Measurement Flashcards
- What is IPMS?
a. International property Measurement standards – to standardise definitions and measurements globally and to bring greater global transparency
- Is IPMS mandatory?
a. For IMPS – offices and resi unless the client specifically requests for the previous to be used
- Ae you aware of IPMS All Buildings 2023?
a. RICS are yet to adopt it
b. Developed by International Property Measurement Standards Coalition IPMSC
c. Aims to establish consistent methods for all buildings globally and promote international collaboration
d. One set of standards, all buildings in one document
e. Would make previous obsolete
- What is the previous document on measurement still in place?
a. RICS Code of measuring practice 2015
- What was included when measuring GIA industrial?
a. Columns, lifts, mezzanines with permanent access and loading bays. Ancillary offices measured GIA basis.
- What was excluded when measuring GIA industrial?
a. Canopies, fire escapes and covered ways
- What is NIA used for?
a. The use if for valuation purposes on residential, retail and offices, although it is now mandatory to use IPMS for offices.
- What is GIA used for?
a. This is valuation purposes for industrial units
- What is GEA used for?
a. Construction/fire reinstatement
- What was included when measuring NIA shops?
a. Anything within a useable area
i. Kitchens
ii. Built in cupboards
iii. Ramps, sloping arears and steps
iv. Arears occupied by heating grilles, skirting or permitter trunking and non-structural walls in sole occupancy
- What is excluded when measuring NIA shops?
a. WCs, plant and lift rooms, stairwells, arears less than 1.5m height, cleaners rooms
- Which IPMS did you use?
a. IMPS -3 which is for the use of agency and valuation (NIA)
- What does IPMS -3 exclude?
a. Shared or common facilities such as stairs, lifts, WCs, plant rooms
- What is the difference between IMPS and NIA?
a. IPMS include columns
b. Internal dominant face of the wall
c. When a floor is multi-let then measure to the centre of the partition
d. Covered balconies indued but stated separately
- What document do you refer to for measurement
a. Property Measurement 2018 IPMS for offices
b. Code of measuring practice 2015 for retail and industrial
- Would you include toilets and stairwells in measurement for retail?
a. No