Measurement

Question 1

What PS did the RICS release to incorporate the International Property Measurement Standards?

Answer 1

RICS Property Measurement 2nd Edition 2018

Question 2

What was the aim of the RICS property measurement standard 2018?

Answer 2

establish consistencies in property measurement standards to be adopted by global basis

Question 3

which IPMS practices were adopted by the RICS?

Answer 3

Residential and Office

Question 4

what are members encouraged to do until IPMS becomes market practice?

Answer 4

report on a dual basis

Question 5

when are the RICS incorporating IPMS Industrial Buildings 2018, and IPMS Retail Buildings 2019?

Answer 5

No date given yet

Question 6

what does IPMS replace?

Answer 6

replaces references to resi and office buildings in the code of measuring practice 2015

Question 7

how would you check the accuracy of a laser measure?

Answer 7

known distance

Question 8

what should you use for measuring land?

Answer 8

a trundle wheel

Question 9

how would you calibrate a tape measure?

Answer 9

I would send it off to the manufacturer for calibration

Question 10

what do you need to record when undertaking measurments?

Answer 10

-Person measuring
-Date
- accuracy/ rounding
-methodology
-conversion factor from metric to imperial
-reference any plans used.

Question 11

does RICS recommend metric or imperial?

Answer 11

Metric

Question 12

how would you measure a development site?

Answer 12

use pro map and measure against title plan.
could use a trundle wheel on site.

Question 13

how many hectares is one acre?

Answer 13

0.406 hectare = 1 acre

Question 14

Is IPMS mandatory?

Answer 14

YES

Question 15

what can distort a laser measure?

Answer 15

bright sunlight

Question 16

when would you use IPMS 1

Answer 16

Planning procedures

Question 17

what else do you include in IPMS 1 that you didn’t include in GEA?

Answer 17

Balconies and roof top terraces

Question 18

how do internal dominant faces work?

Answer 18

if the windows height is more than 50% of the floor to ceiling height you measure to the glazing line

Question 19

if the windows are less than 50% of the floor to ceiling height how do you measure?

Answer 19

you would measure to the wall line

Question 20

how would you do this in practice with lots of windows?

Answer 20

you would split the building up into lots of vertical sections

Question 21

if the window is exactly 50% of the height of the building then you measure to the wall line

Question 22

what does IPMS 3 represent?

Answer 22

Area occupied solely by one tenant, measured to the internal dominant face.
Including:
-Columns
-Solely occupied balconies
-Areas under 1.5 metres, listed separately as limited use areas.

Excluding
Communal facilities
shared corridors
stairwells

Question 23

would you include balcony in IPMS 3

Answer 23

yes, only if it is in exclusive use by a tenant

Question 24

What does IPMS 3 most closely equate to in the code of measuring practice?

Answer 24

NIA

Question 25

When would you use net internal area?

Answer 25

Agency
Valuation
Property Management

Question 26

what is included and excluded in NIA?

Answer 26

Excluded
-communal facilities
-columns
-balconies

Question 27

how did you measure the land?

Answer 27

measured it using the lease plan, and then made reference points, bought a trundle wheel to site with a senior surveyor and marked it up, then spraypainted.

Question 28

What is the tolerance on measurement?

Answer 28

+/- 25mm on a 1:100 plan

Question 29

what scale of drawings have you dealt with?

Answer 29

floor plan 1:100 or 1:50
lease plan 1:200

Question 30

what is IPMS 2?

Answer 30

The area of a building measured to the internal dominant face on a component by component floor by floor basis

Question 31

what is ipms 3?

Answer 31

the area of a exclusively occupied space, measured to the internal dominant face.
Excludes standard facilities
Includes columns, solely occupied terraces and areas of limited use height. (reported separately)
Measure to half of partition wall also.

Question 32

what is IPMS 1

Answer 32

the sum of the entire building, measured to the external perimeter wall. reported on a floor by floor basis.