Measurement Flashcards
Key details of RICS Code of Measuring Practice
The RICS code of measuring practice 2015 is still the best practice document for all measurement exercises expect for offices and residential.
Details uses of GEA, GIA and NIA
Basis of GIA, NIA and GEA (Exclusions)
GIA uses
Industrial and Retail Warehouse, resi
NIA uses
Retail and offices
GEA uses
Town planning, council tax valuations, building costs estimates
What % of GIA is NIA
10 to 15%
% of GEA to GIA
2- 5%
GIA exclusions
Canopies
Fire escapes
Covered ways
Mezzanine with out permanent access
GIA Inclusions
Columns, stairway voids, internal walls
ancillary office, mezz without permanent access
NIA inclusions
Atria
Notional lift lobbies
Kitchens
Built in cupboards and the like occupying usable areas
non structural walls
ramps and step areas stated separately
NIA Exclusions
Terraces
Balconies
WCs (non customer)
Plant and lift rooms
Stairwells
areas less than 1.5m
permanent circulation area
Eave height
Floor and lowest point on the under side of the roof
Site depth
The measurement from the front to rear boundaries
shop depth
The measurement from the notional display window to the rear of the retail area, include thinckness of window
Gross frontage
The overall external measurement of the frontage from outside of external walls of centre line of party walls
Net frontage
The overall frontage of the shop line measured between the internal face of the external walls