?
4) Not delivered to site but included in the Contract? Which mechanism should the be included in?
If the HVAC unit has been delivered and installed on site, then it is “incorporated into the land”. It becomes the property of the employer as part of the land that it owns. This is the case whether or not the employer has paid for the HVAC unit.
If the HVAC unit has been incorporated into the land, but the employer has not paid for it, the employer will remain liable to the insolvent contractor for those costs.
If the HVAC unit is sitting on site, but not yet incorporated into the works, the contract terms will be important. Under the JCT DB 2016, the contractor (or its insolvency practitioner) is not entitled to remove any such goods from site, even if they have not been paid for (clause 2.21). JCT DB 2016 also provides that the HVAC unit will become the employer’s property once its value has been included in an interim payment and such payment has been made (clause 2.21)
If the HVAC unit has not yet been delivered to site, the JCT uses the mechanism of “Listed Items” (clauses 2.22 and 4.15). These are particular items which are included in a list attached to the Employer’s Requirements. If a Listed Item is included in any interim payment then those items become the employer’s property, and the contractor shall not allow them to be moved from the premises where they are stored. The Listed Items must be clearly identified as being held to the employer’s order and destined for the works.
What are digital twins?
Digital twins are created by gathering and combining real-world information about the building or structure using technologies such as 3D laser scanners, drones, sensors, cameras, and other IoT-related devices. When supported by IoT and AI, a digital twin is able to learn from multiple sources and automatically update to reflect adjustments made to its real-world counterpart.
Since a digital twin delivers information on the object’s properties and states, information can include physical orientation (such as shape, position, gesture or motion), as well as insight into other statuses, interactions and updates – such as stress loads due to traffic or wind, or leaking pipes.
Modern methods of construction? (7)
1) Pre-cast slabs
2) Pre-formed foundations
3) Pre-formed roofs
4) Pre-formed walls
5) Pre-formed wiring looms
7) Timber frames
8) Modular construction
What do MMC’s achieve? (7)
1) Improve speed of construction
2) Reduction in costs
3) Controlled environment for build
4) Higher quality
5) Easy erection
6) Higher thermal efficiency
7) Use renewable materials
8) Reduced waste
9) Increased safety
10) Enhanced sustainability
What is a development appraisal?
Financial viability test of the ability of a development project to meet the requirements for the project to succeed.
What is included in a development appraisal? Name 6.
1) Land ownership and registry
2) Site characteristics
3) Highways studies
4) Services studies
5) Planning consultations
6) Development costs
7) Corporate strategy to market
8) Rights of way
9) Party walls
10) Existing tenancies
11) TPO’s
12) Listed building
13) Financing options
What environmental issues are there on site? (7)
1) Dust
2) Sound pollution
3) Chemicals
4) Asbestos
5) Disposal of waste
6) Burning petrol
7) Sewage treatment
What regs and systems manage the sustainability and environmental side of Build Environment? (4)
1) Building Regs. Part L - Conservation of Fuel & Power
2) EPC’s
3) Site waste management plans
4) BREEAM
What are the 3 principles of sustainable development?
1) Social - needs of community (fast food next to school instead of library)
2) Environmental - use of natural resources & minimising waste and energy
3) Economic - value for money and meeting functional use for tenants/ end users.
What is a U-Value?
A measure of how thermally efficient a material is.
Name 3 sustainable measuring systems?
BREEAM - Building Research Establishment Energy Assessment Method)
LEED - green building certification scheme
SKA - Rating for fitouts
Name 3 sustainable measuring systems?
BREEAM - Building Research Establishment Energy Assessment Method)
LEED - green building certification scheme
SKA - Rating for fitouts
Name 5 categories of BREEAM?
- Energy
- Materials
- Pollution
- Transport
- Innovation
- Water
What is BREEAM?
A scheme providing certification of the assessment of sustainability performance of individual buildings.
What advantages does BREEAM include?
