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Measurement Flashcards

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Why is measurement a hot topic?

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Ongoing trend within the profession to move to international standards

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What are the bases of measurement?

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GIA, GEA and NIA

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What is the trend in measurement in the industry?

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A move to International Standards, such as the International Valuation Standards (IVS)

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What is the key professional statement related to Measurement?

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RICS Professional Statement: RICS Property Measurement, 2nd Edition January 2018 (incorporating the IPMS)

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What was the purpose of the International Property Measurement Standards?

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“Aims:
- to avoid inconsistent definitions of measurement in different countries and bring greater global transparency
- consistencies in property measurement to be adopted by governments and industry on a global basis “

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Are you supposed to report just in IPMS?

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Encouraged to report on a dual basis. It is the intention that it will become mandatory practice

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What are the mandatory requirements for all RICS members when measuring offices and residential buildings?

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”- Provide a date when the measurement was undertaken
- State the measuring methodology undertaken
- Provide the reference and scale of any plans used
- State the conversion factor from metric / imperial and any rounding
- The measurements and calculations must be clearly documented
- Retain a record of the RICS member responsible to certify the above reqs.”

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What does Paragraph 1.2 of the RICS Professional Statement: RICS Property Measurement, 2nd Edition January 2018 (incorporating the IPMS) state?

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“1. Adopting IPMS is mandatory for the reporting of residential and office space
2. Members are expected to advise their clients of the benefits of IPMS. However it is understood that IPMs is not suitable in all circumstances and in those circumstances members must document the reason for their departure”

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What does Appendix A of the RICS Professional Statement: RICS Property Measurement, 2nd Edition January 2018 (incorporating the IPMS) contain?

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Acceptable tolerances

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What are defined terms within IPMS?

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”- Common facilities
- Component area
- Finished surface
- Internal dominant face (IDF)
- IDF wall section
- Limited use area
- Useable floor area”

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What is IPMS 1 offices use?

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Planning or building cost purposes (GEA)

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What is IPMS 2 offices use?

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Agency and valuation purposes (GIA)

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What is IPMS 3 offices use?

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Also for agency and valuation purposes (NIA)

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What is the IPMS 1 definition?

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”- Includes external walls on a floor by floor basis
- Included but stated separately: covered galleries, balconies, generally accessible roof terraces (GEA did not include galleries and balconies)
- Exclusions: upper void levels of an atrium, open external stairwells, patios, refuse areas, external parking at ground level “

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What is the IPMS 2 definition?

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”- Interior of an office to include all areas available for direct use, measured to the ‘Internal Dominant Face’ of the wall on a floor by floor basis in component areas
- IDF is defined as ‘the inside finished surface comprising more than 50% of the floor to ceiling height for each IDF wall section
- Included but stated separately: covered galleries and balconies, generally accesible roof terraces
- Exclusions: open light wells and upper level voids of an atrium, patio and decks at ground floor level and external parking and equipment yards, cooling equipment and refuse areas”

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What is the IPMS 3 definition? (Measures occupation)

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”- Occupation of floor areas in exclusive use
- Uses same assumptions as IPMS 2
- Measured to IDF
- Floor area available on an exclusive basis to an occupier
- Excludes: standard facilities providing shared or common facilities such as stairs, lifts, motor rooms, WCs, cleaners cupboards
- Included but stated separately: Covered galleries and balconies, generally accessible roof terraces”

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What are the main differences between IPMS 3 and NIA?

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“1. Perimeter measurements are taken to the ‘Internal Dominant Face’
2. No exclusions for restricted height of less than 1.5m
3. All columns are included
4. Area occupied by the reveals of a window when measured and assessed as the internal dominant face
5. On floors with multiple occupiers, the area is taken to the midpoint of the partition wall between the tenancies.
6. Covered galleries and balconies for there exclusive use of one tenant are included and stated separately”

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What are the IPMS for Residential definitions? (Came into effect 1st May 2018)

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”- IPMS 1 External
- IPMS 2 Residential (Internal) - interior area of the building
- IPMS 3 Residential (Occupier) - the occupation of the building on an exclusive occupation, broken into the three sub areas:
IPMS 3a - Measurement to the outer face of the external wall and centre-line of shared walls
IPMS 3b - Measurement of the area in exclusive occupation, including internal walls and columns, measured to the IDF
IPMS 3c - Measurement of the area of exclusive occupation, excluding occupation, excluding the walls and columns, measured to the IDF and finished surface”

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What is the best practice document for measuring for everything except residential and offices?

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RICS Code of Measuring (6th Edition, May 2015)

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What is GEA used for?

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”- Town planning
- Council Tax Valuations
- Building cost estimates for houses”

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What is GIA used for? (approx 2-3% reduction from GEA)

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”- Estate Agency
- Rating
- Building Cost estimation for commercial assests & valuation of industrial/warehouses & valuation & rating of retail warehouses and food stores”

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What is NIA used for? (approx 15% deduction from GIA)

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”- Rating (retail)
- Valuations (retail)
- Building cost estimation (retail)”

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When measuring GIA for Industrial/Retail Warehouse what needs to be included?

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”- Include columns, lift wells, mezzanines with permanent access, loading bays
- Exclude canopies, fire escapes, and covered ways
- Ancillary offices within the unit are measured on a GIA”

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When measuring NIA for shops with full height partitions, how do you estimate the actual width?

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”- Remove a ceiling tile
- Try and get behind the partitioning (any holes/gaps)
- Inspect a basement/first floor to see actual built width
- Scale from floor plans
- Take sufficient on site measurements to calculate ITZA”

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What do you include when measuring the NIA of an office?

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”- Atria with clear height above and entrance halls if not used in common areas
- Notional lift lobbies and notional fire corridors
- Kitchens
- Built in cupboards and the like occupying usable area
- Ramps, sloping areas and steps within the useable area and stated separately and pavement vaults
- Areas occupied by ventilation and heating grilles
- Areas occupied by skirting and perimeter trunking
- Areas occupied by non-structural walls sub-dividing accommodation in sole occupancy “

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What do you exclude when measuring the NIA of an office?

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”- Toilets
- Plant and lift rooms
- Stairwells
- Meter and service cupboards and service risers
- Areas less than 1.5m in height
- Cleaners rooms
- Permanent circulation areas
- Areas rendered substantially unusable with a dimension between opposite faces of less than 0.25m
- Space occupied by permanent HVAC if space it occupies is substantially unusable, OR it protrudes 0.25m or more into a usable area”

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What is internal eaves height?

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The clear height between the floor and the lowest point on the underside of the roof

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What is site depth?

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The measurement from the front to the rear boundaries

29
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What is shop depth?

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The measurement from the notional display window to the rear of the retail area, including the thickness of the display window

30
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What is build depth?

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The maximum external measurement from the front to the rear walls

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What is gross frontage?

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

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What is net frontage?

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

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What to remember when measuring land?

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”- Check boundaries accurately on site with an OS map and/or Land Registry title document before calculating the area of a site using Promap
- Use a trundle wheel
- Use mathematical trigonometry or a planimeter for the calculation of a site are
- A plot ratio is the ratio between the size of the site and the building footprint (GEA): also called site cover
- 1 acre is 0.4046 hectare”

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What does IPMS cover regarding accuracy of measurements?

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”- The measurer should state the degree of tolerance reported as a percentage
- Measurements should be supported by computer-generated drawings and verified on site”

35
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What is the building line?

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A line within or coinciding within the property line beyond which it is illegal to build

36
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What are some commonly used scales?

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”- 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 are laser distometers normally accurate to and what can affect their accuracy?

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c.1.5mm up to 200m. However sunlight can distort measurements

38
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How are laser distometers calibrated?

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They should be calibrated annually by the manufacturers but can also be checked against a known distance within the office. A log should be used to record the results.

39
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What is a letter of reliance in respect of measurement?

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40
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What should a plan include?

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”- Scale
- North point
- Copyright”

41
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What will the final IPMS building standards be called?

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All Building Asset Classes. This will include IPMS 4 and retail and industrial

42
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How many members make up the IPMS Coalition?

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80

43
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When was it mandatory to produce measurements on offices for IPMS?

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Jan-16

44
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How does IPMS 3 (office) deal with limited use areas?

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45
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How will IPMS affect your area of practice?

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46
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What recent RICS document guides measurement?

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47
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Read RICS Property Measurement 2018 and study diagrams

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48
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What method of measurement did I use? Why did I not use IPMS?

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49
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Tell me about the different types of IPMS? Are they mandatory?

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50
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How did I measure the property - what did you include and exclude?

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51
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What is GEA used for?

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Planning, council tax and building reinstatement costs

52
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What is GIA used for?

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Agency, rating, valuation - industrial, warehouses

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What is NIA used for?

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Agency, rating, valuation - standard shops

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What is excluded from GEA?

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  1. Canopies
  2. External open sided balconies, covered ways and fire escapes
  3. Open vehicle parking areas, roof terraces
  4. Voids over and under stepped or structural floors
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What is excluded from GIA?

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  1. Canopies
  2. External open sided balconies, covered ways and fire escapes
  3. Open vehicle parking areas, roof terraces
  4. Voids over and under stepped or structural floors
  5. Perimeter wall thickness and external projections
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What is included in NIA?

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  1. Atria, entrance halls - measure base (but not shared)
  2. Includes kitchens
  3. Built in units/cupboards occupying usable areas
  4. Ramps/sloping areas, steps in usable areas
  5. Areas occupied by non-structural walls
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What is excluded from NIA?

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  1. Toilets, toilet lobbies
  2. Lift rooms/plant rooms
  3. Stairwells/lift wells and permanent lift lobbies
  4. Corridors and circulation where used in common
  5. Meter cupboards
  6. Internal structural columns and walls
  7. Permanent HVAC which makes space unusable
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What is clear internal height?

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Height from
structural floor surface and underside of the lowest point of the structural ceiling

59
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What is Eaves height? Internal and external

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Internal - floor surface to underside of the roof surface, supporting purlins or underlining
External - Height between ground surface and exterior of the roof covering at the eaves

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What is ceiling height?

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Topmost floor surface and underside of the ceiling

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What did RICS Professional statement Property Measurement Second edition January 2018 update?

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Included residential measurement

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