Measurement (Level 2) Flashcards
What is the RICS Guidance?
- RICS Professional Statement: Property Measurement 2nd edition (Incorporating International Property Measurement Standards) – effective from May 2018.
- RICS Guidance Note: Code of Measuring Practice 2015
What are the requirements of RICS Property Measurement 2018?
- Provide a date when the measurements are undertaken
- State the measuring methodology adopted
- Provide the reference and scale of any plans used.
- Conversion factor (metric/imperial) and any rounding.
- Measurement and calculations must be clearly documented
- RICS member responsible.
- IPMS IS MANDATORY FOR OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL (unless Client requests departure).
What is IPMS 1, 2 and 3 used for?
1 - Offices - (Similar to GEA) - for planning and build cost purposes
2 - Offices - (Similar to GIA) - Agency and Valuation
3 - Offices - (Similar to NIA) - Agency and valuation purposes
When would you use IMPS 3?
- Used to measure the occupation of floor areas in exclusive use.
What’s excluded in IMPS 3?
- shared and common facilities
- lifts, stairs and motor rooms
- WC’s , cleaners cupboards, plant room
What are the main differences between IMPS 3 and NIA?
IPMS 3 - Perimeter measurements taken to Internal Dominant Face
- No exclusion for restricted height of less than 1.5m
- All columns are included
- Multiple occupation - measurement taken to midpoint of the partition wall.
- Covered galleries and balconies in exclusive use are included but stated separately.
What is the RICS Code of Measuring Practice 2015?
- Best practice for all measurement exercises excluding offices and residential properties.
(Includes GIA, GEA and NIA guidance)
When would you use GIA?
What is included and excluded?
- Industrial and Retail Warehouses
Includes - WCs, Lifts, Columns, mezzanines with permanent access, loading bays.
Excludes - canopies, fire escapes, and covered ways.
When would you use NIA?
What is included and excluded?
Retail spaces.
Includes - kitchen, staff room
Excludes - WCs. Stairwells, Plant and lift rooms, Permanent Circulation areas, Areas of less than 1.5 metres.
How do you ensure accuracy of measurements?
- Ensure calibrated laser measurer
- Check measurements and multiple measures throughout.
- Support measurement with computer-generated drawings and verify these on site.
- State a degree of tolerance.
What is a common scale used for Location Plans?
1:2500
What is a common scale used for Building Plans?
1:100
How would you measure land?
- Use LandApp or Trundle Wheel on Site
- Check boundaries on site with land reg plan.
What is the purpose of zoning for retail premises?
- valuation metric that standardises the comparison of retail spaces by converting their entire area into an equivalent area as if it were all prime Zone A space
What are the main considerations for measuring different sectors?
- Office - IMPS 3
- Retail - NIA
- Industrial - GIA
Consideration include basis of measurement, what is including and excluded.