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Measurement Flashcards

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

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RICS Property Measurement, 2018

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What was the aim of RICS Property Measurement, 2018?

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Establish consistencies in property measurement to be adopted by governments and industry on a global basis

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What are RICS members encouraged to do until IPMS becomes embedded into market practice?

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Report on a dual basis

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Which IPMS measuring practices were adopted in RICS Property Measurement, 2018?

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Offices and residential properties

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When are RICS planning on implementing IPMS: Industrial Buildings 2018 and IPMS: Retail Buildings 2019?

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No date has yet been given by the RICS

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For what types of property is adoption of IPMS mandatory?

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When reporting on residential and office space, unless the client provides a written instruction to use an alternative

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What are the general principles of RICS Property Measurement, 2018?

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purpose of the measurement instruction
date of the measurement instruction
date of measurement
measurement standard adopted
if IPMS is not used, document the reason for departure
measurement methodology adopted (e.g. laser measurer or tape measure)
scale of any plans used
floor area schedule with relevant areas cross- referenced to floorplans
unit of measurement and conversion factor, if applicable (e.g. square feet to square metres) and
name of the RICS member and/or RICS regulated firm responsible for the instruction.

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When is IPMS 1 - Offices used? What method of measurement does it most closely correspond to?

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Planning – basis of measurement for planning applications and approvals, site coverage

GEA

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When is IPMS 2 - Offices used? What method of measurement does it most closely correspond to?

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Costings – a method of measurement for a basis of calculating building costs and reinstatement costs.

GIA

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When is IPMS 3 - Offices used? What method of measurement does it most closely correspond to?

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Agency, valuation and taxation

NIA

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What does IPMS 1 - Offices include and exclude?

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Measures the area of a building including external walls on a floor-by-floor basis

Include but state separately:
* Covered galleries and balconies
* Generally accessible roof terraces

Exclude:
* Upper void of an atrium
* Open external stairwell
* Patios, refuse areas, external parking at ground level

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What does IPMS 2 - Offices include and exclude?

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the sum of the areas of each floor level of an office building measured to the internal dominant face and reported on a component-by-component basis for each floor of a building.

Include but state separately:
* Covered galleries and balconies
* Generally accessible roof terraces

Exclude:
* Upper void of an atrium
* Open external stairwell
* Patios, refuse areas, external parking at ground level

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What does IPMS 3 - Offices include and exclude?

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Measures the floor area of an office available on an exclusive basis to an occupier but excluding the standard facilities and shared circulation areas. Measured to the Internal Dominant Face

Include but state separately:
* Covered galleries and balconies and roof top terraces in exclusive use

Exclude:
* Standard facilities providing shared or common facilities such as stairs, lifts, motor rooms, WCs, cleaners’ cupboards, plant rooms etc.

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What is the definition of the Internal Dominant Face?

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Inside finished surface comprising more than 50% of the floor to ceiling height for each IDF wall section

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What document should you refer to when measuring leisure or retail property?

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RICS guidance note Code of Measuring Practice, 2015

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What are the differences between IPMS 3 and NIA?

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Perimeter measurements are taken to the ‘Internal Dominant Face’
* No exclusions for restricted height of less than 1.5m
* All columns are included
* Area occupied by the reveals of a window when measured and assessed as the IDF are included
* On floors with multiple occupants, the area is taken to the midpoint of the partition wall between tenancies
* Covered galleries and balconies for the exclusive use of one tenant are included and stated separately

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When would you use GEA as a basis of measurement?

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Town planning
Council tax valuations
Building cost estimates for houses

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When would you use NIA as a basis of measurement?

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Shops/Offices:

Estate agency
Rating
Valuation
Property management

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When would you use GIA as a basis of measurement?

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Industrial/warehouses, retail warehouses and food stores:
* Estate agency
* Rating
* Valuation
Building cost estimates for commercial assets
New homes valuations
Property management

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When you’re measuring industrial / retail warehouses on a GIA basis, what do you include and exclude?

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Include:
* Columns
* Lift wells
* Mezzanines with permanent access
* Loading bay

Exclude:
* Canopies
* Fire escapes
* Covered ways

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When measuring a shop unit that is fitted out with full height partitioning by the tenant, what are some of the methods you can use to estimate the actual built width of the shop?

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Remove a ceiling tile
Try and get behind the partitioning
Inspect the basement or first floor to see actual built width
Scale from floor plans (having undertaken some on-site check measurements)

19
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What is excluded in a Net Internal Area (NIA) measurement?

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WCs
Plant and lift rooms
Stairwells
Meter and service cupboards and service risers
Areas less than 1.5m in height
Cleaners rooms
Permanent circulation areas
Space occupied by permanent, continuous air conditioning, heating or cooling apparatus if the space it occupies is rendered substantially unusable or it protrudes more 0.25m or more into a usable area
Areas rendered substantially unusable with a dimension between opposite faces of less than 0.25m
Measurements should be taken to the glazing for full height glazing unless elements of the window structure or design render the space substantially unusable

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What is included in a Net Internal Area (NIA) measurement?

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Atria with clear height above and entrance halls if not used in common areas
Notional lift lobbies and notional fire corridors
Kitchens
Built-in cupboards and the like occupying usable area
Ramps, sloping areas and steps within the usable area and pavement vaults
Areas occupied by ventilation and heating grilles
Areas occupied by skirting and perimeter trunking
Area occupied by non-structural walls subdividing accommodation in sole occupancy

20
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What could be used to measure the boundaries whilst on site?

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Trundle wheel

21
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How accurate do measurements have to be?

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Table of Tolerances are set out in Appendix A of Property Measurement 2018
When carrying out measured building surveys, net area surveys and valuation surveys, an accuracy of ±25mm is required

22
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What is a commonly used scale for a building plan?

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1:100

23
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What are commonly used measuring tools?

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Tape measure
Rod
Laser device
Trundle wheel (used for measuring land)

24
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How do you measure land?

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Check the boundaries accurately on site with an OS plan and/or land registry title document, prior to calculating the area using Promap. You could also use a trundle wheel onsite.

25
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How do you check the accuracy of your laser measuring device?

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Check a known distance and record the measurements in a log

Send devices to be calibrated at least quarterly or if accuracy begins to deteriorate

26
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What building types does the Code of Measuring Practice cover?

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All buildings except offices and residential

27
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What building types does Property Measurement 2018 cover?

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IPMS office and IPMS residential

28
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What is scaling?

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It allows you to accurately understand the area or size of real life buildings on a piece of paper. 1 unit in the drawing is equal to x units in real life

29
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How often should you recalibrate your laser?

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Every 12 months

30
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Why did you use NIA for the measurement of the dental practices?

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I followed what active market participants were doing and the comparable evidence was measured in NIA

31
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What type of property were the dental practices?

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One was residential and one was a ground floor office space

32
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What could you have done if the unit was on the high street and why?

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Measured it using the zoning technique because there may be an higher alternative use in retail, which would require this technique

33
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Explain how you would measure using zoning?

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Premises are divided into a number of zones each of a depth of 6.1 metres - or 20 feet.

Zone A closest to the window is most valuable with the value decreasing with distance from the frontage: Zone B is the next 6.1 metres, 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.

34
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Are there any exclusions/inclusions for dental/medical practices that differ to using NIA of other office/retail NIA adjustments?

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Medical/dental practices differ from offices and other commercial properties in that they have specialist facilities and therefore use the space differently.

Following areas should be included:

Inclusion of WCs provided exclusively for patients (i.e. over and above the minimum requirements for staff and DDA compliance)

Additional circulation space to enhance confidentiality for clinical rooms

35
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When you measure hotels for building reinstatement costs, what basis of value do you use?

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Building reinstatement cost is not an opinion of value, it is for insurance purposes only and there is no reliance on the figure.

36
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What is the average bedroom size of a hotel?

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Varies with different types, from limited service/budget hotels around 9sqm up to luxury hotel rooms/suites of 40-50sqm.

37
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What other assumptions do you make when calculating building reinstatement costs?

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Location factor derived from BICS

Allowance for external works

Inflation factor

Allowance for demolition, between £25-£30 per sqm

Allowance for professional fees around 10% (architect, surveyors, engineers)

38
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What is excluded in NIA?

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Columns
Staircases
Toilets, cleaners rooms
Lifts
External areas such as patios, car parking
Internal structural walls
Entrance halls, atria, landings and balconies used in common
Lift rooms, plant rooms
Permanent circulation areas
Areas with a headroom of less than 1.5m

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What is included in NIA?

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Non-structural walls
Kitchens
Notional lift lobbies and notional fire corridors
Built in units such as cupboards
Areas occupied by skirting
Areas occupied by ventilation
Pavement vaults

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What’s included in GIA?

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Columns, piers chimney breasts stairwells, lift wells
Structural walls
Lifts
Stairs
Pavement vaults
Loading bays
Voids over stairwells and lift shafts
Internal balconies
Atria and entrance halls
Areas with headroom of less than 1.5m
Garages
Conservatories
Lift rooms, plant rooms
Toilets, cleaners rooms

41
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What is excluded in GIA?

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Perimeter wall thickness
External balconies
Voids over structural, raked or stepped floors
External storage.

42
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What is included in GEA?

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Perimeter wall thickness
Internal walls
Columns, piers, chimney breasts, staircases
Internal balconies
Mezzanine areas
Lift rooms, plant rooms
Outbuildngs that share atleast one wall
Pavement vaults
Loading bays
Area with less than 1.5m
Garages
Conservatories

43
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What’s excluded from GEA?

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Canopies
External balconies
Open vehicle parking areas

44
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What is excluded from NIA?

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WCs
Columns, chimney breasts, stairs
Lift wells
Perimeter wall thickness
Plant and lift rooms
Areas less than 1.5m height
Cleaners rooms
Permanent circulation areas

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