Measurement Flashcards
Tell me about your understanding of RICS Property Measurement
When would you use NIA as a measurement basis?
When would you use GIA as a measurement basis?
When would you use GEA as a measurement basis?
What measurement basis would you use for a office property?
Tell me what is included in NIA/GIA/GEA?
What measurement basis would you use for retail property?
What measurement basis would you use for industrial property?
How does RICS Property Measurement differ from the old Code of Measuring Practice?
Why is accuracy important when you measure a building?
Tell me about a strength and weakness of a measuring technique you have used
Tell me about how you use floor plans to facilitate measuring buildings?
How do you calibrate a laser measure?
Why do you take check measurements?
When would you use a tape measure?
When would you use a trundle wheel?
What is a potential source of error when measuring?
Why has IPMS been introduced?
What is IPMS?
Why has IPMS been introduced?
Which IPMS standards are adopted by RICS?
Explain your understanding of IPMS all buildings to me
What is dual reporting and when would you use it?
What IPMS bases are you aware of and when would you use each of these? How do they differ from there former code equivalents?
What are limited use areas and how do you report these?
What is the IDF?
How has IPMS been incorporated into Property Measurement?
What RICS guidance relates to the measurement of land?
How do you deal with a situation where your client requests a different measurement standard to those contained within RICS guidance?
How would you treat low or limited head height when measuring?
How would you measure using a scaled plan?
How would you adjust your comparable evidence it is was measured on a different basis to your subject property?
What is a tolerance level when measuring?
How could you take measurements from Google maps? How reliable are these?
How do you ensure that you present your measurements clearly and coherently?
In the industrial example in the absence of a unit plan how would you have drawn up a plan?
Why did you take an average of the measurements you recorded?
Why did you take an average of the measurements you recorded?
Why did you exclude tenant’s structures in the measurements at the industrial unit?
Was there an office within the industrial unit, how would you have measured this?
What did you consider an acceptable range of difference in the measurements for the retail unit?
Talk me through your measurement process in the retail example? What did you exclude?
How did you ensure measurement accuracy around shop fit?
