Measurement

Question 1

What is the multiplier from Sqm to Sq Ft?

Answer 1

10.764

Question 2

How many sq ft in acre?

Answer 2

43,500 sq ft

Question 3

How would you measure a shop ?

Answer 3

NIA taking appropriate measurements needed to calculate ITZA

Question 4

Zone A is ?

Answer 4

The first 9.14 meters of a unit. Taken at 100%

Question 5

Explaining Zoning for Retail ?

Answer 5

Zoning is a standard method of measuring retail premises to calculate and compare their value.

Shop or retail premises are divided into a number of zones each of a depth of 9.14 meters.

Zone A closest to the window is most valuable with the value decreasing with distance from the frontage:

Zone B is the next, then Zone C until the entire depth of the retail area is allocated to a zone - anything after Zone C is usually defined as the remainder.

Question 6

What are the types of measurement ?

Answer 6

IPMS 1 - GEA (planning and building costs purposes)
IPMS 2 - GIA (agency/valuation)
IPMS 3 - NIA (agency/ valuation)

GEA - Town and planning/ Rating buildings

Question 7

What does GIA Include ?

Answer 7

• Lifts well, columns, mezz with permanent access

Question 8

What does GIA exclude ?

Answer 8

Canopies - fire escapes

Question 9

What are the differences between IPMS 3 & NIA?

Answer 9

IPMS 3

• You measure to internal dominant face wall
• You measure galleries, balconies and roof terraces (but noted separately)

Question 10

What would you include in an NIA measurement of an office ?

Answer 10

Lift lobbies
Kitchens
Storage
Ramps

Question 11

What would you exclude in an NIA measurement of an office ?

Answer 11

W/C’s
Plant rooms
Areas less than 1.5
Permanent circulation areas.

Question 12

What are the different sizes of scales ?

Answer 12

1:50 - Room plan
1:100 - Building Plan
1:1,250 - Street - location plan

Question 13

What is the RICS professional statement in regards to measurement ?

Answer 13

RICS: Code of Measurement Practice (2018)

Question 14

What are the differences between NIA and IMPS3?

Answer 14

1. Measurements should now be taken to what is known as the ‘internal dominant face’ (the area within each vertical section [wall] that makes up the perimeter of the building/unit). This can include inside the window recess (to include inside glazing), as long as the glazing is 50% or more of the floor to ceiling height.
2. Colum’s are included within the measurement (previously excluded)
3. When a floor is multi let. The measurements are taken from the middle of the parting wall.

Question 15

What is the newest edition of Code of Measuring Practice ?

Answer 15

RICS: Code of Measuring Practice 6th Edition (2015)

Question 16

What does IPMS stand for ?

Answer 16

International Property Measurement Standards

Question 17

How would measure as coombe room?

Answer 17

Measure as normal but exclude any space below 1.5m

Question 18

What is the RICS main professional statement in regards to measuring ?

Answer 18

RICS Property Measurement (2nd edition, January 2018)

Question 19

What is hard frontage

Answer 19

All brick no window

(Take 10% off the ITZA)

Question 20

Return frontage

Answer 20

5-10% added to the ITZA

Question 21

Usuable vs unusable basement

Answer 21

1/5-1/8 vs 1/10