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Measurement L2 Flashcards

1
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How do you callorbrate your measurement device?

A

Measure a known distance 3/4 times

used for offices and residential

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

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RICS Property Measurment 2018

The bases of measurement contained with the Code of Measuring Practice, 6th edition applies to all building classes except offices and residential buildings.

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

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Offices and residential

The bases of measurement contained with the Code of Measuring Practice, 6th edition applies to all building classes except offices and residential buildings.

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What RICS guidance is there for all buildings except office and residential measurement?

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RICS Code of Measuring Practice (6th Edition) 2015

The bases of measurement contained with the Code of Measuring Practice, 6th edition applies to all building classes except offices and residential buildings.

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What document should you refer to when measuring retail and industrial property?

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RICS Code of Measuring Practice 2015

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

have they even given a date yet?

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No date given yet

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

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  • Advise clients of the benefits of using IMPS
  • Document the reason for not using IMPS
  • Must provide a date when the measurements are undertaken
  • State the measuring methodology adopted
  • Provide the reference and scale of any plans used
  • State the conversion factor from metric / imperial and any rounding
  • Measurements and calculations must be clearly documented
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What is the difference between the VOA Code of Measuring Practice and RICS Code of Measuring Practice?

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VOA adopts 1 main difference regarding GIA, the voa excludes area with head room of less than 1.5 in GIA

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What is NIA?

Most like IPMS 3 Offices & Resi

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Useable area within a building measured to the internal perimeter wall

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What does NIA include and exclude?

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INCLUDES: Atria, area occupied by skirting, area, perimeter trunking
EXCLUDE: Server Room, Plant room, Entrance halls, common areas, perminet lobbies, toliets, lift shaft, stairwells, circulation space, interal structural walls. head room of less than 1.5m

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13
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What are the applications for NIA?

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Retail, Office, Property Management, Service charge

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What is GIA?

Most like IPMS 2 - Office and Resi

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The area of a building measured to the internal perimeter wall

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What is included and excluded from GIA?

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INCLUDES: area occupied by interal walls and paritions, columns, stairwells, lifts, internal open sided balconies, mezzanie with perminent access, plant room, toliets and area with a head room of less than 1.5m execpt in rating
EXCLUDES: Covered ways, fire escapes, canopy, fuel stores, external open sided balcony

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16
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What are the applications for GIA?

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Construction cost estimates, industrial sector, department stores, supermarkets, New homes, USED in healthcare buidlings in rating

17
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What is GEA?

Most like IMPS 1 for Office and resi

A

Area of buiding measured externally

18
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What does GEA include and exclude?

A

INCLUDES: perimeter wall thickness, external projections, areas with headroom of less than 1.5m
EXLUDES: External opensided balconies, covered ways, fire escapes, roof teraces, fuel stores

19
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What are the applications for GEA?

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Town Planning, building cost estimates

20
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For what types of property is adoption of IPMS mandatory?

unles what?

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

21
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When is IPMS 1 - Offices used? What method of measurement does it most closely correspond to?

A

GEA
Planning or building cost purposes

22
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When is IPMS 2 - Offices used? What method of measurement does it most closely correspond to?

A

GIA
Agency, Property Management and valuation purposes

23
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When is IPMS 3 - Offices used? What method of measurement does it most closely correspond to?

A

NIA
Agency and valuation purposes

24
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What are the THREE IPMS standards for measuring residential buildings?

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  • IPMS 1 - Residential: External
  • IPMS 2 - Residential (Internal): Internal area of the building
  • IMPS 3 - Residential (Occupier): the occupation of the building on an exclusive basis to an occupier (3 sections A B & C)
25
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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

26
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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
27
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On what basis would you measure ancillary office space contained within a warehouse

A

If it is ancillary then the basis is GIA inline with the industrial sector

28
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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?

A

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)

29
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What is eaves height?

A

The clear height between the floor and the lowest point on the underside of the roof

30
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What is the site depth?

A

The measurement from the front to rear boundaries

31
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What is the shop depth?

A

The measurement from the notional window display to the rear of the retail area, including the thickness of the display window

32
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What is the built depth?

A

The maximum external measurement from the front to rear walls

33
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What is the gross frontage for a shop?

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The overall external measurement in a straight line across the front of the building from the outside of the external wall or the centre line of the party walls

34
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What is the net frontage for a shop?

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The overall frontage of the shop line measured between the internal face of the external walls

35
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hat could be used to measure the boundaries whilst on site?

A

trundle wheel

36
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What is a commonly used scale for a building plan?

A

1:100

37
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What is a commonly used scale for a street plan?

A

1:1250

38
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location plan

A

1:2500

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