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1
Q

What document is IMPS in?

A

RICS professional standards and guidance Global, RICS Property Measurement Jan 2018

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What must be included in a measurement report?

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  • Purpose of measurement
  • Date of measurement
  • Measurement standard
  • If IPMS not used, the reason for the departure
  • Measurement method (e.g. laser or tape)
  • Scale of any plans
  • Unit of measurement and any conversion factors
  • Name of RICS member or firm
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How should you use IPMS?

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RICS members are expected to advise their client or
employer on the benefits of using IPMS. However, it is
understood that IPMS is not suitable in all circumstances and in these circumstances RICS members must document the reason for departure.

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What is IPMS1 similar to?

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GEA

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What is IPMS 2 similar to?

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GIA

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What is IPMS 3 similar to?

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NIA

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What are IPMS 3A-3C?

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Residential, GEA, GIA and EFA (Effective Floor Area)

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When might you use IPMS1/GEA?

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Planning Applications, Council Tax, Building Reinstatement Costs

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When might you use IPMS 2/ GIA?

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Industrial, Warehouse, Supermarkets

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When might you use IMPS 3/ NIA?

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Agency, Rating, Valuation

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11
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What’s the IDF?

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Internal Dominant Face
The internal dominant face (IDF) is the inside finished
surface comprising more than 50% of the floor to ceiling height for each IDF wall section. If such does not occur, then the finished surface is deemed to be the IDF.

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12
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If the IDF is glass where do you measure to?

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The centre of the glazing

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13
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What is the definition of IPMS 1?

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‘IPMS 1: The sum of the areas of each floor level of a
building measured to the outer perimeter of external
construction features, and reported on a floor-by-floor
basis’

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14
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What measurements are included but stated separately in IMPS1?

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  • covered galleries
  • balconies
  • generally accessible roofterraces
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What is excluded in IPMS1?

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  • open light wells or upper level voids of an atrium
  • open external stairways
  • patios and decks at ground level
  • external car parking
  • equipment yards
  • refuse areas
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16
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What are the key differences between IMPS1 and GEA?

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  • GEA does not include external open sided balcony (stated seperately)
  • generally accessible roof terraces (stated seperately)
17
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What is the definition of IMPS 2 Office?

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IPMS 2 – Sum of all areas measured to the IDF

Office includes all areas, including internal walls, columns and enclosed walkways or passages between separate buildings, available for direct or indirect use. Covered void areas such as atria are only included at their lowest floor level.

18
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What are included but stated separately in IPMS2?

A
  • covered galleries
  • balconies
  • generally accessible roof terraces
19
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What is excluded in IMPS2 ?

A
  • open light wells or upper level voids of an atrium
  • open external stairways
  • patios and decks at ground level
  • external car parking
  • equipment yards
  • refuse areas
20
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What are the key differences between IMPS2 and GIA?

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  • external balconies would not normally
    be included in GIA,
  • internal open-sided balconies or galleries, may be included in GIA
  • generally accessible rooftop terraces not normally be included in GIA
    possible that in some jurisdictions they are included#
  • No internal dominant face, the area is taken to the glazing
    !but it is possible that in some jurisdictions they are included!
21
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What are key inclusions in IMPS2?

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  • Internal walls,
  • Columns and enclosed walkways
  • Areas occupied by reveals of windows when assessed to IDF
22
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What is the definition of IPMS 3?

A

‘IPMS 3 – Office: The floor area available on an exclusive
basis to an occupier, but excluding standard facilities and shared circulation areas, and calculated on an occupier-by-occupier or floor-by-floor basis for each building

23
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What is included in IMPS 3?

A

All internal walls and columns within an occupant’s
exclusive area are included within IPMS 3 – Office.
The
floor area is taken to the internal dominant face and, where
there is a common wall with an adjacent tenant, to the
centre-line of the common wall.

24
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What is excluded from IPMS 3?

A

Standard Facilities -
are those parts of a building providing
shared or common facilities that typically do not change over time, including, for example, stairs, escalators, lifts/ elevators and motor rooms, toilets, cleaners’ cupboards, plant rooms, fire refuge areas and maintenance rooms

25
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What are key differences between IMPS 3 and NIA?

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  • IDF
  • NIA doesnt include any shares walls
  • NIA doesnt include headroom of less than 1.5m
  • NIA doesnt include internal walls or columns (except non-structural)
  • NIA doesnt include enclosed walkways or passages between buildings in exclusive occupation
26
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Whats included in GIA?

A

CALLM

Columns, lift wells, mezzanines with permanent access, loading bays, Ancillary Offices

27
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Whats excluded in GIA?

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canopies, fire escapes and covered ways

28
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Whats excluded in NIA?

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  • Entrance halls, atria, landings and balconies
  • Toilets, bathrooms, clearners rooms
  • Lifts , plant rooms, tank rooms
  • Stairwells
  • Corridors used in common with other occpiers
  • Areas used for meter cupboards
  • Internal structural walls, columns, chimney breasts
  • Areas with headroom less than 1.5m
  • Air Con space
29
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Whats included in NIA?

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  • Atria with clear height above entrance halls
  • Notional lift lobbies and notional fire corridors
  • Kitchens
  • Built in cupboards
  • Ramps
  • Areas occupied by ventilation and heating
  • Areas occupied by perimeter trunking
  • Areas occupied by non structural walls
30
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How would you measure to NIA or GIA with full height partitioning?

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  • Remove a ceiling tile
  • Try to find a gap in partitioning
  • Inspect basement or 1st floor
  • Scale from floor plans
  • Take sufficient measurements to calculate ITZA
31
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Whats the Internal Eaves Height?

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clear height between floor and lowest point on the roof

32
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Whats the shop depth?

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measurement from notional display window to the rear of the retail area including glass on window

33
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Whats gross frontage?

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overall external measurement in a straight line across the front of the building from the outside of the walls or the centre of the party line walls

34
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Whats net frontage?

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overall frontage of the shop line measured between the internal face of the external walls

35
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What are some ways of measuring land?

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  • Check boundaries using OS plan
  • Trundle wheel could be used
  • Use promap
  • Plot ratio between the size of the site and building footprint to find site cover
36
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What are common scales for:

  • room
  • building
  • street
  • location
  • Road map
A
  • 1:50 room plan
  • 1:100 building plan
  • 1:1250 street/location plan
  • 1:2500 location plan
  • 1:50000 road/walking map
37
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What does IMPS recommend about accuracy measurement?

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  • IMPS refers to measurer stating degree of tolerance reported as a percentage
  • IMPS recommends all measurements are supported by computer generated drawings and verified on site

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