Measurement Flashcards
Level 1 Tell me about your understanding of RICS Property Measurement. When would you use NIA as a measurement basis?
1st edition - 2016 2nd edition May 2018 Global Consistency - govt and industries Transparency Mandatory standards No date for implementation of Industrial and Retail.
NIA measuring shops or offices
Level 1 When would you use GIA as a measurement basis? When would you use GEA as a measurement basis? Tell me about what is included in NIA/GIA/GEA?
GIA - Valuation of industrial and warehouses
GEA - Town planning or council tax
GIA - Atrium, columns, Lift & stairwells, Areas occupied by internal walls and partitions, corridors of permanent essential nature ie fire corridors. Plant rooms or fuel stores, Service accommodation (toilets, changing rooms) Loading bays Areas with headroom less than 1.5m Garages Conservatories Pavement vaults
Excludes Perimeter wall thickness and external projections external open sided balconies Fire escapes Canopies Voids over or under structural floors Greenhouses/Garden stores
GEA - Including
Perimeter wall thickness and external projections
Areas occupied by internal walls and partitions
Columns, chimney breasts
Lifts and stairwell
Outbuilding sharing walls with main building
Loading bays
Pavement vault
Garages
Excludes Canopies external open sided balconies Open vehicle parking areas Roof terrace Greenhouses, garden stores
NIA - Including: Atria Entrance halls Notional lift lobbies and fire corridors Kitchens Built in units Ramps within usable areas Ventilation Skirting and perimeter trunking Non structural walls
Excluding: Common entrance halls Toilets & cleaners rooms Plant rooms Stairwells & lift lobbies Corridors shared with other occupiers Internal structural walls Headroom less than 1.5m headroom.
Level 1 What measurement basis would you use for office property? What measurement basis would you use for industrial property? What measurement basis would you use for retail property?
Depends on the use - IPMS
Industrial - GIA
Retail - NIA
Level 1 How does RICS Property Measurement differ from the old Code of Measuring Practice? Why is accuracy important when you measure buildings?
Introduction of IPMS for offices and residentisl
IPMS conversion formulas
Level 1 Tell me about how you use floor plans to facilitate measuring buildings? How do you calibrate a laser measurer?
To check the measurements.
Navigate the building
Calibration
Known distance
Results logged
Calibrated annually by manufacturers
Level 1 Why do you take check measurements?
To ensure the accuracy of measurements
Level 1 Tell me about a strength and weakness of a measuring technique you have used. When would you use a tape measure?
Strength
Accuracy
Speed
Weakness
Tedious
Range limited.
To calibrate laser
Measure odd shapes
Level 1 When would you use a trundle wheel?
Measuring land
Level 1 What is a potential source of error when measuring? What is IPMS?
Bright sunlight
Human error
Hard to measure shapes
International Property Measurement Standards
Level 1 Why has IPMS been introduced?
Global Consistency - govt and industries
Transparency
Level 1 Which IPMS standards are adopted by RICS?
IPMS 1, 2 and 3
Level 1 What is dual reporting and when would you use it?
Reporting in IPMS and an older method.
Transition period to ensure consistency between analysis and valuation. If the comparable evidence is on a different standerd.
Level 1 What is IPMS1/2/3 (a, b and c) and when are these used? How do they differ to their former Code equivalents?
IPMS 1 - Area of building and external walls
IPMS 2 - Interior - directly available for use
IPMS 3- Measuring occupation in exclusive use
Residential
3a - external measurement in exclusive occupation
3b - internal including internal walls
3c - internal excluding internal walls
Differences
Internal dominant face
No exclusions for restricted height of less than 1.5m
All columns are included
Mid point of partition walls between tenancies
Balconies for exclusive use included and stated seperately
Level 1 What are limited use areas and how do you report these? What is the internal dominant face?
Areas incapable of legal or effective occupation.
Identified , measured and stated separately - IPMS reported areas
Internal dominant face - finished surface of wall comprising more than 50% of floor to ceiling height.
Level 1 What other IPMS standards have been introduced?
IPMS: Industrial buildings 2018, Retail buildings 2019
